U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Includes Change 1 Effective July 31, 2008
Section 1. General
5-1-1. PRESENTATION AND EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE 5-1-2. ALIGNMENT ACCURACY CHECK 5-1-3. RADAR USE 5-1-4. BEACON RANGE ACCURACY 5-1-5. ELECTRONIC ATTACK (EA) ACTIVITY 5-1-6. SERVICE LIMITATIONS 5-1-7. ELECTRONIC CURSOR 5-1-8. MERGING TARGET PROCEDURES 5-1-9. HOLDING PATTERN SURVEILLANCE 5-1-10. DEVIATION ADVISORIES 5-1-11. RADAR FIX POSTING 5-1-12. POSITION REPORTING 5-1-13. RADAR SERVICE TERMINATION
Section 2. Beacon Systems
5-2-1. ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA 5-2-2. DISCRETE ENVIRONMENT 5-2-3. NONDISCRETE ENVIRONMENT 5-2-4. MIXED ENVIRONMENT 5-2-5. RADAR BEACON CODE CHANGES 5-2-6. FUNCTION CODE ASSIGNMENTS 5-2-7. EMERGENCY CODE ASSIGNMENT 5-2-8. RADIO FAILURE 5-2-9. VFR CODE ASSIGNMENTS 5-2-10. BEACON CODE FOR PRESSURE SUIT FLIGHTS AND FLIGHTS ABOVE FL 600 5-2-11. AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE BEACON CODE ASSIGNMENT 5-2-12. STANDBY OR LOW SENSITIVITY OPERATION 5-2-13. CODE MONITOR 5-2-14. FAILURE TO DISPLAY ASSIGNED BEACON CODE OR INOPERATIVE/MALFUNCTIONING TRANSPONDER 5-2-15. INOPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING INTERROGATOR 5-2-16. FAILED TRANSPONDER IN CLASS A AIRSPACE 5-2-17. VALIDATION OF MODE C READOUT 5-2-18. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- MODE C 5-2-19. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- NON-MODE C 5-2-20. AUTOMATIC ALTITUDE REPORTING 5-2-21. INFLIGHT DEVIATIONS FROM TRANSPONDER/MODE C REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN 10,000 FEET AND 18,000 FEET 5-2-22. BEACON TERMINATION 5-2-23. ALTITUDE FILTERS
Section 3. Radar Identification
5-3-1. APPLICATION 5-3-2. PRIMARY RADAR IDENTIFICATION METHODS 5-3-3. BEACON IDENTIFICATION METHODS 5-3-4. TERMINAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION METHODS 5-3-5. QUESTIONABLE IDENTIFICATION 5-3-6. POSITION INFORMATION 5-3-7. IDENTIFICATION STATUS 5-3-8. TARGET MARKERS 5-3-9. TARGET MARKERS
Section 4. Transfer of Radar Identification
5-4-1. APPLICATION 5-4-2. TERMS 5-4-3. METHODS 5-4-4. TRAFFIC 5-4-5. TRANSFERRING CONTROLLER HANDOFF 5-4-6. RECEIVING CONTROLLER HANDOFF 5-4-7. POINT OUT 5-4-8. AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER (AIT) 5-4-9. INTERFACILITY AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER 5-4-10. PREARRANGED COORDINATION 5-4-11. EN ROUTE FOURTH LINE DATA BLOCK USAGE
Section 5. Radar Separation
5-5-1. APPLICATION 5-5-2. TARGET SEPARATION 5-5-3. TARGET RESOLUTION 5-5-4. MINIMA 5-5-5. VERTICAL APPLICATION 5-5-6. EXCEPTIONS 5-5-7. PASSING OR DIVERGING 5-5-8. ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FOR FORMATION FLIGHTS 5-5-9. SEPARATION FROM OBSTRUCTIONS 5-5-10. ADJACENT AIRSPACE 5-5-11. EDGE OF SCOPE 5-5-12. BEACON TARGET DISPLACEMENT 5-5-13. GPA 102/103 CORRECTION FACTOR
Section 6. Vectoring
5-6-1. APPLICATION 5-6-2. METHODS 5-6-3. VECTORS BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE
Section 7. Speed Adjustment
5-7-1. APPLICATION 5-7-2. METHODS 5-7-3. MINIMA 5-7-4. TERMINATION
Section 8. Radar Departures
5-8-1. PROCEDURES 5-8-2. INITIAL HEADING 5-8-3. SUCCESSIVE OR SIMULTANEOUS DEPARTURES 5-8-4. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL 5-8-5. DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS ON PARALLEL OR NONINTERSECTING DIVERGING RUNWAYS
Section 9. Radar Arrivals
5-9-1. VECTORS TO FINAL APPROACH COURSE 5-9-2. FINAL APPROACH COURSE INTERCEPTION 5-9-3. VECTORS ACROSS FINAL APPROACH COURSE 5-9-4. ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS 5-9-5. APPROACH SEPARATION RESPONSIBILITY 5-9-6. PARALLEL DEPENDENT ILS/MLS APPROACHES 5-9-7. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT ILS/MLS APPROACHES- DUAL & TRIPLE 5-9-8. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT DUAL ILS/MLS APPROACHES- HIGH UPDATE RADAR 5-9-9. SIMULTANEOUS OFFSET INSTRUMENT APPROACHES (SOIA)- HIGH UPDATE RADAR
Section 10. Radar Approaches- Terminal
5-10-1. APPLICATION 5-10-2. APPROACH INFORMATION 5-10-3. NO-GYRO APPROACH 5-10-4. LOST COMMUNICATIONS 5-10-5. RADAR CONTACT LOST 5-10-6. LANDING CHECK 5-10-7. POSITION INFORMATION 5-10-8. FINAL CONTROLLER CHANGEOVER 5-10-9. COMMUNICATIONS CHECK 5-10-10. TRANSMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT 5-10-11. MISSED APPROACH 5-10-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO 5-10-13. TOWER CLEARANCE 5-10-14. FINAL APPROACH ABNORMALITIES 5-10-15. MILITARY SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES
Section 11. Surveillance Approaches- Terminal
5-11-1. ALTITUDE INFORMATION 5-11-2. VISUAL REFERENCE REPORT 5-11-3. DESCENT NOTIFICATION 5-11-4. DESCENT INSTRUCTIONS 5-11-5. FINAL APPROACH GUIDANCE 5-11-6. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION
Section 12. PAR Approaches- Terminal
5-12-1. GLIDEPATH NOTIFICATION 5-12-2. DECISION HEIGHT (DH) NOTIFICATION 5-12-3. DESCENT INSTRUCTION 5-12-4. GLIDEPATH AND COURSE INFORMATION 5-12-5. DISTANCE FROM TOUCHDOWN 5-12-6. DECISION HEIGHT 5-12-7. POSITION ADVISORIES 5-12-8. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION 5-12-9. COMMUNICATION TRANSFER 5-12-10. ELEVATION FAILURE 5-12-11. SURVEILLANCE UNUSABLE
Section 13. Use of PAR for Approach Monitoring- Terminal
5-13-1. MONITOR ON PAR EQUIPMENT 5-13-2. MONITOR AVAILABILITY 5-13-3. MONITOR INFORMATION
Section 14. Automation- En Route
5-14-1. CONFLICT ALERT (CA) AND MODE C INTRUDER (MCI) ALERT 5-14-2. EN ROUTE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (E-MSAW) 5-14-3. COMPUTER ENTRY OF ASSIGNED ALTITUDE 5-14-4. ENTRY OF REPORTED ALTITUDE 5-14-5. SELECTED ALTITUDE LIMITS 5-14-6. SECTOR ELIGIBILITY 5-14-7. COAST TRACKS 5-14-8. CONTROLLER INITIATED COAST TRACKS
Section 15. Automated Radar Terminal Systems (ARTS)- Terminal
5-15-1. APPLICATION 5-15-2. RESPONSIBILITY 5-15-3. FUNCTIONAL USE 5-15-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5-15-5. INFORMATION DISPLAYED 5-15-6. CA/MCI 5-15-7. INHIBITING MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW) 5-15-8. TRACK SUSPEND FUNCTION
Section 16. TPX-42- Terminal
5-16-1. APPLICATION 5-16-2. RESPONSIBILITY 5-16-3. FUNCTIONAL USE 5-16-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5-16-5. INFORMATION DISPLAYED 5-16-6. INHIBITING LOW ALTITUDE ALERT SYSTEM (LAAS)