Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control

Section 1. Services Available to Pilots
4-1-1. Air Route Traffic Control Centers 4-1-12. Use of UNICOM for ATC Purposes
4-1-2. Control Towers 4-1-13. Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
4-1-3. Flight Service Stations 4-1-14. Radar Traffic Information Service
4-1-4. Recording and Monitoring 4-1-15. Safety Alert
4-1-5. Communications Release of IFR Aircraft Landing at an Airport Without an Operating Control Tower 4-1-16. Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft
4-1-6. Pilot Visits to Air Traffic Facilities 4-1-17. Terminal Radar Services for VFR Aircraft
4-1-7. Operation Take-off and Operation Raincheck 4-1-18. Tower En Route Control (TEC)
4-1-8. Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft 4-1-19. Transponder Operation
4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers 4-1-20. Hazardous Area Reporting Service
4-1-10. IFR Approaches/Ground Vehicle Operations 4-1-21. Airport Reservations Operations and Procedures
4-1-11. Designated UNICOM/MULTICOM Frequencies 4-1-22. Requests for Waivers and Authorizations from Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

 

Section 2. Radio Communications Phraseology and Techniques
4-2-1. General 4-2-8. Figures
4-2-2. Radio Technique 4-2-9. Altitudes and Flight Levels
4-2-3. Contact Procedures 4-2-10. Directions
4-2-4. Aircraft Call Signs 4-2-11. Speeds
4-2-5. Description of Interchange or Leased Aircraft 4-2-12. Time
4-2-6. Ground Station Call Signs 4-2-13. Communications with Tower when Aircraft Transmitter or Receiver or Both are Inoperative
4-2-7. Phonetic Alphabet 4-2-14. Communications for VFR Flights

 

Section 3. Airport Operations
4-3-1. General 4-3-14. Communications
4-3-2. Airports with an Operating Control Tower 4-3-15. Gate Holding Due to Departure Delays
4-3-3. Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating              Control Tower 4-3-16. VFR Flights in Terminal Areas
4-3-4. Traffic Patterns 4-3-17. VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports
4-3-5. Unexpected Maneuvers in the Airport Traffic Pattern 4-3-18. Taxiing
4-3-6. Use of Runways/Declared Distances 4-3-19. Taxi During Low Visibility
4-3-7. Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) and              Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) 4-3-20. Exiting the Runway After Landing
4-3-8. Braking Action Reports and Advisories 4-3-21. Practice Instrument Approaches
4-3-9. Runway Friction Reports and Advisories 4-3-22. Option Approach
4-3-10. Intersection Takeoffs 4-3-23. Use of Aircraft Lights
4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold                Short Operations (LAHSO) 4-3-24. Flight Inspection/`Flight Check' Aircraft in Terminal               Areas
4-3-12. Low Approach 4-3-25. Hand Signals
4-3-13. Traffic Control Light Signals 4-3-26. Operations at Uncontrolled Airports With Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)

 

Section 4. ATC Clearances/Separations
4-4-1. Clearance 4-4-9. Adherence to Clearance
4-4-2. Clearance Prefix 4-4-10. IFR Separation Standards
4-4-3. Clearance Items 4-4-11. Speed Adjustments
4-4-4. Amended Clearances 4-4-12. Runway Separation
4-4-5. Special VFR Clearances 4-4-13. Visual Separation
4-4-6. Pilot Responsibility upon Clearance Issuance 4-4-14. Use of Visual Clearing Procedures
4-4-7. IFR Clearance VFR-on-top 4-4-15. Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
(TCAS I & II)
4-4-8. VFR/IFR Flights

 

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