Can you listen to live air traffic control?
If you’ve got nothing better to do on one night, visit LiveATC.net, where anyone with a computer or smartphone and a passing interest in aviation can listen to control towers live, worldwide, and in full action. Student pilots use it to listen to their local airport to get accustomed to the myriad radio calls required.
What radio calls are required at an uncontrolled airport?
The standard broadcast format you should follow for all radio calls is:
- [Location Traffic] (e.g. ‘Parkes Traffic’).
- [Aircraft type] (e.g. ‘Cessna 172’).
- [Call sign] (e.g. ‘Zulu Tango Quebec’).
- [Position/level/intentions]
- [Location] (e.g. Parkes).
How do I get out of an uncontrolled airport?
If departing the traffic pattern, continue straight out to a distance of at least 2nm from the airport. Or, once you’re beyond the departure end of the runway, exit with a 45-degree turn in the direction of the traffic pattern after reaching pattern altitude.
Can you fly without radio?
If You Fly In But it’s true; aircraft can be operated, under certain circumstances, without a radio or a Mode C transponder within Class D airspace that’s within a mode C veil. Rules and regulations often have exceptions, and the rules we call the Federal Air Regulations (FARs) are no different.
Where can I listen to live air traffic control?
You can listen to live air traffic control (ATC) radio communication of many airports around the world, via the internet. These live audio feeds are also good for student pilots: get used to standard phraseology of ground control, tower, etc., at various speeds.
How does a pilot communicate with an ATC?
Note that, generally, the pilots do no communicate directly with an ATC-controller of, e.g., an Oceanic Area Control Center (OAC). Instead, the radio communication is between aircrews and intermediary operators at ground stations.
Where does the radio communication take place on a plane?
Instead, the radio communication is between aircrews and intermediary operators at ground stations. The latter radio-operators have no executive ATC authority, and the ground-stations are typically not co-located with ATC-centers.
How does a plane communicate with the ground?
For flights along these routes, air/ground communication is done via shortwave radio, on aviation-specific HF frequencies (3 – 30 MHz) with Single Side-Band (SSB) modulation. Note that, generally, the pilots do no communicate directly with an ATC-controller of, e.g., an Oceanic Area Control Center (OAC).