Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control

Section 1. Services Available to Pilots

4-1-1.

Air Route Traffic Control Centers

4-1-12.

Use of UNICOM for ATC Purposes

4-1-2.

Control Towers

4-1-13.

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)

4-1-3.

Flight Service Stations

4-1-14.

Radar Traffic Information Service

4-1-4.

Recording and Monitoring

4-1-15.

Safety Alert

4-1-5.

Communications Release of IFR Aircraft Landing at an Airport Without an Operating Control Tower

4-1-16.

Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft

4-1-6.

Pilot Visits to Air Traffic Facilities

4-1-17.

Terminal Radar Services for VFR Aircraft

4-1-7.

Operation Take-off and Operation Raincheck

4-1-18.

Tower En Route Control (TEC)

4-1-8.

Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft

4-1-19.

Transponder Operation

4-1-9.

Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

4-1-20.

Hazardous Area Reporting Service

4-1-10.

IFR Approaches/Ground Vehicle Operations

4-1-21.

Airport Reservation Operations and Special Traffic Management Programs

4-1-11.

Designated UNICOM/MULTICOM Frequencies

4-1-22.

Requests for Waivers and Authorizations from Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

 

 

 

 

4-1-23.

Weather System Processor

 

Section 2. Radio Communications Phraseology and Techniques

4-2-1.

General

4-2-8.

Figures

4-2-2.

Radio Technique

4-2-9.

Altitudes and Flight Levels

4-2-3.

Contact Procedures

4-2-10.

Directions

4-2-4.

Aircraft Call Signs

4-2-11.

Speeds

4-2-5.

Description of Interchange or Leased Aircraft

4-2-12.

Time

4-2-6.

Ground Station Call Signs

4-2-13.

Communications with Tower when Aircraft Transmitter or Receiver or Both are Inoperative

4-2-7.

Phonetic Alphabet

4-2-14.

Communications for VFR Flights

 

Section 3. Airport Operations

4-3-1.

General

4-3-14.

Communications

4-3-2.

Airports with an Operating Control Tower

4-3-15.

Gate Holding Due to Departure Delays

4-3-3.

Traffic Patterns

4-3-16.

VFR Flights in Terminal Areas

4-3-4.

Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating Control Tower

4-3-17.

VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports

4-3-5.

Unexpected Maneuvers in the Airport Traffic Pattern

4-3-18.

Taxiing

4-3-6.

Use of Runways/Declared Distances

4-3-19.

Taxi During Low Visibility

4-3-7.

Low Level Wind Shear/Microburst Detection Systems

4-3-20.

Exiting the Runway After Landing

4-3-8.

Braking Action Reports and Advisories

4-3-21.

Practice Instrument Approaches

4-3-9.

Runway Friction Reports and Advisories

4-3-22.

Option Approach

4-3-10.

Intersection Takeoffs

4-3-23.

Use of Aircraft Lights

4-3-11.

Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold  Short Operations (LAHSO)

4-3-24.

Flight Inspection/`Flight Check' Aircraft in Terminal Areas

4-3-12.

Low Approach

4-3-25.

Hand Signals

4-3-13.

Traffic Control Light Signals

4-3-26.

Operations at Uncontrolled Airports With Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)

 

Section 4. ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation

4-4-1.

Clearance

4-4-11.

IFR Separation Standards

4-4-2.

Clearance Prefix

4-4-12.

Speed Adjustments

4-4-3.

Clearance Items

4-4-13.

Runway Separation

4-4-4.

Amended Clearances

4-4-14.

Visual Separation

 

4-4-5.

Coded Departure Route (CDR)

 

4-4-15.

Use of Visual Clearing Procedures

4-4-6.

Special VFR Clearances

4-4-16.

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
(TCAS I & II)

4-4-7.

Pilot Responsibility upon Clearance Issuance

4-4-17.

Traffic Information Service (TIS)

4-4-8.

IFR Clearance VFR-on-top

4-4-18.

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS-B)

4-4-9.

VFR/IFR Flights

4-4-19.

Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B)

 

4-4-10.

Adherence to Clearance

 

 

 

 

Section 5. Surveillance Sytems

4-5-1.

Radar 

4-5-5.

Airport Surface Detection Equipment - Model X
(ASDE-X)

4-5-2.

Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS)

4-5-6.

Traffic Information Service (TIS)

 

4-5-3.

Surveillance Radar

 

4-5-7.

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS-B) Services

 

4-5-4.

Precision Approach Radar (PAR)

 

4-5-8.

Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B)

 

Section 6. Operational Policy/Procedures for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) in the Domestic U.S., Alaska, Offshore Airspace and the
San Juan FIR

 

4-6-1.

Applicability and RVSM Mandate (Date/Time and Area)

4-6-7.

Guidance on Wake Turbulence

 

4-6-2.

Flight Level Orientation Scheme

4-6-8.

Pilot/Controller Phraseology

 

4-6-3.

Aircraft and Operator Approval Policy/Procedures, RVSM Monitoring and
Databases for Aircraft and Operator Approval

4-6-9.

Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft System Failures

 

4-6-4.

Flight Planning into RVSM Airspace

4-6-10.

Procedures for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft

 

4-6-5.

Pilot RVSM Operating Practices and Procedures

4-6-11.

Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels
Above RVSM Airspace Without Intermediate Level Off

 

4-6-6.

Guidance on Severe Turbulence and Mountain Wave Activity (MWA)