Practice Phrases/Situations

Question 1

Advise VH-CTB that the current time is 2135:15

Answer 1

CHARLIE TANGO BRAVO TIME TOO WUN TREE FIFE

Note: Don’t need ‘VH’ as it is an Australian registered aircraft; digits must be individual; ignore the :15 in the time and round down; half minutes are only used in the tower environment

Question 2

Instruct Qantas 521 to descend to flight level 190 at the pilot’s discretion

Answer 2

QANTAS FIFE TWENTY WUN WHEN READY DESCEND TO FLIGHT LEVEL WUN NINER ZERO

Note: When at the pilot’s discretion, use “when ready” before the level instruction

Question 3

Advise FD 225 that the area QNH is 1014

Answer 3

FLY DOC TOO TWENTY FIFE AREA QNH WUN ZERO WUN FOWER

Note: FD = FLY DOC

Question 4

Instruct VOZ 4521 to contact Melbourne Centre on frequency 119.8

Answer 4

VELOCITY FORTY FIFE TWENTY WUN CONTACT MELBOURNE CENTRE WUN WUN NINER DAY-SEE-MAL AIT

Note: VOZ = VELOCITY

Question 5

Advise SIA 243 that the current visibility is 7000m

Answer 5

SINGAPORE TOO FORTY TREE VISIBILITY SEV-EN KILOMETRES

Note: SIA = Singapore; visibility 9999 is > 10km; visibility up to and including 5,000m is written in metres; visibility 6 thousand to 9 thousand (inclusive) is written in kilometres

Question 6

Advise Victor Hotel Delta Uniform Zulu of the following weather conditions:
- 21005kt 9999

Answer 6

DELTA UNIFORM ZULU WIND TOO WUN ZERO DEGREES FIFE KNOTS VISIBILITY GREATER THAN WUN ZERO KILOMETRES

Note: 21005kt means 210 degrees and 5 knots; 9999 means visibility greater than 10km

Question 7

Instruct GIA 123 to climb to flight level 360 by Lee Creek

Answer 7

INDONESIA WUN TWENTY TREE CLIMB TO REACH FLIGHT LEVEL TREE SIX ZERO BY LEE CREEK

Note: Include the word REACH when instructing to climb to a flight level by a certain location

Question 8

Advise BAW 14 that the RVR is 1100m

Answer 8

SPEEDBIRD FOURTEEN RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE WUN TOUSAND WUN HUNDRED METRES

Note: BAW = British Airways = SPEEDBIRD; RVR = runway visual range

Question 9

Instruct TGG623 to descend to FL 320 without delay

Answer 9

TIGGOZ SIX TWENTY TREE DESCEND TO FLIGHT LEVEL TREE TOO ZERO IMMEDIATELY

Question 10

Instruct UAL 95 at flight level 240 to operate in a block flight level 320 to flight level 360

Answer 10

UNITED NINETY FIFE CLIMB TO AND MAINTAIN BLOCK FLIGHT LEVEL TREE TOO ZERO TO FLIGHT LEVEL TREE SIX ZERO

Question 11

What phrase would be used by the pilot of VH-ABC approaching Ayers Rock for landing to advise you they are leaving your frequency for the CTAF frequency 128.9?

Answer 11

ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE CHANGING TO AYERS ROCK CTAF WUN TOO AIT DAY-SEE-MAL NINER

Note: “CHANGING TO (location) CTAF (frequency)”

Question 12

VEC has departed and is climbing to 10,000
in the MEL FIR and has left 8,000.

What phrase would the pilot use on initial contact with ATC?

Answer 12

MELBOURNE CENTRE VICTOR ECHO CHARLIE ON CLIMB WUN ZERO TOUSAND LEFT AIT TOUSAND

Question 13

UTY4550 has been advised to contact centre on frequency 199.8. What must the pilot readback?

Answer 13

WUN NINER NINER DAY-SEE-MAL AIT UNITY FORTY FIFE FIFTY

Note: they will back the frequency for a double check, then read back their callsign