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General Operating Procedures – Part 2

  • 6 November 2022
  • Olivier Thaon
Radiotelephony (RTF) provides the means by which pilots and air traffic services personnel communicate with each other. Used properly, the information and instructions transmitted are of vital importance in...

Meteorological information

  • 21 May 2018
  • Olivier Thaon
Meteorological information in the form of reports, forecasts or warnings is made available to pilots using aeronautical mobile service either by broadcast (e.g. VOLMET) or by means of specific...

Area control

  • 21 May 2018
  • Olivier Thaon
Area control units vary in size from simple one-person units to large and sophisticated centers which may contain departure, arrival and terminal control sections equipped with radar. RTF phraseology...

Aerodrome control

  • 21 May 2018
  • Olivier Thaon
Concise and unambiguous phraseology used at the correct time is vital to smooth, safe and expeditious operation of an aerodrome. Controllers should not transmit to an aircraft during take-off,...

General phraseology

  • 21 May 2018
  • Olivier Thaon
Some abbreviations, which by their common usage have become part of aviation terminology, may be spoken using their constituent letters rather than the phonetic alphabet, for example, ILS, QNH....
Radiotelephony (RTF) provides the means by which pilots and air traffic services personnel communicate with each other. Used properly, the information and instructions transmitted are of vital importance in...