Standard airport traffic control procedures
Maker and role
United States. Department of Commerce, Approver
Production date
1945
Object detail
Accession number
1970.208.42
Description
"this manual of airport traffic control procedures has been officially adopted by the army air forces, the navy bureau of aeronautics, and the civil aeronautics administration in order to standardize the operation of all airport traffic control towers. These procedures are to be observed by airport traffic control personnel of army, navy, caa and other civil towers." - foreword
SECTION I: CONTROL PROCEDUREDS -- general -- control of traffic on and in the vicinity of the landing area -- visual signal procedures -- radiotelephone procedure and technique -- standard traffic clearances and phraseologies -- local traffic information -- information on field conditions -- preventive control -- coordination with airway traffic control -- SECTION II: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS for airport traffic control towers -- general -- preparation for duty -- positions of operation -- radio procedures -- operation of interphone facilities -- operation of field lightning system and traffic direction indicator -- altimeter settings -- contact reporting zone -- reports and records -- SECTION III: LOCALLY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS and procedures -- procedures governing issuance -- traffic patterns -- taxi patterns
SECTION I: CONTROL PROCEDUREDS -- general -- control of traffic on and in the vicinity of the landing area -- visual signal procedures -- radiotelephone procedure and technique -- standard traffic clearances and phraseologies -- local traffic information -- information on field conditions -- preventive control -- coordination with airway traffic control -- SECTION II: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS for airport traffic control towers -- general -- preparation for duty -- positions of operation -- radio procedures -- operation of interphone facilities -- operation of field lightning system and traffic direction indicator -- altimeter settings -- contact reporting zone -- reports and records -- SECTION III: LOCALLY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS and procedures -- procedures governing issuance -- traffic patterns -- taxi patterns
Signature/Marks and Type
A.J. BRADSHAW Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
58 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
Other title
Army... navy... caa... standard airport traffic control procedures
Army navy caa standard airport traffic control procedures
Army navy caa standard airport traffic control procedures
Credit line
United States. Department of Commerce. 1945. Standard airport traffic control procedures, 1970.208.42. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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