Departure Procedures

Question 1

What terms would you use to issue departure clearances when necessary?

Answer 1

Depart, Fly or Departure

Question 2

What word should you avoid using unless in the tower/terminal environment?

Answer 2

Takeoff

Question 3

What should be included in an IFR departure clearance?

Answer 3

Departure airport as needed, clearance limit (destination airport, short-range clearance limit as provided for any established procedures, when a NAVAID the type must be included), Name the waypoint or intersection by type.

Question 4

What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport with a control tower?

Answer 4

Direction of takeoff/turn and or initial heading/azimuth

Question 5

What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport without air traffic control services?

Answer 5

Direction of takeoff/turn or initial heading/azimuth to be flown (must solicit pilot’s concurrence before issuing the clearance, after issuing direction of takeoff and or
heading to pilot compatibility with a procedure issued may be verified by the pilot for compliance with local traffic pattern and terrain or obstruction avoidance

Question 6

What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport not in controller airspace?

Answer 6

Nothing except a heading to be flown when entering controlled airspace

Question 7

When would you include a departure procedure as part of the clearance?

Answer 7

Where only written departure procedures are published for an airport and pilot compliance is necessary to ensure separation

Question 8

When is the departure airport included in a clearance?

Answer 8

When relayed through a non-control facility

Question 9

When can a SID and Transition be assigned to an aircraft?

Answer 9

When necessary and with pilot concurrence (pilot must notify ATC if they cannot concur)

Question 10

Define preferential departure route.

Answer 10

A specified departure route from an airport or terminal area to an en route point where there is no further need for flow control

Question 11

Define preferential departure and arrival route.

Answer 11

A route between two terminals which are within or immediately adjacent to one ARTCC area

Question 12

When issuing a route of flight specify one of the following:

Answer 12

Airway, route, course, heading, azimuth, arch, vector

Question 13

What must be done when a short range clearance limit is utilized?

Answer 13

Must advise the pilot of the routing to expect beyond the short range clearance limit that differs from the filed route “EXPECT FURTHER CLEARANCE VIA…”

Question 14

Altitudes should be assigned in what preferential order?

Answer 14

Requested by the pilot, nearest to the pilot requested (inform the pilot when the altitude will be available unless specified in a SID) (if requested is not available inform the pilot that the final altitude is expected to be and when/where to expect the final altitude) IS NOT AVAILABLE (issue final altitude prior to aircraft reaching fix/time specified in clearance)

Question 15

When can you issue an abbreviated departure clearance?

Answer 15

If it reduces verbiage and filed route is unchanged prior to departure (by the pilot, company, operations officer, input operator, in the stored flight plan system) and all ATC facilities concerned have sufficient route of flight information to exercise control responsibilities and destination airport information must be relayed between facilities (when flight with depart IFR prior to departure) and assigned altitude is always stated in an abbreviated clearance

Question 16

If it is necessary to modify a filed flight plan in order to achieve computer acceptance what must be included?

Answer 16

FRC or FRC until the initial fix and must always be the first item of intracenter remarks

Question 17

How do you issue a clearance when a route revision is needed?

Answer 17

CLEARED TO ___ AIRPORT AS FILED EXCPECT CHANGE ROUTE TO READ____ MAINTAIN___

Question 18

When issuing a clearance in non radar what must be specified?

Answer 18

One two or more fixes as necessary to identify the initial route of flight

Question 19

When can you not use an abbreviated clearance?

Answer 19

For pilots requesting a detailed clearance, for military operations conducted within (altitude reservations, stereo routes, above FL600, other operations requiring special handling), when FRC appears in the remarks section

Question 20

What can you assign for separation or to restrict or regulate departure flows?

Answer 20

• Clearance void time (provide alternative instructions, request the pilot to advise
ATC of intentions no later than 30 mins after the clearance void time if not airborne, the facility delivering a void time to a pilot must issue a time check)
• HFR (use this to inform a pilot or controller that a departure clearance is not valid until additional instructions are received, include departure delay information,
release aircraft as soon as conditions permit) (released-controller, released for departure-pilot or fss)

Question 21

Define Release Time.

Answer 21

A departure time restriction issued to a pilot to separate a departing aircraft from other traffic. Issue a release time to specify the earliest time an aircraft may depart. Time check.

Question 22

What do you do if you cannot issue a clearance at the time of the request?

Answer 22

EDC time

Question 23

Define EDCT time.

Answer 23

The runway release time assigned to an aircraft in a traffic management program and shown on the flight progress strip as an EDCT

Question 24

When can you release an aircraft applicable to a ground stop that is in effect?

Answer 24

Get approval from the originator of the GS

Question 25

If aircraft elect to take delay on the ground, issue clearances….

Answer 25

In the order of the original requests if practicable

Question 26

Who should you inform of anticipated delays?

Answer 26

Approach control and or tower facilities

Question 27

What is the phraseology to release an aircraft to another controller?

Answer 27

Released

Question 28

What is the phraseology to release an aircraft to a FSS?

Answer 28

Released for departure

Question 29

What is the phraseology to release directly to a pilot at an airport with no control tower?

Answer 29

Released for departure

Question 30

What facility is responsible for issuing a time check to a pilot whose clearance includes a void time?

Answer 30

The facility delivering the void time

Question 31

What information should be forwarded to the receiving facility?

Answer 31

Aircraft ID, point of departure, either assumed departure time or subsequent fix posting time, altitude data and applicable restrictions, actual departure time if time
differs by more than 3 minutes from assumed departure time, ETA except military and scheduled air carriers

Question 32

How do you process an airfile?

Answer 32

Ensure the aircraft is in your area of jurisdiction unless coordinated, obtain information necessary to provide IFR service, issue clearance to destination airport or short range clearance limit, instruct pilot to contact FSS to file IFR flight plan