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Chapter 2

General Control

JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

This chapter's phraseology, all in one place

Section 1. General

  1. 2-1-1ATC Service
  2. 2-1-2Duty Priority
  3. 2-1-3Procedural Preference
  4. 2-1-4Operational Priority
  5. 2-1-5Expeditious Compliance
  6. 2-1-6Safety Alert
  7. 2-1-7Inflight Equipment Malfunctions
  8. 2-1-8Minimum Fuel
  9. 2-1-9Reporting Essential Flight Information
  10. 2-1-10Navaid Malfunctions
  11. 2-1-11Use of Marsa
  12. 2-1-12Military Procedures
  13. 2-1-13Formation Flights
  14. 2-1-14Coordinate Use of Airspace
  15. 2-1-15Control Transfer
  16. 2-1-16Surface Areas
  17. 2-1-17Radio Communications
  18. 2-1-18Operational Requests
  19. 2-1-19Wake Turbulence
  20. 2-1-20Wake Turbulence Cautionary Advisories
  21. 2-1-21Traffic Advisories
  22. 2-1-22Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Activity Information.
  23. 2-1-23Bird Activity Information
  24. 2-1-24Transfer of Position Responsibility
  25. 2-1-25Wheels Down Check
  26. 2-1-26Supervisory Notification
  27. 2-1-27Possible Pilot Deviation Notification
  28. 2-1-28TCAS Resolution Advisories
  29. 2-1-29RVSM Operations
  30. 2-1-30Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) Alerts
  31. 2-1-31“blue Lightning” Events

Section 2. Flight Plans and Control Information

  1. 2-2-1Recording Information
  2. 2-2-2Forwarding Information
  3. 2-2-3Forwarding VFR Data
  4. 2-2-4Military Dvfr Departures
  5. 2-2-5IFR to VFR Flight Plan Change
  6. 2-2-6IFR Flight Progress Data
  7. 2-2-7Manual Input of Computer‐Assigned Beacon Codes
  8. 2-2-8Altrv Information
  9. 2-2-9Computer Message Verification
  10. 2-2-10Transmit Proposed Flight Plan
  11. 2-2-11Forwarding Amended and Utm Data
  12. 2-2-12Airborne Military Flights
  13. 2-2-13Forwarding Flight Plan Data Between U.s. ARTCCs and Canadian ACCs
  14. 2-2-14Teletype Flight Data Format- U.s. ARTCCs - Canadian ACCs
  15. 2-2-15North American Route Program (NRP) Information

Section 3. Flight Progress Strips

  1. 2-3-1General
  2. 2-3-2En Route Data Entries
  3. 2-3-3Oceanic Data Entries
  4. 2-3-4Terminal Data Entries
  5. 2-3-5Aircraft Identity
  6. 2-3-6Aircraft Type
  7. 2-3-7Usaf/Usn Undergraduate Pilots
  8. 2-3-8Aircraft Equipment Suffix
  9. 2-3-9Clearance Status
  10. 2-3-10Control Symbology

Section 4. Radio and Interphone Communications

  1. 2-4-1Radio Communications
  2. 2-4-2Monitoring
  3. 2-4-3Pilot Acknowledgment/Read Back
  4. 2-4-4Authorized Interruptions
  5. 2-4-5Authorized Transmissions
  6. 2-4-6False or Deceptive Communications
  7. 2-4-7Authorized Relays
  8. 2-4-8Radio Message Format
  9. 2-4-9Abbreviated Transmissions
  10. 2-4-10Interphone Transmission Priorities
  11. 2-4-11Priority Interruption
  12. 2-4-12Interphone Message Format
  13. 2-4-13Interphone Message Termination
  14. 2-4-14Words and Phrases
  15. 2-4-15Emphasis for Clarity
  16. 2-4-16Icao Phonetics
  17. 2-4-17Numbers Usage
  18. 2-4-18Number Clarification
  19. 2-4-19Facility Identification
  20. 2-4-20Aircraft Identification
  21. 2-4-21Description of Aircraft Types
  22. 2-4-22Airspace Classes

Section 5. Route and NAVAID Description

  1. 2-5-1Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes
  2. 2-5-2Navaid Terms
  3. 2-5-3Navaid Fixes

Section 6. Weather Information

  1. 2-6-1Familiarization
  2. 2-6-2PIREP Solicitation and Dissemination
  3. 2-6-3Reporting Weather Conditions
  4. 2-6-4Issuing Weather and Chaff Areas
  5. 2-6-5Disseminating Official Weather Information
  6. 2-6-6Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory

Section 7. Altimeter Settings

  1. 2-7-1Current Settings
  2. 2-7-2Altimeter Setting Issuance Below Lowest Usable Fl
  3. 2-7-3Altimeter Settings Greater Than 31.00 Inches Mercury

Section 8. Runway Visibility Reporting- Terminal

  1. 2-8-1Furnish Rvr Values
  2. 2-8-2Arrival/Departure Runway Visibility
  3. 2-8-3Terminology

Section 9. Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures

  1. 2-9-1Application
  2. 2-9-2Operating Procedures
  3. 2-9-3Content

Section 10. Team Position Responsibilities

  1. 2-10-1En Route or Oceanic Sector Team Position Responsibilities
  2. 2-10-2Terminal Radar/Nonradar Team Position Responsibilities
  3. 2-10-3Tower Team Position Responsibilities