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 ALTITUDE 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. DATA BLOCKS
5-3-9. DATA BLOCKS
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. RNAV VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURES (RFVP)
7-4-7. 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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