Objective: To further develop the pilot’s knowledge of airports, wake turbulence and collision avoidance, and the National Airspace System.

Text References: Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace” (72 pages) Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace” (20 pages)

Content

Study Unit 3 Contents Page(s)

3.1 Runway and Taxiway Markings . . . . . . . . . . 142-155

3.2 Airport Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156-160

3.3 Visual Glideslope Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161-164

3.4 Wind and Landing Direction Indicators and Segmented Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164-166

3.5 Airport Traffic Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-168

3.6 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO). . 168-169

3.7 Wake Turbulence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169-176

3.8 Collision Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176-181

3.9 Radio Communications and Phraseology . . .181-184

3.10 Airports without an Operating Control Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184-187

3.11 Automated Weather Reporting Systems . . . 187-188

3.12 Airports with an Operating Control Tower . . . 189

3.13 Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189-190

3.14 Ground Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

3.15 Tower Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

3.16 Approach Control and Departure Control (for VFR Aircraft) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191-192

3.17 Clearance Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

3.18 Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

3.19 Radio Failure Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193-194

3.20 Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) . . . . . 194-195

3.21 ATC Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

3.22 Transponder Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197-199

3.23 Radar Services to VFR Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . 199-201

3.24 General Dimensions of Airspace . . . . . . . . . 201-202

3.25 Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace . . . . . 202-204

3.26 Class A Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

3.27 Class B Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204-205

3.28 Class C Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

3.29 Class D Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

3.30 Class E Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206-207

3.31 Class G Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

3.32 Special-Use Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208-209

3.33 Other Airspace Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209-211

3.34 Special Flight Rules Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211-212

Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Test No. of Study Unit 3 Contents Questions

3.1 Airspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2 VHF/DF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3.3 Airport Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.4 Collision Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3.5 Wake Turbulence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.6 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Completion Standards

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the pilot answers the questions in Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace,” of Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, FAA Test Prep Software, and/or Online Ground School with a minimum passing grade of 80%.