CTO Clearance Delivery & Ground Control 2

Question 1

A pilot requests an IFR clearance but the route filed contains a known NAVAID outage. What should Clearance Delivery do?

Accepted Answer

Coordinate with the ARTCC and issue an amended route that avoids the outage

Answer

Clearance Delivery must coordinate with the ARTCC to provide an amended IFR route that avoids known facility outages.

Question 2

Under what condition may Ground Control clear an aircraft to cross an active runway?

Accepted Answer

Only with explicit coordination and approval from Local Control

Answer

Runway crossings require explicit coordination and approval from Local Control, who has jurisdiction over active runways.

Question 3

What phraseology does Ground Control use to instruct a pilot to stop immediately due to a conflict?

Accepted Answer

Hold position

Answer

'Hold position' is the standard ATC phraseology used to instruct a pilot to stop movement immediately on the ground.

Question 4

A departing aircraft has been issued a void time clearance. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

The aircraft must depart before the specified time or the clearance is cancelled

Answer

A void time clearance specifies that the aircraft must be airborne before the stated time or the IFR clearance is automatically cancelled.

Question 5

When issuing a taxi clearance, Ground Control should issue instructions to the runway via:

Accepted Answer

Specific taxiways and include all hold-short instructions explicitly

Answer

Taxi clearances must include specific taxiway designations and all required hold-short instructions to prevent runway incursions.

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