Table of Contents
Chapter 1. General

Section 1. Introduction

1-1-1. PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER

1-1-2. AUDIENCE

1-1-3. WHERE TO FIND THIS ORDER

1-1-4. WHAT THIS ORDER CANCELS

1-1-5. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES

1-1-6. EFFECTIVE DATES AND SUBMISSIONS FOR CHANGES

1-1-7. DELIVERY DATES

1-1-8. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCEDURAL CHANGES

1-1-9. REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS TO THIS ORDER

1-1-10. PROCEDURAL LETTERS OF AGREEMENT

1-1-11. CONSTRAINTS GOVERNING SUPPLEMENTS AND PROCEDURAL DEVIATIONS

1-1-12. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS)

1-1-13. REFERENCES TO FAA NON-AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZATIONS

1-1-14. DISTRIBUTION

Section 2. Terms of Reference

1-2-1. WORD MEANINGS

1-2-2. COURSE DEFINITIONS

1-2-3. NOTES

1-2-4. REFERENCES

1-2-5. ANNOTATIONS

1-2-6. ABBREVIATIONS

Chapter 2. General Control

Section 1. General

2-1-1. ATC SERVICE

2-1-2. DUTY PRIORITY

2-1-3. PROCEDURAL PREFERENCE

2-1-4. OPERATIONAL PRIORITY

2-1-5. EXPEDITIOUS COMPLIANCE

2-1-6. SAFETY ALERT

2-1-7. INFLIGHT EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS

2-1-8. MINIMUM FUEL

2-1-9. REPORTING ESSENTIAL FLIGHT INFORMATION

2-1-10. NAVAID MALFUNCTIONS

2-1-11. USE OF MARSA

2-1-12. MILITARY PROCEDURES

2-1-13. FORMATION FLIGHTS

2-1-14. COORDINATE USE OF AIRSPACE

2-1-15. CONTROL TRANSFER

2-1-16. SURFACE AREAS

2-1-17. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

2-1-18. OPERATIONAL REQUESTS

2-1-19. WAKE TURBULENCE

2-1-20. WAKE TURBULENCE CAUTIONARY ADVISORIES

2-1-21. TRAFFIC ADVISORIES

2-1-22. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) ACTIVITY INFORMATION

2-1-23. BIRD ACTIVITY INFORMATION

2-1-24. TRANSFER OF POSITION RESPONSIBILITY

2-1-25. WHEELS DOWN CHECK

2-1-26. SUPERVISORY NOTIFICATION

2-1-27. POSSIBLE PILOT DEVIATION NOTIFICATION

2-1-28. TCAS RESOLUTION ADVISORIES

2-1-29. RVSM OPERATIONS

2-1-30. TERRAIN AWARENESS WARNING SYSTEM

2-1-31. “BLUE LIGHTNING” EVENTS

Section 2. Flight Plans and Control Information

2-2-1. RECORDING INFORMATION

2-2-2. FORWARDING INFORMATION

2-2-3. FORWARDING VFR DATA

2-2-4. MILITARY DVFR DEPARTURES

2-2-5. IFR TO VFR FLIGHT PLAN CHANGE

2-2-6. IFR FLIGHT PROGRESS DATA

2-2-7. MANUAL INPUT OF COMPUTER-ASSIGNED BEACON CODES

2-2-8. ALTRV INFORMATION

2-2-9. COMPUTER MESSAGE VERIFICATION

2-2-10. TRANSMIT PROPOSED FLIGHT PLAN

2-2-11. FORWARDING AMENDED AND UTM DATA

2-2-12. AIRBORNE MILITARY FLIGHTS

2-2-13. FORWARDING FLIGHT PLAN DATA BETWEEN U.S. ARTCCs AND CANADIAN ACCs

2-2-14. TELETYPE FLIGHT DATA FORMAT- U.S. ARTCCs - CANADIAN ACCs

2-2-15. NORTH AMERICAN ROUTE PROGRAM (NRP) INFORMATION

Section 3. Flight Progress Strips

2-3-1. GENERAL

2-3-2. EN ROUTE DATA ENTRIES

2-3-3. OCEANIC DATA ENTRIES

2-3-4. TERMINAL DATA ENTRIES

2-3-5. AIRCRAFT IDENTITY

2-3-6. AIRCRAFT TYPE

2-3-7. USAF/USN UNDERGRADUATE PILOTS

2-3-8. AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT SUFFIX

2-3-9. CLEARANCE STATUS

2-3-10. CONTROL SYMBOLOGY

Section 4. Radio and Interphone Communications

2-4-1. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

2-4-2. MONITORING

2-4-3. PILOT ACKNOWLEDGMENT/READ BACK

2-4-4. AUTHORIZED INTERRUPTIONS

2-4-5. AUTHORIZED TRANSMISSIONS

2-4-6. FALSE OR DECEPTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

2-4-7. AUTHORIZED RELAYS

2-4-8. RADIO MESSAGE FORMAT

2-4-9. ABBREVIATED TRANSMISSIONS

2-4-10. INTERPHONE TRANSMISSION PRIORITIES

2-4-11. PRIORITY INTERRUPTION

2-4-12. INTERPHONE MESSAGE FORMAT

2-4-13. INTERPHONE MESSAGE TERMINATION

2-4-14. WORDS AND PHRASES

2-4-15. EMPHASIS FOR CLARITY

2-4-16. ICAO PHONETICS

2-4-17. NUMBERS USAGE

2-4-18. NUMBER CLARIFICATION

2-4-19. FACILITY IDENTIFICATION

2-4-20. AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION

2-4-21. DESCRIPTION OF AIRCRAFT TYPES

2-4-22. AIRSPACE CLASSES

Section 5. Route and NAVAID Description

2-5-1. AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE (ATS) ROUTES

2-5-2. NAVAID TERMS

2-5-3. NAVAID FIXES

Section 6. Weather Information

2-6-1. FAMILIARIZATION

2-6-2. PIREP SOLICITATION AND DISSEMINATION

2-6-3. REPORTING WEATHER CONDITIONS

2-6-4. ISSUING WEATHER AND CHAFF AREAS

2-6-5. DISSEMINATING OFFICIAL WEATHER INFORMATION

2-6-6. HAZARDOUS INFLIGHT WEATHER ADVISORY

Section 7. Altimeter Settings

2-7-1. CURRENT SETTINGS

2-7-2. ALTIMETER SETTING ISSUANCE BELOW LOWEST USABLE FL

Section 8. Runway Visibility Reporting- Terminal

2-8-1. FURNISH RVR VALUES

2-8-2. ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE RUNWAY VISIBILITY

2-8-3. TERMINOLOGY

Section 9. Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures

2-9-1. APPLICATION

2-9-2. OPERATING PROCEDURES

2-9-3. CONTENT

Section 10. Team Position Responsibilities

2-10-1. EN ROUTE OR OCEANIC SECTOR TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

2-10-2. TERMINAL RADAR/NONRADAR TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

2-10-3. TOWER TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Chapter 3. Airport Traffic Control- Terminal Section

Section 1. General

3-1-1. PROVIDE SERVICE

3-1-2. PREVENTIVE CONTROL

3-1-3. USE OF ACTIVE RUNWAYS

3-1-4. COORDINATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND GROUND CONTROLLERS

3-1-5. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT/PERSONNEL NEAR/ON RUNWAYS

3-1-6. TRAFFIC INFORMATION

3-1-7. POSITION DETERMINATION

3-1-8. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR/MICROBURST ADVISORIES

3-1-9. USE OF TOWER RADAR DISPLAYS

3-1-10. OBSERVED ABNORMALITIES

3-1-11. SURFACE AREA RESTRICTIONS

3-1-12. VISUALLY SCANNING RUNWAYS

3-1-13. ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS

3-1-14. GROUND OPERATIONS WHEN VOLCANIC ASH IS PRESENT

3-1-15. GROUND OPERATIONS RELATED TO THREE/FOUR-HOUR TARMAC RULE

Section 2. Visual Signals

3-2-1. LIGHT SIGNALS

3-2-2. WARNING SIGNAL

3-2-3. RECEIVER-ONLY ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Section 3. Airport Conditions

3-3-1. LANDING AREA CONDITION

3-3-2. CLOSED/UNSAFE RUNWAY INFORMATION

3-3-3. TIMELY INFORMATION

3-3-4. BRAKING ACTION

3-3-5. BRAKING ACTION ADVISORIES

3-3-6. ARRESTING SYSTEM OPERATION

3-3-7. FAR FIELD MONITOR (FFM) REMOTE STATUS UNIT

Section 4. Airport Lighting

3-4-1. EMERGENCY LIGHTING

3-4-2. RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS

3-4-3. VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATORS (VASI)

3-4-4. PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATORS (PAPI)

3-4-5. APPROACH LIGHTS

3-4-6. ALS INTENSITY SETTINGS

3-4-7. SEQUENCED FLASHING LIGHTS (SFL)

3-4-8. MALSR/ODALS

3-4-9. ALSF-2/SSALR

3-4-10. RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS

3-4-11. HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY, RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS

3-4-12. HIRL ASSOCIATED WITH MALSR

3-4-13. HIRL CHANGES AFFECTING RVR

3-4-14. MEDIUM INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (MIRL)

3-4-15. HIGH SPEED TURNOFF LIGHTS

3-4-16. TAXIWAY LIGHTS

3-4-17. OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS

3-4-18. ROTATING BEACON

3-4-19. RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS (RWSL)

Section 5. Runway Selection

3-5-1. SELECTION

3-5-2. STOL RUNWAYS

3-5-3. TAILWIND COMPONENTS

Section 6. Airport Surface Detection Procedures

3-6-1. EQUIPMENT USAGE

3-6-2. IDENTIFICATION

3-6-3. INFORMATION USAGE

3-6-4. SAFETY LOGIC ALERT RESPONSES

3-6-5. RADAR-ONLY MODE

Section 7. Taxi and Ground Movement Procedures

3-7-1. GROUND TRAFFIC MOVEMENT

3-7-2. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATIONS

3-7-3. GROUND OPERATIONS

3-7-4. RUNWAY PROXIMITY

3-7-5. PRECISION APPROACH CRITICAL AREA

3-7-6. PRECISION OBSTACLE FREE ZONE (POFZ) AND FINAL APPROACH OBSTACLE CLEARANCE SURFACES (OCS)

Section 8. Spacing and Sequencing

3-8-1. SEQUENCE/SPACING APPLICATION

3-8-2. TOUCH-AND-GO OR STOP-AND-GO OR LOW APPROACH

3-8-3. SIMULTANEOUS SAME DIRECTION OPERATION

3-8-4. SIMULTANEOUS OPPOSITE DIRECTION OPERATION

Section 9. Departure Procedures and Separation

3-9-1. DEPARTURE INFORMATION

3-9-2. DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION

3-9-3. DEPARTURE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS

3-9-4. LINE UP AND WAIT (LUAW)

3-9-5. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION

3-9-6. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION

3-9-7. WAKE TURBULENCE SEPARATION FOR INTERSECTION DEPARTURES

3-9-8. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH OPERATIONS

3-9-9. NONINTERSECTING CONVERGING RUNWAY OPERATIONS

3-9-10. TAKEOFF CLEARANCE

3-9-11. CANCELLATION OF TAKEOFF CLEARANCE

Section 10. Arrival Procedures and Separation

3-10-1. LANDING INFORMATION

3-10-2. FORWARDING APPROACH INFORMATION BY NONAPPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES

3-10-3. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION

3-10-4. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH SEPARATION

3-10-5. LANDING CLEARANCE

3-10-6. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION

3-10-7. LANDING CLEARANCE WITHOUT VISUAL OBSERVATION

3-10-8. WITHHOLDING LANDING CLEARANCE

3-10-9. RUNWAY EXITING

3-10-10. ALTITUDE RESTRICTED LOW APPROACH

3-10-11. CLOSED TRAFFIC

3-10-12. OVERHEAD MANEUVER

3-10-13. SIMULATED FLAMEOUT (SFO) APPROACHES/EMERGENCY LANDING PATTERN (ELP) OPERATIONS/PRACTICE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACHES

Section 11. Helicopter Operations

3-11-1. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATION

3-11-2. HELICOPTER TAKEOFF CLEARANCE

3-11-3. HELICOPTER DEPARTURE SEPARATION

3-11-4. HELICOPTER ARRIVAL SEPARATION

3-11-5. SIMULTANEOUS LANDINGS OR TAKEOFFS

3-11-6. HELICOPTER LANDING CLEARANCE

Section 12. Sea Lane Operations

3-12-1. APPLICATION

3-12-2. DEPARTURE SEPARATION

3-12-3. ARRIVAL SEPARATION

Chapter 4. IFR

Section 1. NAVAID Use Limitations

4-1-1. ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE LIMITATIONS

4-1-2. EXCEPTIONS

4-1-3. CROSSING ALTITUDE

4-1-4. VFR-ON-TOP

4-1-5. FIX USE

Section 2. Clearances

4-2-1. CLEARANCE ITEMS

4-2-2. CLEARANCE PREFIX

4-2-3. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

4-2-4. CLEARANCE RELAY

4-2-5. ROUTE OR ALTITUDE AMENDMENTS

4-2-6. THROUGH CLEARANCES

4-2-7. ALTRV CLEARANCE

4-2-8. IFR-VFR AND VFR-IFR FLIGHTS

4-2-9. CLEARANCE ITEMS

4-2-10. CANCELLATION OF IFR FLIGHT PLAN

Section 3. Departure Procedures

4-3-1. DEPARTURE TERMINOLOGY

4-3-2. DEPARTURE CLEARANCES

4-3-3. ABBREVIATED DEPARTURE CLEARANCE

4-3-4. DEPARTURE RESTRICTIONS, CLEARANCE VOID TIMES, HOLD FOR RELEASE, AND RELEASE TIMES

4-3-5. GROUND STOP

4-3-6. DELAY SEQUENCING

4-3-7. FORWARD DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION

4-3-8. COORDINATION WITH RECEIVING FACILITY

4-3-9. VFR RELEASE OF IFR DEPARTURE

4-3-10. FORWARDING DEPARTURE TIMES

Section 4. Route Assignment

4-4-1. ROUTE USE

4-4-2. ROUTE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS

4-4-3. DEGREE-DISTANCE ROUTE DEFINITION FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS

4-4-4. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

4-4-5. CLASS G AIRSPACE

4-4-6. DIRECT CLEARANCES

Section 5. Altitude Assignment and Verification

4-5-1. VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMA

4-5-2. FLIGHT DIRECTION

4-5-3. EXCEPTIONS

4-5-4. LOWEST USABLE FLIGHT LEVEL

4-5-5. ADJUSTED MINIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL

4-5-6. MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDES

4-5-7. ALTITUDE INFORMATION

4-5-8. ANTICIPATED ALTITUDE CHANGES

4-5-9. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION - NONRADAR

Section 6. Holding Aircraft

4-6-1. CLEARANCE TO HOLDING FIX

4-6-2. CLEARANCE BEYOND FIX

4-6-3. DELAYS

4-6-4. HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS

4-6-5. VISUAL HOLDING POINTS

4-6-6. HOLDING FLIGHT PATH DEVIATION

4-6-7. UNMONITORED NAVAIDs

4-6-8. ILS PROTECTION/CRITICAL AREAS

Section 7. Arrival Procedures

4-7-1. CLEARANCE INFORMATION

4-7-2. ADVANCE DESCENT CLEARANCE

4-7-3. SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES (SFA)

4-7-4. RADIO FREQUENCY AND RADAR BEACON CHANGES FOR MILITARY AIRCRAFT

4-7-5. MILITARY TURBOJET EN ROUTE DESCENT

4-7-6. ARRIVAL INFORMATION

4-7-7. WEATHER INFORMATION

4-7-8. BELOW MINIMA REPORT BY PILOT

4-7-9. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION

4-7-10. APPROACH INFORMATION

4-7-11. ARRIVAL INFORMATION BY APPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES

4-7-12. AIRPORT CONDITIONS

4-7-13. SWITCHING ILS RUNWAYS

Section 8. Approach Clearance Procedures

4-8-1. APPROACH CLEARANCE

4-8-2. CLEARANCE LIMIT

4-8-3. RELAYED APPROACH CLEARANCE

4-8-4. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT FOR MILITARY HIGH ALTITUDE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES

4-8-5. SPECIFYING ALTITUDE

4-8-6. CIRCLING APPROACH

4-8-7. SIDE-STEP MANEUVER

4-8-8. COMMUNICATIONS RELEASE

4-8-9. MISSED APPROACH

4-8-10. APPROACH INFORMATION

4-8-11. PRACTICE APPROACHES

4-8-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO

Chapter 5. Radar

Section 1. General

5-1-1. PRESENTATION AND EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE

5-1-2. ATC SURVEILLANCE SOURCE USE

5-1-3. ELECTRONIC ATTACK (EA) ACTIVITY

5-1-4. MERGING TARGET PROCEDURES

5-1-5. HOLDING PATTERN SURVEILLANCE

5-1-6. DEVIATION ADVISORIES

5-1-7. MANUAL FIX POSTING

5-1-8. POSITION REPORTING

5-1-9. RADAR SERVICE TERMINATION

Section 2. Beacon/ADS-B Systems

5-2-1. ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA

5-2-2. RADAR BEACON CODE CHANGES

5-2-3. EMERGENCY CODE ASSIGNMENT

5-2-4. RADIO FAILURE

5-2-5. HIJACK/UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

5-2-6. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) LOST LINK

5-2-7. VFR CODE ASSIGNMENTS

5-2-8. BEACON CODE FOR PRESSURE SUIT FLIGHTS AND FLIGHTS ABOVE FL 600

5-2-9. AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE BEACON CODE ASSIGNMENT

5-2-10. STANDBY OPERATION

5-2-11. CODE MONITOR

5-2-12. FAILURE TO DISPLAY ASSIGNED BEACON CODE OR INOPERATIVE/MALFUNCTIONING TRANSPONDER

5-2-13. INOPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING INTERROGATOR

5-2-14. FAILED TRANSPONDER OR ADS-B OUT TRANSMITTER

5-2-15. VALIDATION OF MODE C READOUT

5-2-16. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION - MODE C

5-2-17. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION - NON-MODE C

5-2-18. AUTOMATIC ALTITUDE REPORTING

5-2-19. INFLIGHT DEVIATIONS FROM TRANSPONDER/MODE C REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN 10,000 FEET AND 18,000 FEET

5-2-20. BEACON TERMINATION

5-2-21. ALTITUDE FILTERS

5-2-22. INOPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING ADS-B TRANSMITTER

5-2-23. ADS-B ALERTS

5-2-24. ADS-B OUT OFF OPERATIONS

Section 3. Radar Identification

5-3-1. APPLICATION

5-3-2. PRIMARY RADAR IDENTIFICATION METHODS

5-3-3. BEACON/ADS-B IDENTIFICATION METHODS

5-3-4. TERMINAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION METHODS

5-3-5. QUESTIONABLE IDENTIFICATION

5-3-6. POSITION INFORMATION

5-3-7. IDENTIFICATION STATUS

5-3-8. TARGET MARKERS

5-3-9. TARGET MARKERS

Section 4. Transfer of Radar Identification

5-4-1. APPLICATION

5-4-2. TERMS

5-4-3. METHODS

5-4-4. TRAFFIC

5-4-5. TRANSFERRING CONTROLLER HANDOFF

5-4-6. RECEIVING CONTROLLER HANDOFF

5-4-7. POINT OUT

5-4-8. AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER (AIT)

5-4-9. PREARRANGED COORDINATION

5-4-10. EN ROUTE FOURTH LINE DATA BLOCK USAGE

Section 5. Radar Separation

5-5-1. APPLICATION

5-5-2. TARGET SEPARATION

5-5-3. TARGET RESOLUTION

5-5-4. MINIMA

5-5-5. VERTICAL APPLICATION

5-5-6. EXCEPTIONS

5-5-7. PASSING OR DIVERGING

5-5-8. ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FOR FORMATION FLIGHTS

5-5-9. SEPARATION FROM OBSTRUCTIONS

5-5-10. ADJACENT AIRSPACE

5-5-11. EDGE OF SCOPE

5-5-12. BEACON TARGET DISPLACEMENT

Section 6. Vectoring

5-6-1. APPLICATION

5-6-2. METHODS

5-6-3. VECTORS BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE

Section 7. Speed Adjustment

5-7-1. APPLICATION

5-7-2. METHODS

5-7-3. SPEED ASSIGNMENTS

5-7-4. TERMINATION

Section 8. Radar Departures

5-8-1. PROCEDURES

5-8-2. INITIAL HEADING

5-8-3. SUCCESSIVE OR SIMULTANEOUS DEPARTURES

5-8-4. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL

5-8-5. DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS ON PARALLEL OR NONINTERSECTING DIVERGING RUNWAYS

Section 9. Radar Arrivals

5-9-1. VECTORS TO FINAL APPROACH COURSE

5-9-2. FINAL APPROACH COURSE INTERCEPTION

5-9-3. VECTORS ACROSS FINAL APPROACH COURSE

5-9-4. ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS

5-9-5. APPROACH SEPARATION RESPONSIBILITY

5-9-6. SIMULTANEOUS DEPENDENT APPROACHES

5-9-7. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT APPROACHES- DUAL & TRIPLE

5-9-8. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT CLOSE PARALLEL APPROACHES - PRECISION RUNWAY MONITOR (PRM) APPROACHES

5-9-9. SIMULTANEOUS OFFSET INSTRUMENT APPROACHES (SOIA)

5-9-10. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT APPROACHES TO WIDELY-SPACED PARALLEL RUNWAYS WITHOUT FINAL MONITORS

5-9-11. TRANSITIONAL PROCEDURE

Section 10. Radar Approaches - Terminal

5-10-1. APPLICATION

5-10-2. APPROACH INFORMATION

5-10-3. NO-GYRO APPROACH

5-10-4. LOST COMMUNICATIONS

5-10-5. RADAR CONTACT LOST

5-10-6. LANDING CHECK

5-10-7. POSITION INFORMATION

5-10-8. FINAL CONTROLLER CHANGEOVER

5-10-9. COMMUNICATIONS CHECK

5-10-10. TRANSMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT

5-10-11. MISSED APPROACH

5-10-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO

5-10-13. TOWER CLEARANCE

5-10-14. FINAL APPROACH ABNORMALITIES

5-10-15. MILITARY SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES

Section 11. Surveillance Approaches - Terminal

5-11-1. ALTITUDE INFORMATION

5-11-2. VISUAL REFERENCE REPORT

5-11-3. DESCENT NOTIFICATION

5-11-4. DESCENT INSTRUCTIONS

5-11-5. FINAL APPROACH GUIDANCE

5-11-6. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION

Section 12. PAR Approaches - Terminal

5-12-1. GLIDE PATH NOTIFICATION

5-12-2. DECISION HEIGHT (DH) NOTIFICATION

5-12-3. DESCENT INSTRUCTION

5-12-4. GLIDEPATH AND COURSE INFORMATION

5-12-5. DISTANCE FROM TOUCHDOWN

5-12-6. DECISION HEIGHT

5-12-7. POSITION ADVISORIES

5-12-8. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION

5-12-9. COMMUNICATION TRANSFER

5-12-10. ELEVATION FAILURE

5-12-11. SURVEILLANCE UNUSABLE

Section 13. Automation- En Route

5-13-1. CONFLICT ALERT (CA) AND MODE C INTRUDER (MCI) ALERT

5-13-2. EN ROUTE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (E-MSAW)

5-13-3. COMPUTER ENTRY OF FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION

5-13-4. ENTRY OF REPORTED ALTITUDE

5-13-5. SELECTED ALTITUDE LIMITS

5-13-6. SECTOR ELIGIBILITY

5-13-7. COAST TRACKS

5-13-8. CONTROLLER INITIATED COAST TRACKS

5-13-9. ERAM COMPUTER ENTRY OF HOLD INFORMATION

5-13-10. ERAM VISUAL INDICATOR OF SPECIAL ACTIVITY AIRSPACE (SAA) STATUS

Section 14. Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)- Terminal

5-14-1. APPLICATION

5-14-2. RESPONSIBILITY

5-14-3. FUNCTIONAL USE

5-14-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

5-14-5. INFORMATION DISPLAYED

5-14-6. CA/MCI

5-14-7. INHIBITING MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW)

5-14-8. TRACK SUSPEND FUNCTION

Chapter 6. Nonradar

Section 1. General

6-1-1. DISTANCE

6-1-2. NONRECEIPT OF POSITION REPORT

6-1-3. DUPLICATE POSITION REPORTS

6-1-4. ADJACENT AIRPORT OPERATION

6-1-5. ARRIVAL MINIMA

Section 2. Initial Separation of Successive Departing Aircraft

6-2-1. MINIMA ON DIVERGING COURSES

6-2-2. MINIMA ON SAME COURSE

Section 3. Initial Separation of Departing and Arriving Aircraft

6-3-1. SEPARATION MINIMA

Section 4. Longitudinal Separation

6-4-1. APPLICATION

6-4-2. MINIMA ON SAME, CONVERGING, OR CROSSING COURSES

6-4-3. MINIMA ON OPPOSITE COURSES

6-4-4. SEPARATION BY PILOTS

6-4-5. RNAV AIRCRAFT ALONG VOR AIRWAYS/ROUTES

Section 5. Lateral Separation

6-5-1. SEPARATION METHODS

6-5-2. MINIMA ON DIVERGING RADIALS

6-5-3. DME ARC MINIMA

6-5-4. MINIMA ALONG OTHER THAN ESTABLISHED AIRWAYS OR ROUTES

6-5-5. RNAV MINIMA - DIVERGING/CROSSING COURSES

Section 6. Vertical Separation

6-6-1. APPLICATION

6-6-2. EXCEPTIONS

6-6-3. SEPARATION BY PILOTS

Section 7. Timed Approaches

6-7-1. APPLICATION

6-7-2. APPROACH SEQUENCE

6-7-3. SEQUENCE INTERRUPTION

6-7-4. LEVEL FLIGHT RESTRICTION

6-7-5. INTERVAL MINIMA

6-7-6. TIME CHECK

6-7-7. MISSED APPROACHES

Chapter 7. Visual

Section 1. General

7-1-1. CLASS A AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS

7-1-2. VFR CONDITIONS

7-1-3. APPROACH CONTROL SERVICE FOR VFR ARRIVING AIRCRAFT

7-1-4. VISUAL HOLDING OF VFR AIRCRAFT

Section 2. Visual Separation

7-2-1. VISUAL SEPARATION

Section 3. VFR-On-Top

7-3-1. VFR-ON-TOP

7-3-2. ALTITUDE FOR DIRECTION OF FLIGHT

Section 4. Approaches

7-4-1. VISUAL APPROACH

7-4-2. VECTORS FOR VISUAL APPROACH

7-4-3. CLEARANCE FOR VISUAL APPROACH

7-4-4. APPROACHES TO MULTIPLE RUNWAYS

7-4-5. CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURES (CVFP). USA/USN NOT APPLICABLE

7-4-6. CONTACT APPROACH

Section 5. Special VFR (SVFR)

7-5-1. AUTHORIZATION

7-5-2. PRIORITY

7-5-3. SEPARATION

7-5-4. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT

7-5-5. LOCAL OPERATIONS

7-5-6. CLIMB TO VFR

7-5-7. GROUND VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE

7-5-8. FLIGHT VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE

Section 6. Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft - Terminal

7-6-1. APPLICATION

7-6-2. SERVICE AVAILABILITY

7-6-3. INITIAL CONTACT

7-6-4. IDENTIFICATION

7-6-5. HOLDING

7-6-6. APPROACH SEQUENCE

7-6-7. SEQUENCING

7-6-8. CONTROL TRANSFER

7-6-9. ABANDONED APPROACH

7-6-10. VFR DEPARTURE INFORMATION

7-6-11. TERMINATION OF SERVICE

7-6-12. SERVICE PROVIDED WHEN TOWER IS INOPERATIVE

Section 7. Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA) - Terminal

7-7-1. APPLICATION

7-7-2. ISSUANCE OF EFC

7-7-3. SEPARATION

7-7-4. HELICOPTER TRAFFIC

7-7-5. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS

7-7-6. APPROACH INTERVAL

7-7-7. TRSA DEPARTURE INFORMATION

Section 8. Class C Service - Terminal

7-8-1. APPLICATION

7-8-2. CLASS C SERVICES

7-8-3. SEPARATION

7-8-4. ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS

7-8-5. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS

7-8-6. EXCEPTIONS

7-8-7. ADJACENT AIRPORT OPERATIONS

7-8-8. TERMINATION OF SERVICE

Section 9. Class B Service Area - Terminal

7-9-1. APPLICATION

7-9-2. VFR AIRCRAFT IN CLASS B AIRSPACE

7-9-3. METHODS

7-9-4. SEPARATION

7-9-5. TRAFFIC ADVISORIES

7-9-6. HELICOPTER TRAFFIC

7-9-7. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS

7-9-8. APPROACH INTERVAL

Chapter 8. Offshore/Oceanic Procedures

Section 1. General

8-1-1. ATC SERVICE

8-1-2. OPERATIONS IN OFFSHORE AIRSPACE AREAS

8-1-3. VFR FLIGHT PLANS

8-1-4. TYPES OF SEPARATION

8-1-5. ALTIMETER SETTING

8-1-6. RECEIPT OF POSITION REPORTS

8-1-7. OCEANIC ERROR REPORT PROCEDURES

8-1-8. USE OF CONTROL ESTIMATES

8-1-9. RVSM OPERATIONS

Section 2. Coordination

8-2-1. GENERAL

8-2-2. TRANSFER OF CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS

8-2-3. AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES INTERFACILITY DATA COMMUNICATIONS (AIDC)

Section 3. Longitudinal Separation

8-3-1. APPLICATION

8-3-2. SEPARATION METHODS

8-3-3. MACH NUMBER TECHNIQUE

Section 4. Lateral Separation

8-4-1. APPLICATION

8-4-2. SEPARATION METHODS

8-4-3. REDUCTION OF ROUTE PROTECTED AIRSPACE

8-4-4. TRACK SEPARATION

Section 5. Offshore/Oceanic Transition Procedures

8-5-1. ALTITUDE/FLIGHT LEVEL TRANSITION

8-5-2. COURSE DIVERGENCE

8-5-3. OPPOSITE DIRECTION

8-5-4. SAME DIRECTION

8-5-5. RADAR IDENTIFICATION APPLICATION

Section 6. Separation from Airspace Reservations

8-6-1. TEMPORARY STATIONARY AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS

8-6-2. REFUSAL OF AVOIDANCE CLEARANCE

8-6-3. TEMPORARY MOVING AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS

Section 7. North Atlantic ICAO Region

8-7-1. APPLICATION

8-7-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION

8-7-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION

8-7-4. LATERAL SEPARATION

8-7-5. PROCEDURES FOR WEATHER DEVIATIONS IN NORTH ATLANTIC (NAT) AIRSPACE

Section 8. Caribbean ICAO Region

8-8-1. APPLICATION

8-8-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION

8-8-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION

8-8-4. LATERAL SEPARATION

8-8-5. VFR CLIMB AND DESCENT

Section 9. Pacific ICAO Region

8-9-1. APPLICATION

8-9-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION

8-9-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION

8-9-4. LATERAL SEPARATION

8-9-5. PROCEDURES FOR WEATHER DEVIATIONS AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES IN OCEANIC CONTROLLED AIRSPACE

Section 10. North American ICAO Region

8-10-1. APPLICATION

8-10-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION

8-10-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION

8-10-4. LATERAL SEPARATION

Chapter 9. Special Flights

Section 1. General

9-1-1. GENERAL

9-1-2. SPECIAL HANDLING

9-1-3. FLIGHT CHECK AIRCRAFT

Section 2. Special Operations

9-2-1. AIRCRAFT CARRYING DANGEROUS MATERIALS

9-2-2. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TRAINING

9-2-3. EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS

9-2-4. FAA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FLIGHTS

9-2-5. FLYNET

9-2-6. IFR MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES

9-2-7. INTERCEPTOR OPERATIONS

9-2-8. SPECIAL INTEREST SITES

9-2-9. SPECIAL AIR TRAFFIC RULES (SATR) AND SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA (SFRA)

9-2-10. ATC SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE WASHINGTON, DC, SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA (DC SFRA)

9-2-11. SECURITY NOTICE (SECNOT)

9-2-12. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SENSITIVE GOVERNMENT MISSIONS

9-2-13. MILITARY AERIAL REFUELING

9-2-14. MILITARY OPERATIONS ABOVE FL 600

9-2-15. MILITARY SPECIAL USE FREQUENCIES

9-2-16. AVOIDANCE OF AREAS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION

9-2-17. SAMP FLIGHTS

9-2-18. AWACS/NORAD SPECIAL FLIGHTS

9-2-19. WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS

9-2-20. EVASIVE ACTION MANEUVER

9-2-21. NONSTANDARD FORMATION/CELL OPERATIONS

Section 3. Special Use, ATC-Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs

9-3-1. APPLICATION

9-3-2. SEPARATION MINIMA

9-3-3. VFR-ON-TOP

9-3-4. TRANSITING ACTIVE SUA/ATCAA

Section 4. Fuel Dumping

9-4-1. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

9-4-2. ROUTING

9-4-3. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT

9-4-4. SEPARATION MINIMA

9-4-5. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

Section 5. Jettisoning of External Stores

9-5-1. JETTISONING OF EXTERNAL STORES

Section 6. Unmanned Free Balloons

9-6-1. APPLICATION

9-6-2. DERELICT BALLOONS

Section 7. Parachute Operations

9-7-1. COORDINATION

9-7-2. CLASS A, CLASS B, AND CLASS C AIRSPACE

9-7-3. CLASS D AIRSPACE

9-7-4. OTHER CONTROL AIRSPACE

Section 8. Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Reports

9-8-1. GENERAL

Chapter 10. Emergencies

Section 1. General

10-1-1. EMERGENCY DETERMINATIONS

10-1-2. OBTAINING INFORMATION

10-1-3. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE

10-1-4. RESPONSIBILITY

10-1-5. COORDINATION

10-1-6. AIRPORT GROUND EMERGENCY

10-1-7. INFLIGHT EMERGENCIES INVOLVING MILITARY FIGHTER-TYPE AIRCRAFT

Section 2. Emergency Assistance

10-2-1. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

10-2-2. FREQUENCY CHANGES

10-2-3. AIRCRAFT ORIENTATION

10-2-4. ALTITUDE CHANGE FOR IMPROVED RECEPTION

10-2-5. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

10-2-6. HIJACKED AIRCRAFT

10-2-7. VFR AIRCRAFT IN WEATHER DIFFICULTY

10-2-8. RADAR ASSISTANCE TO VFR AIRCRAFT IN WEATHER DIFFICULTY

10-2-9. RADAR ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES

10-2-10. EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNALS

10-2-11. AIRCRAFT BOMB THREATS

10-2-12. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 TEAMS

10-2-13. MANPADS ALERT

10-2-14. UNAUTHORIZED LASER ILLUMINATION OF AIRCRAFT

10-2-15. EMERGENCY AIRPORT RECOMMENDATION

10-2-16. GUIDANCE TO EMERGENCY AIRPORT

10-2-17. EMERGENCY OBSTRUCTION VIDEO MAP (EOVM)

10-2-18. VOLCANIC ASH

10-2-19. REPORTING DEATH, ILLNESS, OR OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH RISK ON BOARD AIRCRAFT

Section 3. Overdue Aircraft

10-3-1. OVERDUE AIRCRAFT/OTHER SITUATIONS

10-3-2. INFORMATION TO BE FORWARDED TO ARTCC

10-3-3. INFORMATION TO BE FORWARDED TO RCC

10-3-4. ALNOT

10-3-5. RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFER TO RCC

10-3-6. LAST KNOWN POSITION DETERMINATION

10-3-7. ALNOT CANCELLATION

Section 4. Control Actions

10-4-1. TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS

10-4-2. LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS

10-4-3. TRAFFIC RESUMPTION

10-4-4. COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE

Section 5. Miscellaneous Operations

10-5-1. EXPLOSIVE CARGO

10-5-2. DEBRIS-GENERATING SPACE LAUNCH OR REENTRY VEHICLE MISHAPS

Section 6. Oceanic Emergency Procedures

10-6-1. APPLICATION

10-6-2. PHASES OF EMERGENCY

10-6-3. ALERTING SERVICE AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

10-6-4. INFLIGHT CONTINGENCIES

10-6-5. SERVICES TO RESCUE AIRCRAFT

Section 7. Ground Missile Emergencies

10-7-1. INFORMATION RELAY

10-7-2. IFR AND SVFR MINIMA

10-7-3. VFR MINIMA

10-7-4. SMOKE COLUMN AVOIDANCE

10-7-5. EXTENDED NOTIFICATION

Chapter 11. Traffic Management Procedures

Section 1. General

11-1-1. DUTY RESPONSIBILITY

11-1-2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

11-1-3. TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM)

Chapter 12. Canadian Airspace Procedures

Section 1. General Control

12-1-1. APPLICATION

12-1-2. AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION

12-1-3. ONE THOUSAND-ON-TOP

12-1-4. SEPARATION

12-1-5. DEPARTURE CLEARANCE/COMMUNICATION FAILURE

12-1-6. PARACHUTE JUMPING

12-1-7. SPECIAL VFR (SVFR)

Chapter 13. Decision Support Tools

Section 1. ERAM - En Route

13-1-1. DESCRIPTION

13-1-2. CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION

13-1-3. TRIAL PLANNING

13-1-4. CONFLICT PROBE-BASED CLEARANCES

13-1-5. THE AIRCRAFT LIST (ACL), DEPARTURE LIST (DL) AND FLIGHT DATA MANAGEMENT

13-1-6. MANUAL COORDINATION AND THE COORDINATION MENU

13-1-7. HOLDING

13-1-8. RECORDING OF CONTROL DATA

13-1-9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION

13-1-10. CURRENCY OF TRAJECTORY INFORMATION

13-1-11. DELAY REPORTING

13-1-12. OVERDUE AIRCRAFT

13-1-13. USE OF GRAPHICS PLAN DISPLAY (GPD)

13-1-14. FORECAST WINDS

13-1-15. INTERFACILITY CONNECTIVITY

13-1-16. SURVEILLANCE AND FLIGHT DATA OUTAGES

13-1-17. AIRSPACE CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS

Section 2. ATOP - Oceanic

13-2-1. DESCRIPTION

13-2-2. CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION

13-2-3. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

13-2-4. CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS (CPDLC)

13-2-5. COORDINATION

13-2-6. TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES - MULTIPLE PERSON OPERATION

Appendices

Appendix A. Standard Operating Practice (SOP) for the Transfer of Position Responsibility

Appendix B. Standard Operating Practice (SOP) for Aircraft Deviating for Weather Near Active Special Activity Airspace (SAA)

PILOT/CONTROLLER GLOSSARY

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