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IRA Oral Exam PrepAWSS - ANS-Automated Weather Sensor System (A)
AWOS - ANS-Automated Weather Observing Station (A)
20min interval
HIWAS - ANS-Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (H)
TWEB - ANS-Transcribed Weather Broadcast (T)
ATIS - ANS-Automatic Terminal Information Service
hourly, human monitored
ODP - ANS-Obstacle Departure Procedure
SID - ANS-Standard Instrument Departure
What are instrument departure procedures? - ANS-Preplanned IFR departures
providing obstacle clearance from terminal area to appropriate enroute structure
Terminal area - ANS-A designated area of controlled airspace surrounding a major
airport with high volume of traffic
What are the required inspections for the aircraft for an IFR flight? - ANS-AAVIATE
Annual
Airworthiness Directives
VOR (30 days) (date, signature, location, deviance)
100hr
Altimeter/Pitot/Static (24 cal mo)
Transponder (24 mo)
ELT (12 mo - 1hr use, 50% of life)
What does the pilot in command need to know before conducting an IFR flight? -
ANS-NWKRAFT
NOTAMS
Weather reports and forecasts
Known ATC traffic delays
Runway lengths of intended use
, Alternatives available
Fuel requirements
Takeoff and landing performance data
When is an alternate airport required? - ANS-1 hour prior or after ETA - less than 2000 ft
ceiling / 3 miles visibility
What is the requirement for filing an alternate airport? - ANS-Weather reporting system
Instrument approach (or weather allows for descent from MEA to landing in VFR
conditions) and weather minimums (800-2 non-precision, 600-2 precision)
Diverse Departure - ANS-Airport/runway without published ODP
TERPS - ANS-Terminal Instrument Procedures
What types of departure procedures are there? - ANS-Two types: SID's and ODP's
How do you get a SID? - ANS-Must be requested by the pilot to ATC and they must
posses the textual or graphic description of the departure
STAR - ANS-Standard Terminal Arrival Route
How do you get a STAR? - ANS-Must be requested by the pilot to ATC and they must
posses the textual or graphic description of the departure
RNAV - ANS-Area Navigation
DVA - ANS-Diverse Vector Area: May be below MIA (minimum IFR altitude), in a radar
environment, complies with Diverse Departures
Standard Climb Gradient - ANS-200ft/NM (nautical miles)
VCOA - ANS-Visual Climb Over Airport
ARTCC - ANS-Air Route Traffic Control Center (Centers)
Where can you find preferred IFR routes? - ANS-FAA website, Foreflight, Chart
Supplement
MCA - ANS-Minimum Crossing Altitude
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