How do Pilots and tower communicate?

Question

I want to know how they communicate.. what does the pilot have to do to get through to the tower? and when a plane flys over or near an airport will the pilots communicate with their ATC? and if yes what do they say? And how do they link up?

Answer 1

Hi im an ATC from La Aurora International Airport
This is an example:

well first of all you need to fill a flight plan then we read it on the FDD computer (Fly Data Displayer) the they(aircraft) call for clearance if its an Instumental flight plan then they call ground control here is 121.9 MHZ everything starts like this:

La Aurora Ground N7144Q....

N7144Q La Aurora Ground Go Ahead....

La Aurora Ground this is N7144Q requesting pushback and start engines......

then i say N7144Q roger pushback and start engines apoved advice ready to taxi

N7144Q: I'll call you when ready to taxy...., then when he is ready he says: N7144Q im ready to taxy...then i say N7144Q Taxy west (it depends the aircraft position it could be east) taxyway to holding point runway 01 and when he is reachig the holdingpoint of the runway for takeoff he must contact Tower frequency on 118.1 Mhz to recive clearance for takeoff and then he must contact Radar control on 119.3 Mhz
after the takeoff

When pilots are near from the airport radar control give instructions to them about what they have to do area...then they have to comunicate the control tower for clearance to land....N7144Q clear to land...

Answer 2

All flights on Instrument Flight Plans are in contact with Air Traffic Controllers during the whole flight - from engine startup to shutdown. During a typical flight the pilot will first talk to ground control, then tower, then approach/departure control, then center, then approach control (at the landing airport), then tower, then ground control.

Even small planes usually have two sets of radios. If radio do fail pilots fly their filed plan and the tower uses a light gun to give them permission to land.

Answer 3

There's many reasons why and purposes to calling an airport control tower. In the civilian world, most aircraft to tower communication is done on a VHF Transceiver ("a radio".) The military uses mostly UHF frequencies. In the event of radio failure, there are pre-established light signals that a pilot and tower can use to communicate.

Look at the following links...I think you'll find out more than you want to know!

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/Chap4/aim0402.html#4-2-2

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/Chap4/aim0401.html#4-1-2

http://pad39a.com/gene/lg.html

Answer 4

Pilots communicate to tower and approach controllers via VHF (very high frequency) two way radios. Any question on communication could probably be best answered by the FAR AIM (Federal Aviation Regulation Aeronautical Information Manual) which details procedures used for communicating with Air Traffic Control. You can view the manual at: http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/ATpubs/AIM/Chap4/aim0402.html

Answer 5

i do no longer supply a hoot approximately "finished credit". What am I going to do with irt, get a school diploma? one million) Civil plane use a VHF radio. 2) At even some hundred ft a cellular telephone can holiday different cellular relay towers. In progressed structures, the cellular sign would be ignored and the call won't bypass via. In older structures, it could create all varieties of problems. From 1000's of ft, a cellular sign can set off relays over a extensive section. 3) cellular telephone transmissions can intervene with some navigation structures on plane. certainty. 4) by skill of exclaiming "RF technologies" your question for sure shows you do no longer comprehend what you're speaking approximately. Any variety of communique by skill of on the spot electromagnetic propagation is RF technologies...radio, television, cellular telephone, microwave, etc. etc, etc.

Answer 6

Just to clear up something mentioned above, Military aircraft use VHF when talking to traffic controllers. UHF is used to communicate with other military aircraft and military personnel on the ground. They also use VHF FM to communicate with ground personnel, while ATC uses VHF AM.

Answer 7

Pilots talk to the tower by pressing a button on their radios and speaking into a microphone, on an IFR (instrument flight rules) flight, they typically speak with clearance controllers for permission to back out of the gate and start engines, then ground, who directs them to taxi to the active runway(s), then tower who gives them permission to takeoff, then departure and/or approach who directs the traffic flow within a certain radius of the airport, then en-route centres who direct them further, then back to approach to line up with the runway, then back to the tower at the destination airport who gives them instructions to further line up with the runway and give clearance to land, and finally end with ground crews that give them clearance to taxi to the gate and end the flight.

hope it helps...

Answer 8

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/air-traffic-control.htm

This is a fairly well written article that will take you from start-up to shutdown. I could write a long-drawn out answer, but I'd be repeating what this article has already said, for such a generalized question.

Answer 9

by radio on the ATC channel.

Answer 10

radios