ATC phraseology and procedure notes
NETWORK TRAINING · JUL 17, 2026How to prepare for your VATSIM S1/S2
Practical drills for clearances, taxi routing, readback-catching and tower judgment between mentored sessions.
AIRPORT PRIMERS · JUL 16, 2026Tower control at KSAN: runway 27/09 operations
A demanding single-runway airport as a tower primer: west vs east flow, all ten SIDs with the right clearance phraseology, and the single-runway gap game.
TOWER OPERATIONS · JUL 13, 2026Tower 101: LUAW, takeoff & landing clearances
What line up and wait actually means, who gets the runway first, the wind check, and the go-around — with the quick-reference table.
GROUND OPERATIONS · JUL 12, 2026Taxi instructions & runway crossings, the phraseology
Runway, route, hold short — and why every runway crossing gets its own explicit clearance. The mandatory readbacks, and the mistakes that cause incursions.
TOWER OPERATIONS · JUL 11, 2026How to write an ATIS
Each part of the broadcast in order, a complete example from a METAR, and the checks used by the simulator.
IFR CLEARANCES · JUL 10, 2026The CRAFT clearance, line by line
Clearance limit, Route, Altitude, Frequency, Transponder — a complete IFR clearance at a real airport, what each line means, how PDC changes it, and the readback to listen for.
IFR CLEARANCES · JUL 10, 2026Climb via SID or maintain? What to say on an IFR clearance
The three altitude forms of a departure clearance and exactly when each applies — with real charts (ZZOOO4, PEBLE6, KENNEDY FIVE) and the readbacks to listen for.
More airport and procedure notes will be added as they are reviewed. Open the simulator.