Aviation Flight Academy™
Ground Lesson 3 - Airports, Air Traffic Control and Airspace
To develop the student’s knowledge of airports, wake turbulence and collision avoidance, radio communication procedures and phraseology, ATC radar services, and the National Airspace System. , Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace” , Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace”
Study Unit 3
3.1 Runway and Taxiway Markings
3.2 Airport Lighting
3.3 Visual Glideslope Indicators
3.4 Wind and Landing Direction Indicators and Segmented Circles
3.5 Airport Traffic Patterns
3.6 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)
3.7 Wake Turbulence
3.8 Collision Avoidance
3.9 Radio Communications and Phraseology
3.10 Airports without an Operating Control Tower
3.11 Automated Weather Reporting Systems
3.12 Airports with an Operating Control Tower
3.13 Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
3.14 Ground Control
3.15 Tower Control
3.16 Approach Control and Departure Control (for VFR Aircraft)
3.17 Clearance Delivery
3.18 Emergencies
3.19 Radio Failure Procedures
3.20 Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
3.21 ATC Radar
3.22 Transponder Operation
3.23 Radar Services to VFR Aircraft
3.24 General Dimensions of Airspace
3.25 Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace 3.26-3.31 Class A, B, C, D, E, and G Airspace
3.32 Special-Use Airspace
3.33 Other Airspace Areas
3.34 Special Flight Rules Areas
3.35 Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
3.1 Runway Markings
3.2 Taxiway and Destination Signs
3.3 Beacons and Taxiway Lights
3.4 Airport Traffic Patterns
3.5 Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI)
3.6 Wake Turbulence
3.7 Collision Avoidance
3.8 ATIS and Ground Control
3.9 Class D Airspace
3.10 Class C Airspace
3.11 Terminal Radar Programs
3.12 Transponders and Transponder Codes
3.13 Radio Phraseology
3.14 ATC Traffic Advisories
3.15 ATC Light Signals
3.16 ELTs and VHF/DF
3.17 Emergency Radio Frequency
3.18 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)