Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control
| 4-1-1. | Air Route Traffic Control Centers | 4-1-13. | Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) | ||
| 4-1-2. | Control Towers | 4-1-14. | Automatic Flight Information Service (AFIS) - Alaska FSSs Only | ||
| 4-1-3. | Flight Service Stations | 4-1-15. | Radar Traffic Information Service | ||
| 4-1-4. | Recording and Monitoring | 4-1-16. | Safety Alert | ||
| 4-1-5. | Communications Release of IFR Aircraft Landing at an Airport Without an Operating Control Tower | 4-1-17. | Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft | ||
| 4-1-6. | Pilot Visits to Air Traffic Facilities | 4-1-18. | Terminal Radar Services for VFR Aircraft | ||
| 4-1-7. | Operation Take-off and Operation Raincheck | 4-1-19. | Tower En Route Control (TEC) | ||
| 4-1-8. | Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft | 4-1-20. | Transponder Operation | ||
| 4-1-9. | Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers | 4-1-21. | Hazardous Area Reporting Service | ||
| 4-1-10. | IFR Approaches/Ground Vehicle Operations | 4-1-22. | Airport Reservation Operations and Special Traffic Management Programs | ||
| 4-1-11. | Designated UNICOM/MULTICOM Frequencies | 4-1-23. | Requests for Waivers and Authorizations from Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) | ||
| 4-1-12. | Use of UNICOM for ATC Purposes | 4-1-24. | Weather System Processor |
| 4-2-1. | General | 4-2-8. | Figures | ||
| 4-2-2. | Radio Technique | 4-2-9. | Altitudes and Flight Levels | ||
| 4-2-3. | Contact Procedures | 4-2-10. | Directions | ||
| 4-2-4. | Aircraft Call Signs | 4-2-11. | Speeds | ||
| 4-2-5. | Description of Interchange or Leased Aircraft | 4-2-12. | Time | ||
| 4-2-6. | Ground Station Call Signs | 4-2-13. | Communications with Tower when Aircraft Transmitter or Receiver or Both are Inoperative | ||
| 4-2-7. | Phonetic Alphabet | 4-2-14. | Communications for VFR Flights |
Section 3. Airport Operations 4-3-1. General 4-3-14. Communications 4-3-2. Airports with an Operating Control Tower 4-3-15. Gate Holding Due to Departure Delays 4-3-3. Traffic Patterns 4-3-16. VFR Flights in Terminal Areas 4-3-4. Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating Control Tower 4-3-17. VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports 4-3-5. Unexpected Maneuvers in the Airport Traffic Pattern 4-3-18. Taxiing 4-3-6. Use of Runways/Declared Distances 4-3-19. Taxi During Low Visibility 4-3-7. Low Level Wind Shear/Microburst Detection Systems 4-3-20. Exiting the Runway After Landing 4-3-8. Braking Action Reports and Advisories 4-3-21. Practice Instrument Approaches 4-3-9. Runway Friction Reports and Advisories 4-3-22. Option Approach 4-3-10. Intersection Takeoffs 4-3-23. Use of Aircraft Lights 4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) 4-3-24. Flight Inspection/`Flight Check' Aircraft in Terminal Areas 4-3-12. Low Approach 4-3-25. Hand Signals 4-3-13. Traffic Control Light Signals 4-3-26. 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 4-4-11. IFR Separation Standards 4-4-2. Clearance Prefix 4-4-12. Speed Adjustments 4-4-3. Clearance Items 4-4-13. Runway Separation 4-4-4. Amended Clearances 4-4-14. Visual Separation 4-4-5. Coded Departure Route (CDR) 4-4-15. Use of Visual Clearing Procedures 4-4-6. Special VFR Clearances 4-4-16. Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
(TCAS I & II)4-4-7. Pilot Responsibility upon Clearance Issuance 4-4-17. Traffic Information Service (TIS) 4-4-8. IFR Clearance VFR-on-top 4-4-18. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS-B)4-4-9. VFR/IFR Flights 4-4-19. Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) 4-4-10. Adherence to Clearance
| 4-5-1. | Radar | 4-5-5. | Airport Surface Detection Equipment - Model X (ASDE-X) |
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| 4-5-2. | Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) | 4-5-6. | Traffic Information Service (TIS) | ||
| 4-5-3. | Surveillance Radar | 4-5-7. | Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Services |
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| 4-5-4. | Precision Approach Radar (PAR) | 4-5-8. | Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) |
| 4-6-1. | Applicability and RVSM Mandate (Date/Time and Area) | 4-6-7. | Guidance on Wake Turbulence | ||
| 4-6-2. | Flight Level Orientation Scheme | 4-6-8. | Pilot/Controller Phraseology | ||
| 4-6-3. | Aircraft and Operator Approval Policy/Procedures, RVSM Monitoring and Databases for Aircraft and Operator Approval |
4-6-9. | Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft System Failures | ||
| 4-6-4. | Flight Planning into RVSM Airspace | 4-6-10. | Procedures for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft | ||
| 4-6-5. | Pilot RVSM Operating Practices and Procedures | 4-6-11. | Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels Above RVSM Airspace Without Intermediate Level Off |
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| 4-6-6. | Guidance on Severe Turbulence and Mountain Wave Activity (MWA) |
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