diff --git a/docs/assets/groundchart.webp b/docs/assets/groundchart.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e99d9e Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/assets/groundchart.webp differ diff --git a/docs/ground/departure_clearance.md b/docs/ground/departure_clearance.md index 5e42733..5c1e2ee 100644 --- a/docs/ground/departure_clearance.md +++ b/docs/ground/departure_clearance.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ A departure clearance is a set of instructions given by air traffic control to a There may be occasions in which a simple departure clearance, often just a departure heading and altitude level, will be assigned to pilots. -!!! example Simplified Example -Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], ready to taxi." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure fly runway heading, climb to 3000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92]." -Pilot: "After departure fly runway heading, climb to 3000 feet [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, taxi to [...]." +!!! example "Simplified Clearance" + Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], ready to taxi." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure fly runway heading, climb to 3000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92]." + Pilot: "After departure fly runway heading, climb to 3000 feet [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, taxi to [...]." If ATIS is available, the pilot **SHALL** include the information designator in his initial communication to the ground controller. @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/r Visual Flight Rules clearances **MUST** only be issued during daytime and within Visual Meteorological (VMC) conditions. Clearances **SHOULD** include instructions of exiting the airfield control zone. This may consist of a departure heading or a Visual Reference Point, if a VFR chart is available for that airfield. -!!!example VFR Example with VRP -Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], VFR flight to Krymsk, ready to taxi." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure cleared to leave control zone via Entry/Exit East, not above 2500 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234." -Pilot: After departure cleared to leave control zone via Entry/Exit East, not above 2500 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, taxi to [...]." +!!!example "VFR Example with VRP" + Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], VFR flight to Krymsk, ready to taxi." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure cleared to leave control zone via Entry/Exit East, not above 2500 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234." + Pilot: After departure cleared to leave control zone via Entry/Exit East, not above 2500 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, taxi to [...]." If charts are not available, a heading may be used. @@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure cleared to leave control zone For VFR (and simplified) clearances, the Ground controller **MAY** opt to give departure clearance at the holding point, right before takeoff. -!!!example Clearance at holding point -Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], VFR flight to Krymsk, ready to taxi." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, taxi to [...], expect clearance at holding point." -Pilot: "Taxi to [...], expect clearance at holding point, Fastjet 345." -At holding point: -Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, holding at/short of [location]." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, advise ready to copy clearance." -Pilot: "Ready to copy, Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure [...]" -Pilot: "After departure [...], Fastjet 345." +!!!example "Clearance at holding point" + Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], VFR flight to Krymsk, ready to taxi." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, taxi to [...], expect clearance at holding point." + Pilot: "Taxi to [...], expect clearance at holding point, Fastjet 345." + At holding point: + Pilot: "Anapa Ground, Fastjet 345, holding at/short of [location]." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, advise ready to copy clearance." + Pilot: "Ready to copy, Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, Anapa Ground, after departure [...]" + Pilot: "After departure [...], Fastjet 345." ##IFR Clearance @@ -57,18 +57,18 @@ IFR clearances **MUST** be delivered in a standardised format. A good mnemonic f - **F**requency: Frequency the aircraft must switch to when requested by the tower controller. Under ICAO procedures this is often omitted. - **T**ransponder: Mode 3 squawk code that the aircraft should set into its transponder. -!!!example IFR Clearance example -Pilot: "Krasnodar Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], request clearance to Sochi, IFR." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, Krasnodar Ground, advise ready to copy IFR clearance." -Pilot: "Ready to copy, Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, cleared to Sochi, RANIS6T departure, climb to flight level 170, squawk 1234." -Pilot: "Cleared to Sochi, RANIS6T departure, climb to flight level 170, squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, report ready to taxi." +!!!example "IFR Clearance example" + Pilot: "Krasnodar Ground, Fastjet 345, [single/_number_] [aircraft type] at [apron/ramp name], request clearance to Sochi, IFR." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, Krasnodar Ground, advise ready to copy IFR clearance." + Pilot: "Ready to copy, Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, cleared to Sochi, RANIS6T departure, climb to flight level 170, squawk 1234." + Pilot: "Cleared to Sochi, RANIS6T departure, climb to flight level 170, squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, report ready to taxi." A radar vector departure is as follows. -!!!example Departure via vectors +!!!example "Departure via vectors" [...] -Tower: "Fastjet 345, cleared to Sochi, departure via radar vectors, climb to 5000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234." -Pilot: "cleared to Sochi, departure via radar vectors, climb to 5000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." -Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, report ready to taxi." \ No newline at end of file + Tower: "Fastjet 345, cleared to Sochi, departure via radar vectors, climb to 5000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234." + Pilot: "cleared to Sochi, departure via radar vectors, climb to 5000 feet, [QNH1013 HPa/Altimeter 29.92], squawk 1234, Fastjet 345." + Tower: "Fastjet 345, readback correct, report ready to taxi." diff --git a/docs/ground/taxi.md b/docs/ground/taxi.md index 30404ce..b370eb3 100644 --- a/docs/ground/taxi.md +++ b/docs/ground/taxi.md @@ -1 +1,26 @@ -TODO \ No newline at end of file +!!! info "Work-in-Progress" + This page is very much work-in-progress, and is nowhere near completed. + +#Taxi + +Taxiing is the movement of an aircraft on the ground, under it's own power. On a controlled airfeild, the taxiways and directions an aircraft follows is the responsibility of the ground movement controller, and is to be given in a taxi clearance. + +!!! note "Note" + If an IFR clearance is required, this is to be requested by the pilot before taxi. + +In any taxi clearance, a clearance limit is given. This is where the pilot is to stop, unless a futher clearance limit is given. The clearance limit is frequently a holding point of the active runway, though - depending on many factors, including traffic, active runways and standard procedures - can be any point on a manouvering area or apron. + +!!! note "Note" + 'Hold short' is also frequently used. This means 'stop before' a given taxiway or runway, and is used when there isn't an applicable holding point. 'Hold position' can also be given, and this means the pilot should immediately stop their aircraft. + +Also given in any taxi clearance are the taxiways for a pilot to follow. These can be found on a ground chart (as seen below), and are pronounced in the phonetic alphabet. + +![examplegroundchart](../assets/groundchart.webp) + +!!!example "Example" + Pilot: Anapa Ground, HORNET1, request taxi. Controller: HORNET1, taxi hold short runway 04 via taxiways M, D. Pilot: Taxi hold short runway 04 via taxiways M, D, HORNET1. + +The phrase "Follow the..." can also be used. This is useful for a pilot, to make navigation on the ground easier, but this is to be used with caution, as a pilot could inadverdantly follow an aircraft past a clearance limit. + +!!!example "Example" + Pilot: Anapa Ground, HORNET1, request taxi. Controller: HORNET1, taxi hold short runway 04 via taxiways M, D, follow the C130. Pilot: Taxi hold short runway 04 via taxiways M, D, follow the C130 HORNET1.