Types of ATS
Established for the prevention of collisions and efficient flow of traffic.
What is ATC?
Must be complied with on reception.
What is an ATC instruction?
Located at busy aerodromes to provide ATC services to aircraft during takeoff and landing.
What are control towers?
Gives Information or Suggestions to pilots.
What are information services?
Must be complied with after being accepted.
What is an ATC clearance?
Consist of high-level airspace and serve aircraft operating in the enroute phase of flight.
What are AREA CONTROL CENTRES (ACCs)?
Given at uncontrolled aerodromes. This service may give a wake turbulence advisory.
What are Advisory Services?
Westjet 1157 climb and maintain 11 000
Instruction
Provide information, advisory, alerting, briefing and NOTAM services.
What are Flight Service Stations (FSS)?
This service would notify SAR in the event of an unclosed flight plan.
What are Alerting services?
Squid1 clear to land runway 31.
What is an ATC clearance?
Provided by ACCs to flights operating within specified control areas surrounding major aerodromes.
What are TERMINAL CONTOL UNITS (TCUs)?
This service collects information from pilots, aerodrome operators and aeronautical facilities operators and distributes as required and requested.
What is Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)?
Provide arrival and departure control to aircraft as they transition from the takeoff / landing phase to the enroute phase.