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Towered Airports
Operations at
half of these are general arrival to make a 45-degree entry to the downwind
leg of the active runway. As you approach a towered
airport, however, ATC can clear you to enter the
aviation operations. pattern at any leg. The entry point will depend on
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Airport/Facility Directory
P R O C E E D
Plan
Tune before
Organize
Have charts
Clearance
Get ATIS,
Exercise
Caution
Heed all taxiway
Expedite
When cleared to
Depart
touch and go, low approach, or missed approach— with details on land and hold short operations, can
whatever you or an instructor aboard the aircraft be found in the (Airport/Facility Directory) listing for
decides to do. the airport. Configure the airplane for a short-field
• “Go around!” Abort the final approach! The tower landing if necessary, and fly a precise final approach
controller may issue the instructions, or the pilot airspeed. If you have doubts about being able to
can state the fact. Unless otherwise instructed, the comply with the hold-short restriction, inform the
pilot should overfly the runway while climbing to controller immediately. Don’t wait until you’re
traffic pattern altitude and reenter the pattern on a rolling out too fast and too far down the runway to
crosswind leg. stop before the hold-short line.
• “Contact....” Switch frequencies and communicate
with another specified controller. Nonstandard Procedures
• “Expedite....” Comply promptly to avoid a conflicting Be flexible. Controllers at busy airports use a variety of
situation. techniques to keep traffic flowing smoothly. You may be
• “Traffic….” Other aircraft are in your vicinity. For asked to:
example, “Traffic, nine o’clock, one-two miles, • Fly a faster than normal final approach;
southeast bound, one thousand feet below you.” • Extend your downwind;
• “Report traffic/runway/airport in sight.” Advise the • Switch to another runway at the last minute;
controller when you visually identify the other
aircraft, runway, or airport. Safety Tip
• “Land and hold short.” At busy airports with inter- A clearance to “maintain runway heading” after
secting runways, controllers often use more than takeoff means that you should maintain the compass
one runway for arrivals and/or departures. Be pre- alignment of the departure runway, not track the
pared for a controller to issue a “land and hold extended runway centerline. In other words, after
short” (LAHSO) restriction when flying to such an takeoff, do not make heading corrections to account
airport. You can ask the controller for the landing for wind drift.
distance available to you. That information, along
Runway Incursion
Burbank, CA
A Piper PA-32 was issued a landing clearance on
Runway 8 and instructed to hold short of Runway
15. A Beech Baron was issued a landing clearance
on Runway 15. The Piper landed and continued
past the hold-short line, entering the runway
intersection. The Baron was unable to stop prior to
the Runway 8 hold-short bars, but did stop before
the Runway 8 edge line.
Sterile Cockpit
This is a term coined by the airlines to limit NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION
conversation topics to flight operations when pilot
work load is high—which, in high density airspace, can runway, and any special notes. (Many of the
be as far as 20 miles from an airport. Ask passengers to airlines provide notes and list restricted taxiways.)
avoid unnecessary conversation until safely out of the • The first officer communicates with ground control,
terminal area or parked on the ramp. They should, as while the captain taxis the aircraft. When
always, point out a potential hazard, but this is not the communicating with ATC, both pilots focus on
time to talk about how small the houses look. what is being said and no other cockpit duties are
accomplished during this time.
Arrival Procedures
A R R
ATIS
Before calling
Review
Turn on lights
V A L
Visual
Check
Look for
Arrival
Complete the
Landing
Clear the
approach or diagram, and ground when 5-10 miles traffic when before-landing runway ASAP.
tower controllers, anticipate the frequencies. out. Begin the approaching the checklist. Don’t switch
check ATIS, active runway, before-landing airport. Be Follow tower’s to ground
AWOS, or ASOS. and visualize checklist. accurate in your instructions for control until
your taxi route. position reports. landing. instructed.
Once you understand towered airport operating rules Our aircraft more than meets the minimum
and procedures and have thoroughly prepared, you equipment requirements for operating at a Class D
Arrival
We’re arriving from the east, and because of the traffic
congestion, we ask for and receive traffic advisories from
SoCal Approach Control. About 15 minutes east of our
destination, we tune LGB’s ATIS frequency on the
number-two radio and listen to the current report,
“Hotel,” while also monitoring the approach control
frequency on radio number one. “Long Beach Tower, Cessna Seven-Zero-Five-Eight
Quebec, five east, inbound to Two-five Left.”
ATIS says that runways 25L, 25R, and 30 are active. “Cessna Five-Eight Quebec, Long Beach Tower. Make
Separate tower frequencies are in effect for the north straight in Runway Two-five Left.”
and south runways. Because intersecting runways are “Cleared for the straight-in to Two-five Left. Five-Eight
in use, we mentally prepare for a “land and hold Quebec.” Great! This is going to be easier than we
short” instruction. thought. We’ll be able to exit the runway right onto the
ramp where we’ll be parking to refuel. Then the tower
About five miles east of the airport, we inform SoCal controller throws us a curve.
Approach that we have Long Beach in sight, we have “Cessna Five-Eight Quebec, change to Runway Two-
ATIS information Hotel, and we’re requesting 25L, the five Right. I have an aircraft stopped on Two-five Left.
runway most convenient to our destination on the Contact tower one-two-zero point five.”
airport. The controller says to expect 25L and instructs us “Roger, contact tower on one-two-zero point five.
to switch to the Long Beach Tower—south frequency. Five-Eight Quebec.” We don’t know what the
We’ve already obtained the frequency from the airport trouble is on 25L, but there’s no point in worrying
diagram page and loaded it in the standby window on about it. As we bank into a right turn and then back
the number-one com, so we’re prepared for the handoff. to the left to line up with 25R, we tune the tower
frequency and check in. The tower controller is
ready for us.
Safety Tip “Cessna Seven-Zero-Five-Eight Quebec, Runway
If you have difficulty with reading runway markings Two-five Right, cleared to land. Hold short Runway
or airport signs at a particular airport, contact the Three-zero.”
airport manager and report the problem. Also file a “Cleared to land Two-five Right. Five-Eight Quebec.”
report with NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting The controller immediately responds to my readback
System (http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov). with an insistent voice, “Five-Eight Quebec, HOLD
SHORT RUNWAY THREE-ZERO.”
Departure
The drill on departure will be the same as the
arrival, only in reverse. After completing the
appropriate checklists, starting the engine, and
“Roger, hold short Three-zero. Five-Eight Quebec.” powering up the avionics, we configure the
Oops. Fortunately, the controller caught my negligence. communications radios based on the frequencies
I shudder as I think about the potentially catastrophic specified on the airport diagram, with LGB ATIS in
consequences of rolling out on Runway Two-five Right
and blithely crossing Runway Three-zero—just as
another airplane comes barreling down the crossing
runway.
15-33 B
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150’-wide taxiway shown
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Runway Safety
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15-APCH
mation on the signs may also be painted on the airport 15
ILS A
pavement. The following examples are described as if
A
you were on the taxiway or runway, looking at the sign.
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Taxiway location sign: Indicates the taxiway you
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15-33
15-APCH
Approach Area
ILS
and the threshold for Runway 33 is to your right. This sign
is located next to the yellow holding position markings
painted on the taxiway pavement. ILS holding position sign: ATC may hold
you at this sign when the instrument land-
Runway boundary sign: This sign faces ing system is being used at the airport.
the runway and is visible to pilots Aircraft taxiing beyond this point may interfere with the
exiting the runway. Taxi past this sign ILS signal to approaching aircraft.
(“dash past the dashed lines”) to be sure you are clear of
the runway. ILS critical area boundary sign: Seen
when exiting the runway, this sign
marks the boundary of the ILS critical
area. When ILS approaches are in use, be sure your
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the taxiway.
Reproduced with permission of Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
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here until cleared to cross. Taxiing past this sign may
interfere with aircraft arriving on Runway 15 or
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departing on Runway 33.
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Taxiway entrance at intersection of two runways (see
A left). You are on Taxiway A. The arrows pointing to
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ALSF-II
May operate as a SSALR when
weather conditions permit. MALSR
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LANDING LANDING
THRESHOLD THRESHOLD
100’ spacing
Reproduced with permission of Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
500’
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200’
Example of location
sign shown on far
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side of intersection
1000’
1000’
CA C
Alternate array of
signs shown to
1400’
illustrate sign
Taxiway intersection (see above). You are on Taxiway A. Steady Burning Red Lights
High Steady Burning White Lights
The orientation of these signs is from left to right in a Med. Steady Burning White Lights
clockwise manner. Left turn signs are on the left side of Sequenced Flashing White Lights
Threshold Lights
the location sign and right turn signs are on the right side
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of the location sign. Approach light systems
VASI
are a configuration of
Red VASI Lights
No entry sign: Do not enter this area. Aircraft signal lights starting at the White VASI Lights
are prohibited. This sign would be found at the landing threshold and STANDARD (3-bar)
entrance to a one-way taxiway or at the extending into the
intersection of a road intended for vehicles. approach area a distance
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(Terminal), “Ramp,” etc. nonprecision runways.
On
Glideslope
Outbound destination sign to Visual approach slope
different runways: Runways 27 indicators (VASIs) provide
and 33 are to your right. visual descent guidance Low
For more information, see www.faa.gov/runwaysafety. during the approach to a
runway. The lights are
arranged in bars and vary in number from two to 16.
Airport Lighting
(For further information and a complete set of approach Lights Up
lighting system diagrams, refer to the Aeronautical Tower controllers can operate many of the airport’s
Information Manual, Chapter 2, Section 1.) lights at various intensities. Ask them to turn up
runway and lead-in lights when you’re trying to
Approach lighting systems provide the basic means to locate the field. Most pilots prefer these lights to be
transition from instrument flight to visual flight for dimmed for landing.
landing.