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What do you say to ATC approach?

If an IFR pilot is checking on and destined for an airport within 50 to 100 miles, then an initial call should include altitude, ATIS code they're going to a towered airport, and they're going to a non-towered airport, the weather, NOTAMs, and type of approach requesting.



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Alpha, Bravo, Charli, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, PaPa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Pilots pronounce numbers similar to regular English, with a few exceptions: The number three (3) is pronounced “tree.”

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Air Traffic Controllers Approach Controller is a person that provides air traffic control for departing and arriving flights. They are the link between the tower controllers and the area controllers.

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Practice Approach Requests:
  1. You: [Facility], [Callsign] request
  2. ATC: [Callsign], [Facility] go ahead with your request
  3. You: [Facility], [Callsign] request [Approach] followed by [Approaches], [Intention when Complete]


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When a pilot needs to ask ATC to repeat something, the proper way is to use the phrase “say again.” That obligates ATC to reply. This, however, does not necessarily clarify information that the pilot may not have understood or may not recognize.

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The air traffic manager is responsible for taking action to detect, prevent, and report: Obscene, indecent, or profane language used on any means of communications (e.g., voice frequencies, Satellite Communication(s) (SATCOM), Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)).

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Affirm: Contrary to popular belief, pilots do not say “affirmative” when they mean “yes” – the correct term is affirm, pronounced “AY-firm”. Deadhead: This refers to a member of the airline crew who is travelling in a passenger seat.

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There is no interpretation. Affirmative and Negative come from the radio procedure words that went into the aviation world. As a comment above it also adds on more complexity and length to the statement so that the receiver can understand even if the transmission got garbled up or cut off in some parts.

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