SECTION 3 (CALL SIGNS) Practices & Services

SECTION 3 OF FLIGHT RADIO COURSE

FORMAT OF MAKING A MAYDAY RADIO CALL

• MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY

• Name of the station you are addressing

• Identification of the aircraft

• Nature of the distress condition

• Intention of the pilot

• Your current position, altitude and heading

[GROUND STATION CALLSIGNS]

Call Sign:

Control

Service Provided:

Area Radar Control

Call Sign:

Approach

Service Provided:

Approach Radar Control

Call Sign:

Arrival

Service Provided:

Approach Radar Control Arrivals (where this is provided as a separate service)

Call Sign:

Tower

Service Provided:

Aerodrome Control, including the airspace around it.

Call Sign:

Ground

Service Provided:

Surface Movement Control at an Aerodrome.

Call Sign:

Delivery

Service Provided:

Issuing of Clearances and some Surface Movement Control.

Call Sign:

Radar

Service Provided:

Area or Approach Surveillance Radar

Call Sign:

Apron

Service Provided:

Apron Management Service

Call Sign:

Unicom

Service Provided:

Universal Communication, providing Weather and Traffic Information to Aircraft.

Call Sign:

Radio

Service Provided:

A Ground Based Station providing Air to Ground Communications.

Call Sign:

Flight Service

Service Provided:

Aerodrome Flight Information Service

All over the world, the time used is…

…Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), which is effectively the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

NZ Standard Time (NZST) is how many hours ahead of UTC?

12 hours

NZ Daylight Savings Time (NZDT) is how many hours ahead of UTC?

13 hours

UTC is abbreviated to Zulu, and time is reported in the format..

…”zero eight zero zero zulu.” This means the same as 0800 hrs UTC o (or 2000 hrs NZST)

Over the radio, you should only transmit the minutes unless there would be any confusion about the hours.

When reporting the time over the radio, you should only transmit the minutes there