What does "Sqwak" mean when refering to aircraft...?

Question

i frequently fly IFR flightplans, and when i contact clearance, they say something like "alaska 597, cleared to Edmonton Airport as filed, fly runway heading, climb and maintain 10,000 (feet), departure on 120.5, Sqwak 0577

should have made myself clearer, i fly IFR with my flight simulator, not real life...

Answer 1

You file IFR and don't know what "squawk" means?? Pardon me but you are full of sh*t! Pure and simple, pal! Hell, a private pilot student pilot knows what that means around their 2nd or 3rd hour in the air!

That leads me to suspect that you're some dimwit terrorist wanna-be -- and DHS is probably got the same idea as well. With luck, they'll find you before you get a chance to pick a best answer.

Addendum: Ahhhhh! Now it makes a lot more sense! OK, as noted by other posters they're simply telling you the code to set on your transponder. But I'll take that slightly farther so maybe you'll understand it a bit better.

The radar systems used by the FAA interact with the transponder inside virtually every aircraft in order to positively identify every aircraft in the air. Radar returns themselves are little more than a moving dot on the screen; they tell the controllers your location, speed and direction but not who you are or how high you are. The transponder adds information to the system so that they can identify your callsign, altitude, and often more accurate speed information.

The transponder is also used to signal certain emergencies such as hijackings (7500). In the event of a hijacking the pilot squawks 7500, the universal code for a hijacking. This instantly tells ATC that the aircraft is under duress, hopefully without the knowledge of the hijackers.

One of the reasons that the FAA had problems tracking the hijacked aircraft on 9/11 is that the hijackers took direct control of the aircraft and switched off the transponders. This leaves a very faint trace on the radar screen with no identification information and many specialized radars will lose track of the aircraft completely without the transponder data. Since 9/11, various rules changes have been proposed to prevent a transponder from being turned off and to lock the 7500 squawk once it's been dialled in.

Answer 2

Every aircraft entering in a controlled airspace is required to have an instrument called a "Transponder." Transponder, depending on the model reports the identification of the aircraft, altitude, and a code.

This code is set by the pilot per instructions from the control tower at the airport. The code is set differently for the each aircraft so that traffic controller can distinguish one aircraft from the other.

In the small airport, VFR code is used, which is 1200. In such cases, all codes are the same, as everything is done by visual only.

This number shows up on the radar screen along with the call-sign of the aircraft.

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Answer 4

Squawk is the code entered in the transponder. The individual numbers are between 0 and 7. This will allow the air traffic controllers to see the number on the radar screen. They can also assign 'discrete' squawk codes so a four digit code like 0577 will show on the screen as ASA597 (Alaska 597).

VFR aircraft squawk 1200 at low altitudes but can be given individual codes when in busy airspace.

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Answer 6

The sqwak is a 4 digit code ranging from 0-7 used by aircraft that is used to communicate with the air traiffic control tower and back to the aircraft.

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Answer 8

I agree with these guys down at the bottom of the answers, if you were really a pilot you would know what your squawk is. Now if you fly something like Flight Sim then it is understandable why you do not know.

Answer 9

I'm kinda in agreement with boston...
Also one of you previous questions was to ask how flaps work.
If you want to know ask. Do not pretend to be someone else or think you know.
It ruins the premise.

Good luck.

Answer 10

It means "set your transponder to this number"