Flight Progress Strips

Question 1

Bay headers allow for more ______?

Answer 1

Organized traffic search since there is only one strip per aircraft in each FPA

Question 2

Flight progress strips are used to ______?

Answer 2

Record data on air traffic and clearances that is required for control and other air traffic services

Question 3

What should be maintained on a flight progress strip?

Answer 3

Maintain only necessary current data

Question 4

When do you remove a strip from its bay?

Answer 4

When it is no longer needed for control purposes

Question 5

Do not erase or overwrite, instead….?

Answer 5

*Use an X to delete unwanted altitude information, climb and descent and maintain arrows, at or above/below arrows, cruise symbols

Question 6

How do you write up a manual strip?

Answer 6

In the same format as a machine generated strip

Question 7

The computer will put information in what spaces?

Answer 7

1. verification symbol
2. revision number
3. sector number
4. CID
5. estimated ground speed
6. strip request originator
7. strip number
8. mode 3/A beacon code

Question 8

A proposal strip should include?

Answer 8

3. AID
4. Aircraft Data (number of aircraft, heavy, type, equipment suffix)
5. Filed true airspeed
6. departure arrow
7. fix and proposed departure time

Question 9

(True or False) Both automated and non-automated environments are required to use the approved aircraft type codes contained in Appendices A-C to indicate aircraft type.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What does the equipment suffix tell a controller?

Answer 10

The type of clearance/routing aircraft can accept.

Question 11

List the equipment suffixes and what they mean.

Answer 11

NO DME
/X No transponder
/T Transponder with no Mode C
/U Transponder with Mode C DME
/D No transponder
/B Transponder with no Mode C
/A Transponder with Mode C

TACAN ONLY
/M No transponder
/N Transponder with no Mode C
/P Transponder with Mode C

AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV)
/Y LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS with no transponder
/C LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS, transponder with no Mode C
/I LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS, transponder with Mode C

Question 12

A departure strip should include?

Answer 12

• 15- clearance information
• 18- departure time assumed or actual
• 20- altitude information
• 22- pilots estimated time over next fix
• 28- miscellaneous control data
• 29-30- TCP data and coordination indicator if required

Question 13

An en route strip should include?

Answer 13

• 11- previous fix
• 12- estimated time over previous fix (usually a center estimate)
• 14- actual departure time (first fix posting after departure)
• 14a- plus time
• 15- center estimated time over fix
• 16- actual time over the fix
• 17- pilot estimated time over fix
• 19- posted fix
• 20- altitude information
• 24- requested altitude