Weight Class/Category
Certified take off weight of 253,500 pounds.
What is a large aircraft?
Greatest impact wake turbulence has on air traffic control.
What is increased separation?
JBU456, B767, departs from the approach end of the runway at 1312Z. The earliest N89989, P28A, can depart from the approach end of the same runway.
What is 2 minutes from when JBU456 begins takeoff roll?
The greatest distance that can be seen throughout at least half the horizon circle, not necessarily continuous.
What is prevailing visibility?
2 types of Emergencies
What is Urgent or Distress?
Category II include what type aircraft.
What is small aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less, propeller driven, twin engine?
The sink rate of vortices from large aircraft
What is 300-500 feet per minute?
SWA752, a B747, departs from the approach end. N102KW, LJ45, is ready to depart from an intersection 1,100 feet down the runway. The soonest N102KW can depart.
What is 3 minutes after the B747 rotates?
What is the height above the surface of the lowest layer of clouds that hides more than half the sky?
Alert 2 requirements
Category I include what type aircraft
What is small aircraft weighing 12,500 pound or less, propeller driven, single engine?
Rotation
What is when wake turbulence begins for fixed-wing aircraft?
A heavy jet departs RY 28R at academy airport. What is the soonest a small aircraft can depart RY 28L?
What is immediately?
Phenomenon in the atmosphere that includes precipitation and reduces visibility.
What is obscuration?
Aircraft identification and type, nature of emergency, and pilots desires.
What are the minimum required information for handling an emergency?
Weight class of a Challenger (CL60).
What is a large?
Vortices near the ground travel laterally, with zero, wind.
What is a speed of 2-3 knots?
Separation required for an IFR/VFR aircraft departing an intersecting runway (RY 16) after a heavy jet departure from RY 28R.
What is 2 minutes?
2 types of weather reports.
What is METAR and SPECI?
Pilots use "Pan Pan, Pan Pan, Pan Pan" in this type of environment.
What is an Urgency condition?
Weight class of a MD11
What is a heavy?
The greatest wake turbulence vortex strength is generated by this configuration.
What is Heavy, Clean, and Slow?
The required separation between departing IFR aircraft when radar identification is established within 1 mile of the takeoff runway end.
What is 15o?
Sky coverage that is reported on the ATIS as a ceiling.
What is BKN or OVC?
Only people who can declare an emergency
Who is the pilot, controller, or owner/operator of the aircraft?