ACC-course exercise materials: 5. Aircraft Label

Before the student can take part in the practical exercises it is necessary to have sufficient knowledge about the following subjects: Company designators: Based on their abbreviations, the company designator can be identified and named. Navigation aids and intersections; Name, abbreviation and position of the given beacons and intersections shall be known and memorized. Airspace layout sector South: Names of the various sectors and their associated flight level limits and radio frequencies shall be known and memorized. Radiotelephony: Based on the presented phraseology in the manual the student shall be able to give an instruction to a pilot in standard phraseology. Aircraft label: Meaning of all fields in the aircraft label as presented on the radar screen shall be known and memorized. Headings: Headings of the common ATS-routes shall be known. (no exercise material) Speeds: Is able to estimate the True Airspeed given the Indicated Airspeed and Flight Level using a rule of thumb. (no exercise material)

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1. What is "KLM834" in the aircraft label?

   Field: callsign Description: call sign of aircraft

2. What is "B739" in the aircraft label?

   Field: type Description: aircraft type (B739 = Boeing 737-900)

3. What is "125" in the aircraft label?

   Field: mode C Description: altitude in flightlevels (as broadcasted by aircraft)

4. What is "317" in the aircraft label?

   Field: gnd spd Description: ground speed (knots)

5. What is "270" in the aircraft label?

   Field: XFL/EAT Description: XFL = Exit Flightlevel (transfer level to next sector) (in label of departing/overlying traffic) EAT = Expected approach time at the initial approach fix (RIVER) (in label of inbound traffic)

6. What is "150" in the aircraft label?

   Field: EFL Description: Executive (assigned) flightlevel

7. What is "280" in the aircraft label?

   Field: aspd Description: assigned speed