PT1 Brief Flashcards
ADC prevent collisions between whom?
- Between aircraft flying within the designated area of responsibility of the tower including the circuit
- Aircraft landing and taking off
- Aircraft operating on the manoeuvring area
- Aircraft, vehicles and personnel operating on the manoeuvring area
- Aircraft on the manoeuvring area and obstructions on that area
When separation isn’t required in accordance with airspace class, what shall clearances and instructions achieve?
Safe and orderly flow of air traffic and provide the foundation for effective traffic information
Name various parts of circuit
Upwind
Crosswind
Downwind
Base
Final
List the types of info that are to be included in ATS logbook
- Emergency, ELT and other SAR actions
- Accidents, incidents, non-compliance with civil aviation rules or ATC clearances
- Unusual events at adjacent units
- Significant aerodrome info including details of work in progress and aerodrome inspections
- The change in status of ATS services
- Staff absences/sicknesses
- Comments, accolades and complaints from the public
- Requests for non-transponder operations, whether approved or not
Acronym should already know from OPS?????
maybe ATIS - Automatic Terminal Information Service?
When shall info on ATIS be revised and updated
Mean Surface wind
- DIRECTION change of 30° or more
- SPEED change of 10kt or more
QNH change of 1 hPa or more
Air Temperature or Dew point change of 1° or more
An aerodrome operator may require ATS to brief all personnel proceeding onto manoeuvring area, what instructions shall be included in briefing
- Stop and wait for permission, either by radio or light signal, before moving onto the manoeuvring area and before crossing or moving onto any runway, grass landing area or taxiway
- Watch for and give way at all times to aircraft
- Look for signals from the tower including the activation of runway lighting
What do the following light signals mean —> cars and pedestrian
When will a pilot of a departing aircraft normally pass the POB
Departing aircraft - prior to taxiing onto the manoeuvring area
Arriving aircraft - when establishing RTF coms with Aerodrome control
List in correct order, elements of taxi clearance for IFR aircraft
1. Callsign
2. Local traffic information or taxi sequence instructions
3. Taxi clearance
4. Runway to be used
5. Aerodrome conditions information
6. MET info/ATIS
7. For IFR, “time, minutes only, to the nearest minute. Unless a time check has been given with start up advice”
What are the FOUR Aquaplaning definitions
Damp - Surface shows change of colours due to moisture
Wet - surface is soaked but no standing water
Water Patches - Patches of standing water are visible
Flooded - extensive standing water
List 6 items that could be included in aerodrome conditions info
- Construction or maintenance work on, or immediately adjacent to the movement area
- Rough or broken surfaces on a runway, taxiway or apron, including effect on braking action
- Water on runway, taxiway or apron whether marked or not
- Snow, slush or ice on a runway, taxiway or apron, including effect on braking action
- Water on a runway, taxiway or apron, including the effect on braking action
- Snow banks or drifts adjacent to a runway, taxiway, or apron
- Other temporary hazards including parked aircraft and birds on the ground or in the air
- Failure or irregular operation of part or all of the aerodrome lighting system
- Any other pertinent information
How do we indicated on FPB that an aircraft/vehicle/pedestrian has been given permission to occupy runway in use
When aircraft, personnel, equipment or vehicles have been given permission to occupy or cross a runway or runway work zone, the controller SHALL, as a positive reminder that the runway is blocked, DISPLAY A BLOCKING STRIP, and aircraft flight progress strip or a marker on the part of the flight progress board that is used to represent the runway.
In general terms, permission may be granted for personnel/equipment/vehicles to proceed onto the manoeuvring area subject to certain conditions…. what are those conditions
- Traffic conditions
- Any conditions specified by the aerodrome operator
When a start up approval time or delay has been advised to pilot, what else should be included with the clearance for an IFR aircraft other info shall be included
A time check should be passed when advising start up
approvals, times or delays, e.g.: “TIME NOW (minutes only)
What are the rules regarding instructions contained in taxi clearance that contains a limit beyond a runway
Include an explicit clearance to cross or an instruction to hold short of that runway.
What does local traffic consist of
Any aircraft, vehicle or personnel on or near the manoeuvring area or traffic operating in the vicinity of the aerodrome that may constitute a hazard to the aircraft concerned.
What phraseology should ADC use when instructing pilot to abandon take off
- ”(callsign) HOLD POSITION, CANCEL TAKE OFF, I SAY AGAIN, CANCEL TAKE OFF (reason)”
- ”(callsign) STOP IMMEDIATELY, (repeat callsign) STOP IMMEDIATELY” followed by nature of the emergency
What are the elements of a conditional line up clearance
- Aerodrome controller and pilot have the conflicting traffic in sight
- Aerodrome controller can monitor the situation
- Conditional aircraft is identified by type and position and any other information necessary to ensure correct identification
- Only one aircraft is to be lined up
- The aircraft of vehicle causing the condition in the clearance shall be the first aircraft/vehicle to pass in front of the aircraft receiving the conditional clearance:
- And the preceding departing aircraft has been cleared to take off or
- The conditional arriving aircraft is number 1 to land
What provisos must be met when issuing a qualified take off clearance when preceding, landing or departing aircraft has yet to clear the runway
- Daylight hours
- Visibility is 5km or greater
- There is reasonable assurance that the appropriate runway separation will exist at the time the departing aircraft commences take off
- The pilot is advised of the preceding departing or landing aircraft and will be able to keep it in sight until the runway separation is in place
What are the elements of a landing clearance in the correct order
- Callsign
- Any significant change in MET information already given to aircraft
- Runway surface conditions
- Other temporary hazards (birds)
- Any special information or instructions relating to turning off the runway after landing
- Cautionary advice or wake turbulence
- Any qualification applicable
- Runway seal/grass number
- “CLEARED TO LAND”
List various methods available for joining and sequencing aircraft in the circuit
- Enter the circuit at a specified position and/or level
- Follow a specified circuit or part circuit
- Hold over a specified position
- Orbit left/right from a particular position
- Extend or shorten legs of the circuit
- Follow any other specified manoeuvres or combinations of the above, compatible with safety
Continuous watch….. “Watch shall be maintained by visual observation augmented by ….. ”(finish the statement question)
Watch shall be maintained by visual observation augmented by the approved use of an ATS surveillance system when available
What are the limitations when issuing instructions to aircraft to follow or position behind another aircraft in the landing sequence
- The field of vision from the cockpit
- The contrast formed by an aircraft and its background
- Glare from the sun
- Restricted visibility caused by haze or other conditions
- The possibility of misidentification of the subjects aircraft
- If there is any doubt or if the pilot reports difficulty in sighting the aircraft, action shall be taken to ensure that adequate separation is maintained.
The correct phraseologies for landing clearances
CLEARED TO LAND
The correct phraseologies for take off clearance
CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF
The correct phraseologies for touch and go clearance
CLEARED TOUCH AND GO
