MANUAL FRASEOLOGIA IUAC

REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

MINISTERIO DE INFRAESTRUCTURA

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE AERONÁUTICA CIVIL

CENTRO DE INSTRUCCIÓN DE AERONÁUTICA CIVIL

“MIGUEL RODRÍGUEZ”

AERODROME CONTROL SERVICE PHRASEOLOGY

ATC PHRASEOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES

ENGLISH AND SPANISH

INSTRUCTOR:

LUÍS ALFREDO GONZÁLEZ BRICEÑO

ESPECIALISTA TRANSITO AÉREO V

INSTRUCTOR TÉCNICO AERONÁUTICO

UNIT ONE

GENERAL:

Radio communications are a critical link in the ATC system. The link can be a strong bond between pilot and controller, or it can be broken with surprising speed a disastrous results. Discussion herein provides basic procedures for new pilot and also highlights safe operations concepts for all pilots as well as for controllers.

The air traffic controller gives radio instructions involving flying safety and the lives of hundred of people. It is of extreme importance that the message of the controller be received and understood on the first transmission. The controller follows certain basic radio procedures to help insure the receipt and understanding of his message. He speaks clearly and distinctly. The controller knows what he is going to say before he starts speaking. In other words, he is prepared to speak. The controller uses good manners. He never starts transmitting when someone else is transmitting. The controller keeps his message concise (short and complete) by using the correct voice phrases whenever possible. He speaks in calm manner, especially during an emergency. If the controller’s voice shows excitement, it could cause the pilot to become excited and indirectly lead to an accident.

Your ability to say and use the phrases and numbers in these guiding principles correctly is essential to your becoming a professional air traffic controller. You must practice saying these phrases over and over until you are sure you have the right pronunciation and intonation, ask your instructor.

To reduce message transmission time in Control Tower, Approach Control and the Control Center, avoid mistakes and ensure that instructions are precise; phraseology has been adopted for use in all ATS services.

The phraseology contained in this handbook does not pretend to be complete, when circumstances are unusual or different, it is expected that the ATS personnel will use the appropriate phraseology, this must be clear and concise, to avoid confusion on the part of pilots who are not speaking their own language.

I wish to thank all who have contributed to this publication. I believe that the material herein, if accepted and use property will assist the pilot in his efforts to fly with safety.

PHONETIC ALPHABET:

The INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANITATION (ICAO) phonetic alphabet is used by personnel as well as by FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) personnel when communications conditions are such that the information cannot be readily received without their use. Air traffic control facilities may also request pilots to use phonetic letter equivalents when aircraft with similar sounding identifications are receiving communications on the same frequency.

Pilots should use the phonetic alphabet when identifying their aircraft during initial contact with air traffic control facilities. Additionally, use the phonetic equivalents for single letters and spell out groups of letters or difficult words during adverse communications conditions.

A. ALFA J. JULLIETT S. SIERRA

B. BRAVO K. KILO T. TANGO

C. CHARLIE L. LIMA U. UNIFORM

D. DELTA M. MIKE V. VICTOR

E. ECHO N. NOVEMBER W. WHISKEY

F. FOXTROT O. OSCAR X. XRAY

G. GOLF P. PARA Y. YANKEE

H. HOTEL Q. QUEBEC Z. ZULU

I. INDIA R. ROMEO

STATEMENT OF FIGURES IN RADIOTELEPHONE TRANSMISSIONS

GENERAL NUMBERS

Figures indicating units, hundreds and thousand in found numbers up shall be spoken in units, hundreds and thousands as appropriate.

EXAMPLES:

Number Statement Spanish

1 One Uno

5 Five Cinco

9 Niner Nueve

11 Eleven Once

16 Sixteen Dieciseis

23 Twenty three Veintitres

57 Fifty seven Cincuenta y siete

108 One hundred and eight Ciento ocho

343 Three hundred and forty three Trescientos cuarenta y tres

902 Niner hundred and two Novecientos dos

1300 One thousand three hundred Mil trescientos

3550 Three thousand five hundred and fifty Tres mil quinientos cincuenta

11400 Eleven thousand four hundred Once mil cuatrocientos

STATEMENT OF SERIAL FIGURES:

All figures, other than the types listed shall be spoken individually.

EXAMPLES:

Number Statement Spanish

180 one eight zero uno ocho cero

2340 two three four zero dos tres cuatro cero

N502CP November five zero two Charlie Papa November cinco cero dos Charlie papa

HK1201 Hotel Kilo one two zero one Hotel Kilo uno dos cero uno

AAL936 American niner three six American nueve tres seis

HP1255 Hotel Papa one two five five Hotel Papa uno dos cinco cinco

ALTITUDE:

When the numerical values are in rounded off thousand and referred to altitude, these will be transmitted pronouncing each digit corresponding to the number of thousand, following by the word “thousand”:

EXAMPLES:

Number Statement Spanish

4500 Four thousand five hundred feet Cuatro mil quinientos pies

8000 Eight thousand feet Ocho mil pies

9200 Niner thousand two hundred feet Nueve mil doscientos pies

l0000 One zero thousand feet Uno cero mil pies

11500 One one thousand five hundred feet Uno uno mil quinientos pies

l8300 One eight thousand three hundred feet Uno ocho mil trescientos pies

25000 Two five thousand feet Dos cinco mil pies

31000 Three one thousand feet Tres uno mil pies

FLIGHT LEVELS:

The words “FLIGHT LEVEL”, followed by the separate digits of the flight level.

EXAMPLES:

Flight

Level Statement Spanish

F045 Flight level zero four five nivel de vuelo cero cuatro cinco

F090 Flight level zero niner zero nivel de vuelo cero nueve cero

F180 Flight level one eight zero nivel de vuelo uno ocho cero

F195 Flight level one niner five nivel de vuelo uno nueve cinco

F270 Flight level two seven zero nivel de vuelo dos siete cero

F310 Flight Level three one zero nivel de vuelo tres uno cero

F350 Flight level three five zero nivel de vuelo tres cinco cero

F430 Flight level four three zero nivel de vuelo cuatro tres cero

TIME:

Time shall be stated in exactly four figures, based on the 24 hours clock in terms of UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATED (UTC). The hour shall be stated by the first two figures and the minute by the last two figures.

EXAMPLES:

Time Statement Spanish

0000 Zero zero zero zero Cero cero cero cero

0925 Zero niner two five Cero nueve dos cinco

1347 One three four seven Uno tres cuatro siete

1750 One seven five zero Uno siete cinco cero

2012 Two zero one zero Dos cero uno cero

2318 Two three one eight Dos tres uno ocho

(Note: Time may be stated in minutes only (two figures) in airport traffic control radiotelephone communications when no misunderstanding is likely to occur. The 24 hours clock day begins and ends at 0000. The last minute of the last hour begins 2359 and ends at 0000, which is the beginning of the first minute ending at 0001 of the first

Hour of the next day.

FIELD ELEVATIONS:

The field elevation shall be stated in feet in accordance with the following examples:

EXAMPLES:

10FT Field elevation ten feet

Elevación del campo diez pies

93FT Field elevation ninety three feet

Elevación del campo noventa y tres pies

203FT Field elevation Two thousand and three feet

Elevación del campo doscientos tres pies

1450FT Field elevation one thousand four hundred and fifty feet

Elevación del campo mil cuatrocientos cincuenta pies

2006FT Field elevation two thousand and six feet

Elevación del campo dos mil seis pies

3745F Field elevation three thousand seven hundred and forty five feet

Elevación del campo tres mil setecientos cuarenta y cinco pies

ALTIMETER SETTING:

The word “ALTIMETER” or “QNH”, followed by the separate digits of the altimeter setting:

EXAMPLES:

Setting Statement Spanish

29.92 (inches) Altimeter two niner nine two Altímetro dos nueve nueve dos

30.04 (inches) Altimeter three zero zero four Altímetro tres cero cero cuatro

3010 (inches) Altimeter three zero one zero Altímetro tres cero uno cero

l010 (hpa) QNH one zero one zero QNH uno cero uno cero

1014 (hpa) QNH one zero one four QNH uno cero uno cuatro

1023 (hpa) QNH one zero two three QNH uno cero dos tres

WIND:

The word “WIND”, followed by separate digits

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