U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Includes Change 1 Effective July 31, 2008
Section 1. General
3-1-1. PROVIDE SERVICE 3-1-2. PREVENTIVE CONTROL 3-1-3. USE OF ACTIVE RUNWAYS 3-1-4. COORDINATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND GROUND CONTROLLERS 3-1-5. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT/PERSONNEL ON RUNWAYS 3-1-6. TRAFFIC INFORMATION 3-1-7. POSITION DETERMINATION 3-1-8. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR/MICROBURST ADVISORIES 3-1-9. USE OF TOWER RADAR DISPLAYS 3-1-10. OBSERVED ABNORMALITIES 3-1-11. SURFACE AREA RESTRICTIONS 3-1-12. VISUALLY SCANNING RUNWAYS 3-1-13. ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS 3-1-14. GROUND OPERATIONS WHEN VOLCANIC ASH IS PRESENT
Section 2. Visual Signals
3-2-1. LIGHT SIGNALS 3-2-2. WARNING SIGNAL 3-2-3. RECEIVER-ONLY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Section 3. Airport Conditions
3-3-1. LANDING AREA CONDITION 3-3-2. CLOSED/UNSAFE RUNWAY INFORMATION 3-3-3. TIMELY INFORMATION 3-3-4. BRAKING ACTION 3-3-5. BRAKING ACTION ADVISORIES 3-3-6. ARRESTING SYSTEM OPERATION 3-3-7. FAR FIELD MONITOR (FFM) REMOTE STATUS UNIT
Section 4. Airport Lighting
3-4-1. EMERGENCY LIGHTING 3-4-2. RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS 3-4-3. VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATORS (VASI) 3-4-4. PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATORS (PAPI) 3-4-5. APPROACH LIGHTS 3-4-6. ALS INTENSITY SETTINGS 3-4-7. SEQUENCED FLASHING LIGHTS (SFL) 3-4-8. MALSR/ODALS 3-4-9. ALSF-2/SSALR 3-4-10. RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS 3-4-11. HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY, RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS 3-4-12. HIRL ASSOCIATED WITH MALSR 3-4-13. HIRL CHANGES AFFECTING RVR 3-4-14. MEDIUM INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS 3-4-15. SIMULTANEOUS APPROACH AND RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT OPERATION 3-4-16. HIGH SPEED TURNOFF LIGHTS 3-4-17. TAXIWAY LIGHTS 3-4-18. OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS 3-4-19. ROTATING BEACON
Section 5. Runway Selection
3-5-1. SELECTION 3-5-2. STOL RUNWAYS 3-5-3. TAILWIND COMPONENTS
Section 6. Airport Surface Detection Procedures
3-6-1. EQUIPMENT USAGE 3-6-2. IDENTIFICATION 3-6-3. INFORMATION USAGE 3-6-4. SAFETY LOGIC ALERT RESPONSES
Section 7. Taxi and Ground Movement Procedures
3-7-1. GROUND TRAFFIC MOVEMENT 3-7-2. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATIONS 3-7-3. GROUND OPERATIONS 3-7-4. RUNWAY PROXIMITY 3-7-5. PRECISION APPROACH CRITICAL AREA 3-7-6. PRECISION OBSTACLE FREE ZONE (POFZ) AND FINAL APPROACH OBSTACLE CLEARANCE SURFACES (OCS)
Section 8. Spacing and Sequencing
3-8-1. SEQUENCE/SPACING APPLICATION 3-8-2. TOUCH-AND-GO OR STOP-AND-GO OR LOW APPROACH 3-8-3. SIMULTANEOUS SAME DIRECTION OPERATION 3-8-4. SIMULTANEOUS OPPOSITE DIRECTION OPERATION
Section 9. Departure Procedures and Separation
3-9-1. DEPARTURE INFORMATION 3-9-2. DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION 3-9-3. DEPARTURE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS 3-9-4. TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) 3-9-5. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION 3-9-6. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION 3-9-7. WAKE TURBULENCE SEPARATION FOR INTERSECTION DEPARTURES 3-9-8. INTERSECTING RUNWAY SEPARATION 3-9-9. TAKEOFF CLEARANCE 3-9-10. CANCELLATION OF TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
Section 10. Arrival Procedures and Separation
3-10-1. LANDING INFORMATION 3-10-2. FORWARDING APPROACH INFORMATION BY NONAPPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES 3-10-3. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION 3-10-4. INTERSECTING RUNWAY SEPARATION 3-10-5. LANDING CLEARANCE 3-10-6. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION 3-10-7. LANDING CLEARANCE WITHOUT VISUAL OBSERVATION 3-10-8. WITHHOLDING LANDING CLEARANCE 3-10-9. RUNWAY EXITING 3-10-10. ALTITUDE RESTRICTED LOW APPROACH 3-10-11. CLOSED TRAFFIC 3-10-12. OVERHEAD MANEUVER 3-10-13. SIMULATED FLAMEOUT (SFO) APPROACHES/EMERGENCY LANDING PATTERN (ELP) OPERATIONS/PRACTICE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACHES
Section 11. Helicopter Operations
3-11-1. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATION 3-11-2. HELICOPTER TAKEOFF CLEARANCE 3-11-3. HELICOPTER DEPARTURE SEPARATION 3-11-4. HELICOPTER ARRIVAL SEPARATION 3-11-5. SIMULTANEOUS LANDINGS OR TAKEOFFS 3-11-6. HELICOPTER LANDING CLEARANCE
Section 12. Sea Lane Operations
3-12-1. APPLICATION 3-12-2. DEPARTURE SEPARATION 3-12-3. ARRIVAL SEPARATION