3-8-1 Sequence/Spacing Application
Establish the sequence of arriving and departing aircraft by requiring them to adjust flight or ground operation as necessary to achieve proper spacing.
PHRASEOLOGY -
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF OR HOLD SHORT / HOLD IN POSITION / TAXI OFF THE
RUNWAY (traffic).
EXTEND DOWNWIND.
MAKE SHORT APPROACH.
NUMBER (landing sequence number).
FOLLOW (description and location of traffic), or if traffic is utilizing
another runway,
TRAFFIC (description and location) LANDING RUNWAY (number of runway
being used).
CIRCLE THE AIRPORT.
MAKE LEFT/RIGHT THREE-SIXTY/TWO-SEVENTY.
GO AROUND.
CLEARED TO LAND.
CLEARED:
TOUCH-AND-GO,
or
STOP-AND-GO,
or
LOW APPROACH.
CLEARED FOR THE OPTION,
or
OPTION APPROVED,
or
UNABLE OPTION, (alternate instructions).
or
UNABLE (type of option), OTHER OPTIONS APPROVED.
NOTE -
1 - The "Cleared for the Option" procedure will permit an instructor
pilot / flight examiner / pilot the option to make a touch-and-go, low
approach, missed approach, stop-and-go, or full stop landing. This procedure
will only be used at those locations with an operational control tower
and will be subject to ATC approval.
2 - For proper helicopter spacing, speed adjustments may be more practical
than course changes.
3 - Readback of hold short instructions apply when hold instructions
are issued to a pilot in lieu of a takeoff clearance.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, Taxi and Ground Movement Operation, Paragraph 3-7-2.
3-8-2 Touch-and-Go or Stop-and-Go or Low Approach
Consider an aircraft cleared for touch-and-go, stop-and-go, or low approach as an arriving aircraft until it touches down (for touch-and-go), or makes a complete stop (for stop-and-go), or crosses the landing threshold (for low approach), and thereafter as a departing aircraft.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, Vehicles/Equipment/Personnel on Runways, paragraph 3-1-5.
{New-98-3 Revised February 26, 1998}
FAAO 7110.65, Wake Turbulence Separation for Intersection Departures,
paragraph 3-9-7.
3-8-3 Simultaneous Same Direction Operation
Authorize simultaneous, same direction operations on parallel runways, on parallel landing strips, or on a runway and a parallel landing strip only when the following conditions are met:
a. Operations are conducted in VFR conditions unless visual separation
is applied.
b. Two-way radio communication is maintained with the aircraft
involved and pertinent traffic information is issued.
c. The distance between the runways or landing strips is in accordance
with the minima in Table 3-8-1 (use the greater minimum if two categories
are involved).
3-8-4 Simultaneous Opposite Direction Operation
Authorize simultaneous opposite direction operations on parallel runways, on parallel landing strips, or on a runway and a parallel landing strip only when the following conditions are met:
a. Operations are conducted in VFR conditions.
b. Two-way radio communication is maintained with the aircraft
involved and pertinent traffic information is issued.
PHRASEOLOGY -
TRAFFIC (description) ARRIVING / DEPARTING / LOW APPROACH, OPPOSITE
DIRECTION ON PARALLEL RUNWAY/LANDING STRIP.
c. The distance between the runways or landing strips is in accordance
with the minima in table 3-8-2.