air traffic control communication examples

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATION EXAMPLES MANUAL

EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES 121.5 AND 243.0 MHzĪir traffic facilities must have transmit and receive capability on emergency frequencies 121.5 and 243.0 MHz as necessary to meet emergency frequency network requirements.Īt locations having more than one type of facility, such as a FSS and a tower, or a FSS, a tower, and an ARTCC, a common transmitter and receiver may be shared where practicable.FSSs equipped with ICSS equipment may reconfigure the ICSS to allow the temporary selection, muting, or rerouting of 121.5 and 243.0 MHz during the period of an interfering signal e.g., continuous emergency locator transmitter ( ELT), stuck mike, etc.įacilities must establish procedures to ensure that frequencies used on a shared basis e.g., single frequency approach operations, are continuously monitored by one of the positions of operation.ARTCCs need not monitor 121.5 and 243.0 MHz if other ATC facilities monitor those frequencies in a given area.Recorded telephone lines must be identified in the facility SOP.įrequencies allocated to a facility must be continuously monitored except: When equipment capabilities exist, every effort should be made to conduct conversations regarding ATC services, aircraft accidents, incidents, and contingency operations on a recorded line.

Consent to the record is assumed by the individual when placing the call to an operational facility.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATION EXAMPLES MANUAL

This notice is given to the public through an entry in the Aeronautical Information Manual ( AIM). In place of the “beep” tone, the FCC has substituted a mandatory requirement that persons to be recorded must be given notice that they are to be recorded and give consent. Where the public access telephone is recorded, a beeper tone is not required.

ARTCC: (The facility's name) Center for example, “Washington Center.”įSS: (The facility's name) Flight Service for example, “Juneau Flight Service” or “(Service Provider Name) Flight Service.”ĪTCT: (The facility's name) Tower for example, “Atlanta Tower.”Īpproach Control: (The facility's name) Approach Control for example, “Dulles Approach Control.”Īnswer local airport, private exchange (PX), or interdepartmental system type telephones as outlined above, except omit the location name e.g., Center, Tower, Flight Service, etc.

Air traffic control communication examples