Departure Clearance (ATC communication 1).

KOMUNIKAT, CYTAT:

This is El Prat information Alpha. Landing runway two five right. Departure runway two five left. Transition level five zero. Wind two zero zero degrees, one zero knots. Visibility one zero km or more, two thousand five hundred feet. Temperature two two, dewpoint one zero. QNH one zero one eight. No significant change. On initial contact advise controller you have information Alpha.

ROZWINIĘCIE JĘZYKOWE:

  1. We’re going to depart from runway 25L.

We now get the clearance (zezwolenie na odbycie lotu do lądowiska docelowego)  from the delivery controller. The process is as follows.

We get the Delivery frequency  from the Airport information chart or the ATC Services (in this case, the frequency is 121.800 MHz) and tune COM1 to it.

We contact the controller and ask for the clearance. (It is the pilot who needs to initiate contact (nawiązać kontakt) with ATC, not the opposite). Tip: note down the clearance on a piece of paper as it’s difficult (and risky) to memorize it.

The Delivery controller gives us the clearance including:

  1. our callsign;
  2. whether we’ve got the latest (“current”) ATIS information or not;
  3. our destination airport;
  4. the departure SID/waypoints;
  5. the route we’ll need to follow (if it is not mentioned, we’ll follow the route we wrote in our flight plan);
  6. the initial and cruising altitude (pułap przelotu);
  7. the squawk (transponder) code we’ll need to set.

We read back (repeat) the clearance to confirm (potwierdzić) we understood it correctly.

The controller corrects any mistakes we’ve made and then hands us off to the Ground controller.

BAW1542: El Prat Delivery, this is Speedbird one five four two, requesting delivery to Frankfurt, flight level two five zero, we have information Alpha.
El Prat Delivery: Speedbird one five four two, Alpha is current, cleared to Frankfurt via OKABI three Whiskey, initial altitude five hundred feet, expect flight level two five zero after ten minutes, squawk four zero zero zero.
BAW1542: Cleared to Frankfurt via OKABI three Whiskey, initial altitude five hundred feet, expect flight level two five zero after ten minutes, squawk four zero zero zero, Speedbird one five four two.
El Prat Delivery: Speedbird one five four two, readback correct, contact El Prat Ground on one two one decimal six five zero.
BAW1542: Contact El Prat Ground on one two one decimal six five zero, Speedbird one five four two.

THE RECORDING

Ćwiczenie:

THE RECORDING

 

 

Pushing back and Starting up (ATC Communication 2).

PROCEDURA

Before pushing back and starting up, we need to get appropriate clearances from the Ground controller. This ensures we won’t block taxiways unnecessarily (zapewni to uniknięcie niepotrzebnego blokowania drogi kołowania).

KOMUNIKAT, CYTAT:

BAW1542: El Prat Ground, Speedbird one five four two at stand two two one, request pushback.
El Prat Ground: Speedbird one five four two, El Prat Ground, pushback approved, facing south.
BAW1542: Pushback approved, facing south, Speedbird one five four two.

We then push back, making sure the aircraft is turned towards (“facing”) south at the end of the maneuver, and ask for permission to (prosimy o pozwolenie na …)  start our engines.

BAW1542: Speedbird one five four two, request startup.
El Prat Ground: Speedbird one five four two, startup approved.
BAW1542: Startup approved, Speedbird one five four two.

After that, we start our engines and complete our checklists as quickly as possible.

PRZYKŁAD: od 0:36′

THE RECORDING

 

Taxing to the Runway (ATC Communication 3).

PROCEDURA:

We ask for clearance to taxi to the departure runway.

KOMUNIKAT: CYTAT

BAW1542: Speedbird one five four two is ready to taxi.
El Prat Ground: Speedbird one five four two, taxi to holding point Echo two via Lima and Echo, QNH one zero one eight.
BAW1542: Taxi to holding point Echo two via Lima and Echo, QNH one zero one eight, Speedbird one five four two.

OD 1:02′

THE RECORDING]

ROZWINIĘCIE JĘZYKOWE:

The current QNH may be repeated by the ground controller, even if we have just heard it on the ATIS, as a reminder to set it to the correct value (przypomnienie o ustawieniu prawidłowej wartości) – so check it. After that, open the ground chart and check your taxi route before starting, as in some cases taxi signs will not be present at all intersections (znaki mogą nie być ustawione na wszystkich skrzyżowaniach/ przecięciach dróg kołowania). You will notice that the controller cleared us only to holding point E2, so, once there, we’ll need to report our position and await further instructions. The holding point is marked by a stop bar.

Taxi to E2 as instructed at a maximum speed of 30 knots and hold short (stop) just before the stop bar. Remember that, while the controller may instruct you to hold position (stop) and give way to another plane (ustąpić pierwszeństwa innemu samolotowi), it’s still your responsibility not to collide with buildings, vehicles or other aircraft; also, should you at any point become unsure of your position, stop at once and ask the ground controller.

Approaching holding point E2.

Close up of the E2 stop bar.
We contact the ground controller to tell him/her we’re at E2.

BAW1542: Speedbird one five four two, we’re holding short Echo two.
El Prat Ground: Speedbird one five four two, cleared to cross runway zero two, taxi to holding point Golf one via Echo one and Kilo.
BAW1542: Cleared to cross runway zero two and taxi to holding point Golf one via Echo one and Kilo, Speedbird one five four two.

We then cross the runway without delay (niezwłocznie) and turn left on K. Near K2 you can notice a CAT II/III holding point

Approaching the G1 stop bar.
We stop at G1 while the ground controller instructs us to contact the tower:

El Prat Ground: Speedbird one five four two, contact El Prat Tower on one one eight decimal three two zero, goodbye!
BAW1542: Contact El Prat Tower on one one eight decimal three two zero, Speedbird one five four two, bye!

 

 

Lining up and Taking off (ATC Communication 4).

PROCEDURA:
We contact Tower  to get our takeoff clearance. It will include, in that order:

  1. the wind direction and speed;
  2. wind gusts, if any;
  3. warnings (like wake turbulence, rain…), if any;
  4. the runway number;
  5. the words “cleared for takeoff”.

KOMUNIKACJA:

BAW1542: El Prat Tower, Speedbird one five four two, holding short Golf one.
El Prat Tower: Speedbird one five four two, wind is two one zero at five, runway two five left, cleared for takeoff.
BAW1542: Cleared for takeoff two five left, Speedbird one five four two.

PRZYKŁAD: od 1:42′

THE RECORDING

ROZWINIĘCIE JĘZYKOWE:

Note  If a tower controller clears an aircraft for takeoff while it is still on a taxiway, the pilot is also cleared to enter the runway – there is no need to issue a separate line up and wait instruction. We set the transponder to On so that the controllers and other aircraft will be able to see us on radar screens and the TCAS, line up, take off and follow the SID. After the takeoff, the tower controller will hand us off to (“przekaże nas do …”) the departure controller:

El Prat Tower: Speedbird one five four two, contact Departure on one two six decimal five zero zero, goodbye!

BAW1542: Contact Departure on one two six decimal five zero zero, Speedbird one five four two.

PRZYKŁAD: od 2:03′

We switch to the departure frequency and contact the controller:

PRZYKŁAD: od 2:16′:

BAW1542: El Prat Departure, Speedbird one five four two passing current altitude, OKABI three Whiskey departure.
El Prat Departure: Speedbird one five four two, radar contact, climb and maintain flight level two five zero.
BAW1542: Climb and maintain flight level two five zero, Speedbird one five four two.

We climb to FL250 and continue following the SID waypoints. When we’re approaching the final fix (OKABI) the controller will tell us to follow our flight plan (realizować plan lotu):

El Prat Departure: Speedbird one five four two, resume your own navigation, frequency change approved, goodbye!
BAW1542: Resuming our own navigation, frequency change approved, Speedbird one five four two, bye!

We’re now free to follow our flightplan – it’s a good practice to keep an eye on the multiplayer map to check for traffic and to announce altitude changes (informować o zmianie pułapu lotu)/turns on text chat if other pilots are nearby.

Approaching the Destination (ATC Communication 5).

PROCEDURA:

We start descending on our own so as to reach FL150 approximately 100 NM from the destination airport. When we’re about 80 NM from EDDF we check the ATIS for the destination airport, just like we did at LEBL – in this case the frequency is 118.02. We tune in the COM1 radio to that frequency and listen:

KKOMUNIKACJA:

EDDF ATIS: This is Frankfurt information Echo. Landing runway zero seven right. Departure runway zero seven center. Transition level five zero. Wind zero two zero degrees, four knots. Visibility one zero km or more, few four thousand eight hundred feet. Temperature one niner[5], dewpoint zero seven. QNH one zero one eight. No significant change. On initial contact advise controller you have information Echo.

We then contact the approach controller (in this case Langen Radar, 118.45 MHz):

BAW1542: Langen Radar, Speedbird one five four two at flight level one five zero, we have information Echo.
Langen Radar: Speedbird one five four two, radar contact, Echo is current (aktualny/ ważny), descend and maintain (obniżyć pułap lotu i utrzymywać na poziomie …) five thousand feet, proceed (realizować/ zmierzać do …) direct UNOKO.
BAW1542: Descend and maintain five thousand feet, proceed direct UNOKO, Speedbird one five four two.
We proceed to the UNOKO waypoint and descend to 5000 ft, as instructed. At 5000 ft we set the altimeter to the local QNH (1018 hPa).

When we’re near UNOKO the approach controller will contact us and assign us (przydzieli nam …)  a STAR (standard arrival route):

Langen Radar: Speedbird one five four two, cleared UNOKO one Mike arrival.
BAW1542: Cleared UNOKO one Mike arrival, Speedbird one five four two.

Now we follow the altitudes and route in the STAR – in this case, we fly over UNOKO, IBVIL, MANUV, RAMOB and proceed to TAU.

We hold (circle) over TAU until the controller instructs us to continue the approach:

Langen Radar: Speedbird one five four two, turn right heading one four zero, descend and maintain three thousand feet, reduce speed to two five zero knots.
BAW1542: Turn right heading one four zero, descend and maintain three thousand feet, reducing speed to two five zero knots, Speedbird one five four two.
We now engage the autopilot’s heading select mode, fly the given heading, reduce our speed and continue our descent as cleared. After a couple of minutes, the controller calls us and instructs us to use the Instrument Landing System to get towards the runway:

Langen Radar: Speedbird one five four two, cleared ILS approach runway zero seven right.
BAW1542: Cleared ILS approach runway zero seven right, Speedbird one five four two.
As soon as the localizer is alive we engage the autopilot’s localizer mode and, as soon as the glideslope is alive, we switch to approach mode and descend on the glide. The controller will call us one last time to hand us over to Frankfurt Tower:

Langen Radar: Speedbird one five four two, contact Frankfurt Tower on one one niner decimal niner zero.
BAW1542: Contact Frankfurt Tower on one one niner decimal niner zero, Speedbird one five four two.

__________

INITIAL RADIO COMMUNICATION FOR ENTRY TO THE CONTROLLED AIRPORT
Pilot:
– Langley Tower, This is Cherokee Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie
Controller:
– Cherokee Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie, Langley Tower
Pilot:
– Langley Tower, Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie is Piper Cherokee four miles northwest of the airport at two thousand feet, inbound for landing (with ATIS information Charlie)
– Controller:
– Runway 01, winds zero one zero at 10 KTS. Altimeter two nine nine two, cleared for the circuit
– Pilot:
Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie

Landing (ATC Communication 6).

PROCEDURA:
We switch to 119.90 MHz and/or join the Frankfurt Tower channel on Mumble, then contact the tower controller to get the landing clearance. It will include:

  1. the wind direction and speed;
  2. wind gusts (powiewy wiatru), if any;
  3. warnings (like turbulence, rain…), if any;
  4. the runway number;
  5. the words cleared to land.

KOMUNIKACJA:

BAW1542: Frankfurt Tower, Speedbird one five four two, ILS approach runway zero niner right.
Frankfurt Tower: Speedbird one five four two, Frankfurt Tower, wind zero one zero degrees, five knots, runway zero seven right, cleared to land.
BAW1542: Cleared to land, runway zero seven right, Speedbird one five four two.Short final to runway 07R.

Od 3:55′

THEW RECORDING

We land on 07R and vacate (exit) the runway at the earliest opportunity, making sure not to block other aircraft and not to enter a taxiway marked with a NO ENTRY sign; in this case, we vacate on the left, since the terminal is on the left. (On occasion, the controller will ask us to vacate (zwolnić) a specific side or to use a specific exit). We are now asked to switch to Ground:

Frankfurt Tower: Speedbird one five four two, contact Frankfurt Ground on one two one decimal eight zero.
BAW1542: Contact Frankfurt Ground on one two one decimal eight zero, Speedbird one five four two.

Od 4:10′

THE RECORDING

 

 

Taxing to the Stand and Shutting down (ATC Communication 7).

PROCEDURA:

Taxiing to the stand and shutting down
We switch the transponder to ground mode and check the ground chart to get the name of the taxiway we are on; in our case, we have vacated the runway on taxiway M15. We then contact the ground controller:

KOMUNIKACJA:

Od 4:23′

THE RECORDING

BAW1542: Frankfurt Ground, Speedbird one five four two on Mike one five, runway zero seven right vacated.
Frankfurt Ground: Speedbird one five four two, Frankfurt Ground, taxi to holding point Mike one four via Mike, hold short of Mike one four.
BAW1542: Taxi to holding point Mike one four via Mike, hold short of Mike one four, Speedbird one five four two.

ROZWINIĘCIE JĘZYKOWE:

We taxi to holding point M14, stop and report our position to the controller, so that (s)he can coordinate with Tower and clear us to cross the active runway 07C.

BAW1542: Speedbird one five four two, holding short Mike one four.
Frankfurt Ground: Speedbird one five four two, standby. (The controller will ask Tower for crossing clearance – it might take a bit.)
Frankfurt Ground: Speedbird one five four two, cleared to cross zero seven center, taxi to Lima via Lima niner.
BAW1542: Cleared to cross zero seven center, taxi to Lima via Lima niner, Speedbird one five four two.

At this point, we resume taxiing, making sure to cross the runway without delay.

Since the taxiways and the apron are managed by two different controllers, the ground controller will hand us off to the apron controller:

Frankfurt Ground: Speedbird one five four two, contact Apron East on one two one decimal niner five.
BAW1542: Contact Apron East on one two one decimal niner five, Speedbird one five four two.

We switch to the new frequency and report:

BAW1542: Apron East, Speedbird one five four two on Lima nine, request taxi to the stand.
Apron South: Speedbird one five four two, Apron East, taxi to stand Delta five via Lima and November one.
BAW1542: Taxi to stand Delta five via Lima and November one, Speedbird one five four two.

ATC- Taxi Confusion.

Why is the controller angry?

What mistakes does the pilot make?

THE RECORDING

EDNY Departure Friedrichshafen.

0:58′

Pilot: Tower, good afternoon DE-AKS, clearance to EDST please,

ATC: DE-AKS hello, clearance to TEDGO via ALAGO 5W departure, squawk: 7520

Pilot: copy/ we have information November and are ready to taxi

ATC: DEAKS startup approved, taxi 24 via N and A.

Pilot: copy. 

2:14′

Pilot: DE-AKS holding short at 24A, ready for departure.

ATC: DE-AKS wind calm. Runway 24. Cleared to takeoff.

Pilot: copy

5:33′

Pilot: DE-AKS reporting 2500 and we are going over to Departure.

5:56′

Pilot: Departure, good afternoon, DE-AKS on the ALAGO 5W departure

ATC: ________ identified on ________, direct Lochter, climb to 6000ft, connect to 1032

Pilot: 1032 climb to 6000 ft, direct Lochter

9:07′

Pilot: DAKS please confirm we are cleared to 6000ft, not FL060

ATC: 6000 on QNH 1032

ATC: Cleared direct to destination

9:58′

Pilot: Destination in the sense of the switch-over point from IFR to VFR which is TEDGO or to our airport.

ATC: Direct to destination airport

ATC: Contact on the radar___________.

10:30′

Pilot: Radar vector DEAKS we would like to cancel IFR and proceed to destination in V

ATC: DEAKS VFR cancelled 1514 , Stuttgart QNH is 1030, Squawk VFR, approved to leave

Pilot: copy

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Approach and Landing in Innsbruck. ATC

6: 28′

Pilot:  N949 AC approaching M1 at 5000 ft.

ATC: Connect Tower 1209 Bye

6:43′

Pilot: Info Tower hello, N949AC M1 5000 ft.

ATC: N949AC continue straight for R26

Pilot: Continue straight to R26 N949AC

9:32′

Pilot: N949AC 9 miles we are visual

10:29′

ATC: AC can you keep high speed?

10:36′

ATC: Cleared to land.

12:58′

ATC: NA949C hold short of the taxi ride intersection, give way to ________

15:10′

Pilot: NA949C we request fuel as well

ATC: We will organize at your stand. By the end of the ________  wait for the follow-me.

17:29′

ATC: AC refueling is organized.

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