TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD DEFINITIONS ABBREVIATIONS INDEX PART 1 — GENERAL PART 2 — COMMUNICATIONS PART 3 — AIRPORT AND VFR CONTROL PART 4 — AREA AND TERMINAL CONTROL PART 5 — RADAR PROCEDURES PART 6 — EMERGENCIES PART 7 — SPECIAL PROCEDURES PART 8 — ALTITUDE RESERVATIONS AND MILITARY DIRECTIVES PART 9 — FLIGHT PROGRESS STRIP MARKING PART 10 — FORMS AND REPORTS APPENDIX 1 — AERONAUTICAL TERMINOLOGY INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Original ATC TOC-1 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MANUAL OF OPERATIONS FOREWORD The contents of this Manual supersede the directives contained in the 1993 edition of the Air Traffic Control Manual of Operations. Although it is not mandatory to retain the “Blue Sheets”, which form an integral part of the ATC Directive (ATCD) amendment process, users of this Manual are strongly encouraged to do so. The information contained in the “Blue Sheets” is considered valuable to users, since it provides the rationale, background and summary of each change made to this publication. 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Speiran Manager ATS Standards and Procedures APRIL 22, 1999 2006-04-13 ATC-I RECORD OF AMENDMENTS NUMBER DATE DATE ENTERED ENTERED BY P-ATCD 1999-1 and Included in this electronic edition P-ATCD1999-2 ATCD 1999-1 1999-04-22 Included in this electronic edition P-ATCD 1999-3 1999-05-31 Included in this electronic edition P-ATCD 1999-4 1999-06-01 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 1999-2 1999-07-15 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 1999-3 1999-10-07 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2000-1 2000-01-27 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2000-2 2000-04-20 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2000-3 2000-07-13 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2000-4 2000-10-05 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2001-1 2001-01-25 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2001-2 2001-04-19 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2002-1 2002-01-24 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2002-2 2002-04-18 Included in this electronic edition ATCD 2002-3 2002-07-11 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Included in this electronic edition 1999-07-15 ATC-III PAGE VERIFICATION SHEET ATC-I 2006-04-13 1-21 1999-07-15 PART 3 3-70 2002-01-24 ATC-II 2006-04-13 1-22 1999-07-15 3-71 2004-07-08 ATC-III 1999-07-15 1-23 2005-04-14 3-1 2004-04-15 3-72 2004-07-08 ATC-IV 1999-07-15 1-24 2005-04-14 3-2 2004-04-15 3-73 2004-07-08 ATC-V 2004-09-30 1-25 2006-04-13 3-3 2006-01-19 3-74 2004-07-08 ATC-VI 2004-09-30 1-26 2006-04-13 3-4 2006-01-19 3-75 2006-01-19 ATC-VII 2006-07-20 1-27 2006-01-19 3-5 2002-01-24 3-76 2006-01-19 ATC-VIII 2006-07-20 1-28 2006-01-19 3-6 2002-01-24 3-77 2006-01-19 ATC-IX 2006-07-20 1-29 2006-01-19 3-7 2002-01-24 3-78 2006-01-19 ATC-X 2006-07-20 1-30 2006-01-19 3-8 2002-01-24 3-79 2005-09-29 1-31 2005-07-07 3-9 2005-01-20 3-80 2005-09-29 TOC-1 Original 1-32 2005-07-07 3-10 2005-01-20 3-81 2002-01-24 TOC-2 Original 1-33 2004-07-08 3-11 2005-04-14 3-82 2002-01-24 1-34 2004-07-08 3-12 2005-04-14 DEF-1 2006-01-19 1-35 2001-04-19 3-13 2004-09-30 PART 4 DEF-2 2006-01-19 1-36 2001-04-19 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