Departure Control Reports

CHAPTER EIGHT

INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES WORKBOOK

Departure Control Reports

NOTE

All sample communications will reference the flight planning

lecture problem.

Airborne Report

A pilot's first voice report on an IFR flight will be an "OFF" report to Departure Control when

safely airborne. The report should include the name of the departure airport and the altitude

assignment. Example:

PILOT: "MERIDIAN DEPARTURE, NAVY 6E432, OFF NAVY McCAIN, PASSING 1,500

FOR 16,000."

DEPARTURE CTRL: "NAVY 6E432, RADAR CONTACT"

"NAVY 6E432, NEGATIVE RADAR CONTACT, REPORT

MERIDIAN."

NOTE

We will first go through a radar contact scenario.

To provide radar vectors, Departure Control might say:

DEPARTURE CTRL: "NAVY 6E432, TURN RIGHT 240, VECTORS TO THE MERIDIAN

VORTAC"

PILOT: "NAVY 6E432, RIGHT 240."

Approaching the Meridian VOR, the controller would expect you to receive the VOR signal and

be able to navigate to the VOR on your own.

DEPARTURE CTRL: "NAVY 6E432, POSITION NOW 4 MILES EAST OF THE

MERIDIAN VOR, CLEARED FROM YOUR PRESENT POSITION

DIRECT TO THE MERIDIAN VOR, RESUME NORMAL

NAVIGATION."

PILOT: "NAVY 6E432, WILCO."

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EMERGENCY VOICE PROCEDURES