Table of Contents
- 1 What facility is primarily responsible for issuing IFR clearances and for monitoring each IFR flight during the enroute phase?
- 2 Is Cpdlc required in the US?
- 3 What is the difference between an IFR tower and a VFR tower?
- 4 Do airline pilots have to speak English?
- 5 When do pilots report to ATC for two-way communications failure?
- 6 What does it mean to maintain altitude in air traffic control?
What facility is primarily responsible for issuing IFR clearances and for monitoring each IFR flight during the enroute phase?
Air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) are established primarily to provide air traffic service to aircraft operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) on flight plans within controlled airspace, including airways and jet routes, and principally during the en route phase of flight.
Is Cpdlc required in the US?
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) are currently required in Datalink Mandated (DLM) airspace within the North Atlantic Tracks (NATs). As of Dec 7, 2017, airspace impacted by CPDLC requirements will expand and this will affect general aviation (GA) transatlantic operations.
What is responsible for providing the safe orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports?
Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system.
What are air traffic control centers?
In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
What is the difference between an IFR tower and a VFR tower?
Despite its official name, a VFR tower can handle IFR traffic, and relay IFR clearances to instrument pilots. It is called a VFR Tower because it has no radar installation of its own. Some have a “repeater” scope, but that’s just a monitor of someone else’s radar screen.
Do airline pilots have to speak English?
The FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), the world’s organization overseeing aviation, require all pilots flying under their organizations to have attained ICAO “Level 4” English ability. This means all pilots must speak, read, write, and understand English fluently.
Can IFR clearances be relayed directly to air traffic control?
When the FAA ended the practice of relaying IFR clearances between pilots and air traffic control through Flight Service at locations where direct radio contact between an aircraft and ATC is not possible, numerous pilots asked AOPA for more information about using the new direct phone numbers to ATC pilots must call instead.
How does air traffic control resolve conflicts?
Air traffic control specialists retain the latitude necessary to tactically resolve conflicts. Every effort should be made to ensure the aircraft is returned to the original filed flight plan/altitude as soon as conditions warrant.
When do pilots report to ATC for two-way communications failure?
Pilots should report to ATC the time and altitude/flight level at which the aircraft reaches the clearance limit and report leaving the clearance limit. In the event of two-way communications failure, pilots are required to comply with 14 CFR Section 91.185.
What does it mean to maintain altitude in air traffic control?
The altitude or flight level instructions in an ATC clearance normally require that a pilot “ MAINTAIN ” the altitude or flight level at which the flight will operate when in controlled airspace. Altitude or flight level changes while en route should be requested prior to the time the change is desired.