| ATIS stands for
Automated Terminal Information
Service which is a recorded message broadcast
at most busy airports. ATIS gives pilots the current
wind, air traffic, and runway information and local
temperature, dew point and air pressure at the field and
each time the information changes, the broadcast is
revised, with each revision being assigned the next
letter in the phonetic alphabet. This designation is
included in the broadcast, which is identified as,
"Information Alpha..." Bravo, Charlie, etc. At
ATIS-equipped airports, pilots are required to listen to
the recording prior to contacting Approach Control or
the tower and must repeat the "Information so-and-so"
identifier when they make their initial radio call.
A pilot on the ground preparing for
a flight will want to receive an ATIS message from the
ONLINE ATC station.
A pilot approaching an airport will want to receive an
ATIS message from the ONLINE ATC station in order to make
his landing plan. Therefore, an Air Traffic Controller is
expected to prepare an efficient ATIS message meeting the
expectation of pilots.
Knowing the constraints of servers,
an Air Traffic Controller should prepare an ATIS message
short enough so that unnecessary data transmissions are
avoided in order to reduce the lag time.
ASRC 1.2 and VRC users shall not
include any line relating to the voice server or voice
room being used as this will be automatically added on
line one of the ATIS by ASRC or VRC.
An ATIS message;
- Shall not
exceed four lines maximum (of which one is the voice
server information)
- Shall only
contain relevant information as to the position being
served.
Below find some ATIS messages
satisfying the above conditions.
|
POSITION |
ATIS MESSAGE |
|
GROUND |
Schiphol Ground with information ECHO
Squawk Standby on the ground. On initial Contact
advise Gate nbr
Departing Rwy 24, QNH 1021 |
|
TOWER |
Kastrup Tower with information ALFA
Landing 22L, Departure 22R, Wind 280/14, QNH 1001
Arriving Aircraft report Runway Vacated after landing
|
|
APPROACH |
Heathrow Director
with information BRAVO
Landing 27L, Departing 27R Surface Wind 280/12, QNH
1012, TL50
On
initial contact report cleared level, a/c type and
Information |
|
CENTER |
Ankara Center with Information KILO.
On initial contact report Position, Flight Level and
a/c type. |
|
EURO CENTER |
Euro Center North
with DELTA. ATC only above FL245 if local CTR is
offline
Info at
www.euc-vacc.org
UIR ATC for BIRD EETT EFES EFPS EKDK ENBD ENOS ENSV
ENTR ESAA EVRR EYVL |
IMPORTANT NOTES
-
TRANSITION ALTITUDE (TA) SHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN IN THE
ATIS MESSAGE SINCE IT IS A CONSTANT VALUE AND AVAILABLE
IN APPROACH CHARTS WHEREAS TRANSITION LEVEL (TL) MUST BE
SHOWN IN THE ATIS MESSAGE SINCE IT CHANGES ACCORDING TO
THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
-
THERE IS NO NEED TO WRITE THE FREQUENCY BEING USED AS
THIS IS AUTOMATICALLY DIALED INTO WHEN CALLING THE ATC
POSITION.
-
ONE SHALL NOT ENTER THE NAME OR RATING OF THE
PERSON PROVIDING ATC.
-
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO ADD ANY OTHER NON
RELEVANT INFORMATION
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