U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Includes Change 1 Effective July 31, 2008
Section 1. NAVAID Use Limitations
4-1-1. ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE LIMITATIONS 4-1-2. EXCEPTIONS 4-1-3. CROSSING ALTITUDE 4-1-4. VFR-ON-TOP 4-1-5. FIX USE
Section 2. Clearances
4-2-1. CLEARANCE ITEMS 4-2-2. CLEARANCE PREFIX 4-2-3. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS 4-2-4. CLEARANCE RELAY 4-2-5. ROUTE OR ALTITUDE AMENDMENTS 4-2-6. THROUGH CLEARANCES 4-2-7. ALTRV CLEARANCE 4-2-8. IFR-VFR AND VFR-IFR FLIGHTS 4-2-9. CLEARANCE ITEMS
Section 3. Departure Procedures
4-3-1. DEPARTURE TERMINOLOGY 4-3-2. DEPARTURE CLEARANCES 4-3-3. ABBREVIATED DEPARTURE CLEARANCE 4-3-4. DEPARTURE RESTRICTIONS, CLEARANCE VOID TIMES, HOLD FOR RELEASE, AND RELEASE TIMES 4-3-5. GROUND STOP 4-3-6. DELAY SEQUENCING 4-3-7. FORWARD DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION 4-3-8. COORDINATION WITH RECEIVING FACILITY 4-3-9. VFR RELEASE OF IFR DEPARTURE 4-3-10. FORWARDING DEPARTURE TIMES
Section 4. Route Assignment
4-4-1. ROUTE USE 4-4-2. ROUTE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS 4-4-3. DEGREE-DISTANCE ROUTE DEFINITION FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS 4-4-4. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES 4-4-5. CLASS G AIRSPACE 4-4-6. DIRECT CLEARANCES
Section 5. Altitude Assignment and Verification
4-5-1. VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMA 4-5-2. FLIGHT DIRECTION 4-5-3. EXCEPTIONS 4-5-4. LOWEST USABLE FLIGHT LEVEL 4-5-5. ADJUSTED MINIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL 4-5-6. MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDES 4-5-7. ALTITUDE INFORMATION 4-5-8. ANTICIPATED ALTITUDE CHANGES 4-5-9. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- NONRADAR
Section 6. Holding Aircraft
4-6-1. CLEARANCE TO HOLDING FIX 4-6-2. CLEARANCE BEYOND FIX 4-6-3. DELAYS 4-6-4. HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS 4-6-5. VISUAL HOLDING POINTS 4-6-6. HOLDING FLIGHT PATH DEVIATION 4-6-7. UNMONITORED NAVAIDS 4-6-8. ILS PROTECTION/CRITICAL AREAS
Section 7. Arrival Procedures
4-7-1. CLEARANCE INFORMATION 4-7-2. ADVANCE DESCENT CLEARANCE 4-7-3. SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES (SFA) 4-7-4. RADIO FREQUENCY AND RADAR BEACON CHANGES FOR MILITARY AIRCRAFT 4-7-5. MILITARY TURBOJET EN ROUTE DESCENT 4-7-6. ARRIVAL INFORMATION 4-7-7. WEATHER INFORMATION 4-7-8. BELOW MINIMA REPORT BY PILOT 4-7-9. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION 4-7-10. APPROACH INFORMATION 4-7-11. ARRIVAL INFORMATION BY APPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES 4-7-12. AIRPORT CONDITIONS 4-7-13. SWITCHING ILS/MLS RUNWAYS
Section 8. Approach Clearance Procedures
4-8-1. APPROACH CLEARANCE 4-8-2. CLEARANCE LIMIT 4-8-3. RELAYED APPROACH CLEARANCE 4-8-4. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT FOR MILITARY HIGH ALTITUDE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES 4-8-5. SPECIFYING ALTITUDE 4-8-6. CIRCLING APPROACH 4-8-7. SIDE-STEP MANEUVER 4-8-8. COMMUNICATIONS RELEASE 4-8-9. MISSED APPROACH 4-8-10. APPROACH INFORMATION 4-8-11. PRACTICE APPROACHES 4-8-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO