NA Flashcards
What is WANTS
Weather
Activate Flight Plan
NOTAMS
TOLD
SID/STAR
What are clearances designed to do?
Deconflict IFR aircraft in the NAS
What should you have prior to contacting clearance delivery?
Weather and ATIS Information Code
How should you readback a clearance?
In the same sequence it was given
Prior to an ITO, within how many degrees of runway heading should the heading indicator be?
5 Degrees
Once vectored off an ODP is it considered cancelled?
Yes. Assigned altitude must be higher than the MVA
Unless specified otherwise, obstacle clearance is based on the aircraft crossing the DER at least
35 feet above the DER
0 feet for USAF and USN
Before making an initial turn how high do you need to be in order to maintain obstacle clearance?
400 feet above the DER
To maintain obstacle clearance, what is the standard minimum climb gradient required until the minimum IFR altitude?
200 feet per nautical mile
ODPs can be published textually or graphically while SIDs are always published
graphically
4 Types of ODPs
ODPs make me nervous (NRVS)
N - Non Standard Takeoff Mins
R - RTRL (Reduced TO Rnwy Length)
V - VCOA (Visual Climb Over Airport)
S - Specific Routing
Which ODP requires you to takeoff prior to a specified distance from the end of the runway?
RTRL
Do SIDs provide obstacle clearance?
Yes, however they are not ODPs
If ATC issues an altitude during a SID do you continue to fly the lateral guidance and speeds?
Yes
If ATC vectors you off a SID, is the SID cancelled?
Yes
What is a Diverse Departure?
Turn whatever direction you want after reaching 400 feet above the DER and maintaining 200 feet per NM climb until min IFR altitude (must be AT LEAST 35 feet above DER at DER)
How far from the airfield is a Diverse Departure good for?
25 NM (non-mountainous)
46 NM (mountainous)
Does a diverse departure procedure clear aircraft from low close in obstacles from NOTAMs, Takeoff Minima and DPs?
No, conflicts must be identified individually
What is a Diverse Vector Area?
an area where ATC may provide random radar vectors during an uninterrupted climb from the departure runway until above MVA or min IFR altitude
Where can you find a DVA?
Trouble T section
Can DVAs have a higher climb gradient than 200 fpNM?
Yes it will be published
Do IFR DPs provide clearnace for low close in obstacle? (TAKEOFF OBSTACLE NOTES)
No. None do. Not even ODPs.
What are the 7 types of DPs?
DODMASS
Diverse Departure Area
ODPs
Diverse Vector Area
MAJCOM Specific Training
ATC Instructions
SIDs
Special Departures
Once vectored off an ODP, is it cancelled?
Yes. (Cannot be vectored until above the MVA/min IFR alt)
What altitudes are victor routes flown?
Below 18,000 MSL
What altitude block are jet routes flown at?
FL180-FL450
What does a flag with an X indicate?
MCA (Min Crossing Altitude)
What are Tango Routes?
RNAV Routes flown with GPS from 1200 to FL180
What are Q routes?
RNAV Routes flown using GPS from FL180 to FL450
Which number is the top number along a route?
MEA (Minimum Enroute Altitude)
Which number is the bottom number along a route with an asterisk?
MOCA (Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude)
What does the MEA ensure?
acceptable navaid reception and 1000 feet of obtacle clearance (2000 feet in mountainous terrain)
What does the MOCA ensure?
1000 feet of obstacle clearance (2000 feet in mountainous terrrain) but only guarantees signal 22 nm from the NAVAID
What does a flag with an R in it indicate?
MRA (Minimum Reception Altitude)
In the absence of a changeover point, when do you change to the next NAVAID? (Straighline)
At the midpoint of the total straightline distance between the two NAVAIDS. (not necessarily a fix)
In the absence of a changeover point, when do you change to the next NAVAID? (Bend)
At the fix where the line bends
What is the OROCA?
Off Route Obstacle Clearance Altitude (similar to a maximum elevation figure on a VFR chart) 1000 feet clearance (2000 feet mountainous) may not provide NAVAID reception
What is the preferred method of filing a flight plan?
DD 1801
When an ODP says ‘std’ what is ‘std’?
lowest compatible approach minimums
What is CRAFT?
Clearance Limit
Routing
Altitude
Frequency
Transponder
Why is IFR clearance necessary?
To deconflict IFR in the NAS
When should you expect an ITO?
Night, Snowy, Desert, Water
Is it required to readback CRAFT on the ground?
No. All airborne clearances MUST be readback
When can you turn off runway heading?
200 fpNM
400 feet above DER
at least 35 feet over DER
140 KIAS (T6 only)
Where can you retrieve NOTAMs?
DAIP
Where are BASH and BAM models found?
AHAS
What is MRDOF?
weather sources order of precedence for retrieval
MAJCOM
Regional
DoD
Other US
Foreign
How are ODPs depicted?
Textually or Grapically
Are SIDs depicted textually?
No. Always graphically
Should waypoints be double checked on a SID?
Yes. Just like any other GPS flight plan
Destination airport reports 2000-3.
What does this mean to you?
You need an alternate.
Run the alternate tree
Your looking for a suitable alternate. what is the minimum weather required to list the alternate?
1000-2
Run the decision tree in the IFG
Where can you find info about METRO (PMSV) Stations
The FIH
What is the NTAP?
NOTAMs Publication. It contains seasonal and long standing NOTAMS.
What is a Form 70?
Flight Log Overview (Fuel Planning)
STTO
Time and Fuel
1 min/50 pounds
P+A
Pattern and Approach
Time and Fuel
15 mins/100 pounds
Reserve Fuel
Time and Fuel
20 mins/100 pounds
Where can you find out how to fill out an 1801?
GP Chap 4
What is Pilotage?
Using visual refernces to determine position
What is Dead Reckoning?
The use of timing and headings to determine position
Hod do you choose an altitude?
10% of the total distance, then correct IFR/VFR altitude
What products do you use to plan low levels?
TPC (Tactical Pilotage Charts) and Sectionals
Where can you find airfield info?
IFR Supp and Sectionals
Can you use foreflight for fuel planning?
No, unless you supplement it
What is 255.4?
Universal Flight Services Frequency
What is POSEC?
Purpose
Objective
Situation
Execution
Contingencies
What product do you use to determine what airports you can go to?
IFR Supp
Where can you find supplementary airfield info?
AP1
There may be a misleading question that makes you pick IFR Supp
When typing in KGPS into the ICAO code on DAIP what do you get?
GPS Notams
Check every flight
MAX Endurance
8.8 AOA Diamond
Max Time Aloft
MAX Range
Triangle 4.9 units AOA
Long Range Cruise
99% of Max Range
MAX Cruise
Set PCL to 780PPH
What is JMPS?
Joint Mission Planning Software.
Its the Primary Source of planning
we dont use it for T-6s
On the Form 70 what fuel number do you put in the top block?
Test Answer
Initial or ramp weight
we use 1100 tho
Why is there an asterisk by the TEX2 in the GP Chap 4?
Single Pilot
What can you find in FIH section C?
Weather stuff, TAF Decoding, PMSV Frequencies
Where can you find out how to code mil routes in a flight plan?
AP/1B
ONC
Operational Navigation Chart
14 miles
TPC
Tactical Pilotage Chart
7 miles
JOGS
Joint Operations Graphic
3.5 Miles
What do you squawk in a SR?
Slow Speed Low Level
1200
What is the VR squawk?
4000
What is the squawk for IR routes?
Whatever is assigned
What do you use for low-level planning?
AP/1B
What speed do you plan for in a low level?
210 GS
What is the min alt for low levels
Whatever is listed in the AP/1B
For UPT (AETC) is is 500 feet
What is ERAA?
Emergency Route Abort Altitude
1000’ obstacle clearance
2000’ in mountainous areas
25NM radius
Describe the Proportional Method for timing corrections
For every one second late add one knot of airspeed for 3.5 minutes
SHAFT
Variations of 6Ts for Low Levels
Speed
Heading
Altitude
Fuel
TIming
What fuel flow rate do we use for low levels?
8 PPM
What is RVSM airspace
FL290-FL410 *we are not equipped to fly in it
Low Level Obstacle Avoidance
500 feet above obstacles within 2 NM of path. 2000 feet lateral clearance once acquired
Low Level Bird Avoidance
Enter NET 30 mins after sunrise NLT 30 mins before sunset
IMC ERAA Procedure
Climb MAX power 160 KIAS squawk 7700 then maintain VFR hemispheric until ATC contact established
When can ATC increase your speed above 200 KIAS?
In class C and D airspace
VR Route Ceiling/Vis Reqs
3000-5
IR Route Ceiling/Vis Reqs
1500-3 but must maintain cloud clearances.
SR Route Speed Limit
250 KIAS
VR Route Speed Limit
Can Exceed 250 KIAS
IR Route Speed Limit
Can Exceed 250 KIAS
SR Route Line Color
Black Lines ATC does not know of statuses and they are not depicted on sectionals
VR Route Line Color
Blue Lines
IR Route Color
Red Lines
What is in the AP1A
Special Use Airspace info
Where can you find preferred routes
Chart Supplement
Where can you fins SIDs/ODPs?
Terminal Procedures Chart
Where Are STARs found?
STAR Book
What is ion the AP1?
Supplementary Airfield info
