Air Traffic Control

Section 1 Services Available to Pilots

• 4–1–1 Air Route Traffic Control Centers
• 4–1–2 Control Towers
• 4–1–3 Flight Service Stations
• 4–1–4 Recording and Monitoring
• 4–1–5 Communications Release of IFR Aircraft Landing at an Airport Without an Operating Control Tower
• 4–1–6 Pilot Visits to Air Traffic Facilities
• 4–1–7 Operation Rain Check
• 4–1–8 Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft
• 4–1–9 Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
• 4–1–10 IFR Approaches/Ground Vehicle Operations
• 4–1–11 Designated UNICOM/MULTICOM Frequencies
• 4–1–12 Use of UNICOM for ATC Purposes
• 4–1–13 Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
• 4–1–14 Automatic Flight Information Service (AFIS)—Alaska FSSs Only
• 4–1–15 Radar Traffic Information Service
• 4–1–16 Safety Alert
• 4–1–17 Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft
• 4–1–18 Terminal Radar Services for VFR Aircraft
• 4–1–19 Tower En Route Control (TEC)
• 4–1–20 Transponder and ADS-B Out Operation
• 4–1–21 Airport Reservation Operations and Special Traffic Management Programs
• 4–1–22 Requests for Waivers and Authorizations from Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
• 4–1–23 Weather Systems Processor

Section 2 Radio Communications Phraseology and Techniques

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

Section 3 Airport Operations

• 4–3–1 General
• 4–3–2 Airports with an Operating Control Tower
• 4–3–3 Traffic Patterns
• 4–3–4 Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating Control Tower
• 4–3–5 Unexpected Maneuvers in the Airport Traffic Pattern
• 4–3–6 Use of Runways/Declared Distances
• 4–3–7 Low Level Wind Shear/Microburst Detection Systems
• 4–3–8 Braking Action Reports and Advisories
• 4–3–9 Runway Condition Reports
• 4–3–10 Intersection Takeoffs
• 4–3–11 Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)
• 4–3–12 Low Approach
• 4–3–13 Traffic Control Light Signals
• 4–3–14 Communications
• 4–3–15 Gate Holding Due to Departure Delays
• 4–3–16 VFR Flights in Terminal Areas
• 4–3–17 VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports
• 4–3–18 Taxiing
• 4–3–19 Taxi During Low Visibility
• 4–3–20 Standard Taxi Routes
• 4–3–21 Exiting the Runway After Landing
• 4–3–22 Practice Instrument Approaches
• 4–3–23 Option Approach
• 4–3–24 Use of Aircraft Lights
• 4–3–25 Flight Inspection/“Flight Check” Aircraft in Terminal Areas
• 4–3–26 Hand Signals
• 4–3–27 Operations at Uncontrolled Airports With Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)

Section 4 ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation

• 4–4–1 Clearance
• 4–4–2 Clearance Prefix
• 4–4–3 Clearance Items
• 4–4–4 Amended Clearances
• 4–4–5 Coded Departure Route (CDR)
• 4–4–6 Special VFR Clearances
• 4–4–7 Pilot Responsibility upon Clearance Issuance
• 4–4–8 IFR Clearance VFR-On-Top
• 4–4–9 VFR/IFR Flights
• 4–4–10 Adherence to Clearance
• 4–4–11 IFR Separation Standards
• 4–4–12 Speed Adjustments
• 4–4–13 Runway Separation
• 4–4–14 Visual Separation
• 4–4–15 Use of Visual Clearing Procedures and Scanning Techniques
• 4–4–16 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS I & II)
• 4–4–17 Traffic Information Service (TIS)

Section 5 Surveillance Systems

• 4–5–1 Radar
• 4–5–2 Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS)
• 4–5–3 Surveillance Radar
• 4–5–4 Precision Approach Radar (PAR)
• 4–5–5 Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X)/Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC)
• 4–5–6 Traffic Information Service (TIS)
• 4–5–7 Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) Services
• 4–5–8 Traffic Information Service–Broadcast (TIS-B)
• 4–5–9 Flight Information Service–Broadcast (FIS-B)
• 4–5–10 Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Rebroadcast (ADS-R)

Section 6 Operational Policy/Procedures for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) in the Domestic U.S., Alaska, Offshore Airspace and the San Juan FIR

• 4–6–1 Applicability and RVSM Mandate (Date/Time and Area)
• 4–6–2 Flight Level Orientation Scheme
• 4–6–3 Aircraft and Operator Approval Policy/Procedures, RVSM Monitoring and Databases for Aircraft and Operator Approval
• 4–6–4 Flight Planning into RVSM Airspace
• 4–6–5 Pilot RVSM Operating Practices and Procedures
• 4–6–6 Guidance on Severe Turbulence and Mountain Wave Activity (MWA)
• 4–6–7 Guidance on Wake Turbulence
• 4–6–8 Pilot/Controller Phraseology
• 4–6–9 Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft System Failures that Occur After Entry into RVSM Airspace
• 4–6–10 Procedures for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft
• 4–6–11 Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels Above RVSM Airspace Without Intermediate Level Off

Section 7 Operational Policy/Procedures for the Gulf of Mexico 50 NM Lateral Separation Initiative

• 4–7–1 Introduction and General Policies
• 4–7–2 Accommodating Non-RNP 10 Aircraft
• 4–7–3 Obtaining RNP 10 or RNP 4 Operational Authorization
• 4–7–4 Authority for Operations with a Single Long-Range Navigation System
• 4–7–5 Flight Plan Requirements
• 4–7–6 Contingency Procedures