Air Traffic Control Communications and Phraseology

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to air traffic control communications and phraseology, as detailed in the lecture notes.

Phraseology

The specific language and terminology used in air traffic control for clear communication. CENTURION three zero niner seven delta

Should

A term meaning that a procedure is recommended.

May

A term meaning that a procedure is optional, but not necessarily so in aviation.

SQUAWK

A term used to instruct an aircraft to set their transponder to a specific code.

Serial Numbers 11,495

one one four niner five 

Altitudes 10,000 / 17,900

one zero thousand, One seven thousoand niner hundred

Flight Levels FL 180 / FL 275

Flight level one eight zero, Flight level two seven five

MDA/DH Altitides 1.320 / 486

Minimum Descent Altitude, one three two zero / Decision Height, four eight six

Time (12) 1:15 a.m/p.m (24) 0115/1315

Zero one one five, one three one five

Time 2230(UTC) / 2:30 p.m.

Two two three zero zulu, one four three zero Local/Pacific

Field Elevation 17 Ft, 817Ft, 2,817 Ft

Field elevation, one seven, Field elevation, eight one seven, Field elevation, two eight one seven

Altimeter Setting 29.92 / 30.01

Altimeter, two niner niner two / Altimiter, three zero zero one

Surface Wind 03025KT / 27015G35KT

Wind zero three zero at two five / wind two seven zero at one five gusts three five

Heading 5 degrees / 30 degrees / 360 degrees

Heading zero zero five / Heading zero three zero / Heading three six zero

Transponder Code 0414 / 1200

Zero four one four / One two zero zero

Frequencies 118.0 / 119.55 / 243.0

One one eight point zero / One one niner point five five / Two four three point zero

Frequencies 275.8 MHz

Local channel one six

Speed 250 / 190

Two five zero knots / One niner zero knots

Mach Number 1.5 / 0.64 / 0.7

Mach one point five / Mach point six four / Mach point seven

Mileage 30 / 45

Three zero miles / Four five miles

Number Clarification 17,000 (Altitude) / 29.92 (Altimeter Setting)/ 126.55 (Frequency)

One seven thousand, Seventeen thousand / Altimeter two niner niner two, Twenty nine ninety two / One two six point five five, One twenty six point fifty five

Control Tower

Westheimer Tower

Shall and Will

Mandatoey

Less than 3 knots of wing is

CALM

2:30am, 6:25am, 4:59am, 7:42am

Zero two three zero, zero six two five, zero four five niner, zero seven four two

8:48pm, 11:30pm, 10:11pm, 9:36pm

two zero four eight, two three three zero, two two one one, two one three six

AAL52, DAL100, UAL570, AWE1549

American fifty two, Delta one hundred, United five seventy, Cactus fifteen forty nine

VM, VV, C, G, R

Marine, Navy, Coast Guard, Air/Army National Guard, Army

E, L, RCH, S

Air EVAC(Air Evacuation), LOGAIR(USAF Contract), REACH(Air Mobility Command), SAM(Special Air Mission)

SNOMAN1, JUDGE43

Snowman one, Judge four three

Arrial info forwarded to non radar control tower or AFSS

1 Aircraft identification, 2 type of aircraft, 3 estimated time of arrival, 4 type of approach 

Position Releif Checklist

preview the position, verbal briefing, assumption of position responsibility, review the position