30 results for “special VFR”
179 ms- §4-1-9AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-1-9 — Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
(See TBL 4-1-1.) a. Airport Operations Without Operating Control Tower 1. There is no substitute for
- FAA HANDBOOK — EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE
Chapter 15 — Special Use Airspace
National Aeronautical Charting Group (NACG) en route charts, this information is available on one of the end panels. Special use airspace usually consists of: • Prohibited areas • Restricted areas • Warning areas • Military operation areas (MOAs) • Alert areas • Controlled firing
- §4-2-4AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-2-4 — Aircraft Call Signs
flight in radio transmissions by stating “MEDEVAC” followed by the FAA authorized call sign (ICAO 3LD, US Special, or local) or the aircraft civil “N” registration numbers/letters. EXAMPLE— If the aircraft identification of the flight indicates DAL51
- §4-3-27AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-3-27 — Operations at Uncontrolled Airports With Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)
Controllers issue SVFR or IFR clearances based on pilot request, known traffic and reported weather, i.e., METAR/Nonroutine (Special) Aviation Weather Report (SPECI) observations, when they are available. Pilots have access to more current weather at uncontrolled ASOS/AWOS airports
- §4-3-3AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-3-3 — Traffic Patterns
traffic pattern must be made to the left, except for helicopters, as applicable. d. On Sectional, Aeronautical, and VFR Terminal Area Charts, right traffic patterns are indicated at public-use and joint-use airports with the abbreviation
- §4-1-17AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-1-17 — Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft
Radar equipped FAA ATC facilities provide radar assistance and navigation service (vectors) to VFR aircraft provided the aircraft can communicate with the facility, are within radar coverage, and can be radar identified. b. Pilots should clearly understand that
- §91.213REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Inoperative instruments and equipment
Equipment List has been developed; and (2) The inoperative instruments and equipment are not— (i) Part of the VFR-day type certification instruments and equipment prescribed in the applicable airworthiness regulations under which the aircraft was type certificated
- §61.3REGULATION — LEGALLY BINDING
Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations
(a) Required pilot certificate for operating a civil aircraft of the United States. No person may serve as
- §4-3-17AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
4-3-17 — VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports
a. General. 1. The following ATC procedures and phraseologies recognize the unique capabilities of helicopters and were developed
- PA.XII.BACS — CERTIFICATION STANDARD
Area of Operation XII, Task B — Seaplane Post-Landing Procedures (ASES, AMES)
References: FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-23, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/AFM