Composite Clearance / Low-Level Reporting

CHAPTER FOUR

SNFO/SWSO VOICE COMMUNICATIONS

NOTE

FSS altimeter settings may be based on outdated data. If you have

recently received an altimeter by a controlling agency, use the

controlling agency's altimeter setting vice the FSS altimeter

setting.

There is no call made to FSS on exit from these non-published routes.

You will make the following calls when flying on a published route (e.g., VR1020, etc.):

Format: "<Agency, call sign, type aircraft>, <route number>, <entry point>, < time>,

<exit point>, <time>, <altitude>, <airspeed>."

Example

SNFO/SWSO:

"Mobile Radio, Mobile Radio, KATT 150."

RADIO:

"KATT 150, Mobile Radio, go ahead."

SNFO/SWSO:

"KATT 150, single T-1, entering Victor

Romeo1021 point ALPHA at time 51, exiting

point ECHO at time 20, 500 feet, 240 knots."

RADIO:

"KATT 150, roger, no traffic along the route,

altimeter 29.96."

SNFO/SWSO:

"KATT 150, roger."

After exiting the low-level, initiate a call to FSS reporting you are off the low-level route.

Example

SNFO/SWSO:

"Mobile Radio, KATT 150."

RADIO:

"KATT 150, Mobile Radio, go ahead."

SNFO/SWSO:

"KATT 150, exiting Victor Romeo 1021, point

ECHO at this time."

If FSS does not respond either entering or exiting the low-level, transmit the same information

"in the blind." Other aircraft will still find the information useful.

After completing the low-level route, a request to Center for IFR clearance to your destination is

required. This transmission is termed a "pop-up" call. Format for the "pop-up" call is:

Format: "<Agency, call sign, position, altitude>, request"

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