Procedures

Air Traffic Services
1 Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Advisory Services
2 Flight Service Stations (FSS) / Flight Information Centres (FIC)
3 Clearances and instructions
4 Communication procedures / departure / en route / arrival
5 Radar Services – departure / en route / arrival
6 Transponder operation
7 Wake turbulence separation
8 Reduced Visibility Operations

Canadian Airspace
1 Low level controlled airspace / types / dimensions / flight rules
2 Classification of airspace
3 Special use airspace

Route and Flight Planning
1 Publications/Charts – requirements and use
2 Preferred routing – factors affecting flight plan
3 Navigation Plan & Flight Log
4 Altitude selection
5 IFR flight in mountainous regions
6 Fuel requirements – aeroplanes, helicopters
7 Weather requirements – take-off, landing, alternate
8 NOTAM – classifications and interpretation
9 Use of flight computer
10 Canada Air Pilot – utilization and defintions

Departure Procedures
1 ATIS
2 Radar departure
3 Non-radar departure
4 Standard Instrument Departure (SID)
5 Departure at uncontrolled aerodrome
6 Obstacle clearance
7 Visibility requirements / RVR

En Route Procedures
1 Position reports
2 Clearance limits
3 Changes to flight plan
4 Altitude Limitations – MEA, MOCA, MRA, GASA
5 Adherence to TAS
6 Fixes/waypoints
7 1,000 Feet on Top – IFR flight
8 IFR flight from controlled airspace to uncontrolled airspace
9 IFR flight from uncontrolled airspace to controlled airspace

Holding Procedures
1 Holding clearance
2 Entry
3 Standard holding pattern
4 Non-standard holding pattern
5 Timing
6 Speed limitations
7 DME
8 Shuttle

Approach Procedures
1 ATIS
2 STARs
3 Radar vectors
4 Speed adjustment
5 Transition to approach
6 Initial approach/procedure turn
7 Straight-in approach (No PT)
8 Straight-in minima
9 Final approach
10 Precision approach – ILS, PAR
11 Non-Precision approach – NDB, VOR, DME, LOC, RNAV/GNSS
12 Stabilized Constant Descent Angle approach
13 Visual/Contact approach
14 Circling approach
15 Missed approach
16 Uncontrolled aerodromes / VFR / IFR traffic mix
17 Obstacle clearance – Minimum Safe Altitude, Minimum Sector Altitude (MSA)
18 Temperature compensation
19 Approach Ban – visibility requirements

Canada Air Pilot (CAP) CAP GEN Definitions
1 Chart Legend – approach, aerodrome, lighting, and symbols
2 Altitude corrections

Emergencies