Runways
TEXT FOR READING AND TRANSLATION
Exercise 4
Exercise 3.
Exercise 2
a) Listen to the dialogue.
ACFT: Air France 718, Landed.
TWR: Air France 718, vacate left via taxiway 5.
ACFT: Left, taxiway 5, Air France 718.
ACFT: Air France 718, runway vacated.
TWR: Air France 718, roger.
ACFT: Air France 718, request cross runway 26 left.
TWR: Air France 718, cross runway 26 left, taxi via taxiway 2.
ACFT: Crossing, Air France 718.
ACFT: Air France 718, runway 26 left vacated.
TWR: Air France 718, contact Ground 118.7.
ACFT: 118.7, Air France 718.
b) Listen to the dialogue again and repeat the controller’s words.
c) Listen to the transmission and take the controller’s part.
Listen to the transmissions and give the pilot taxi instructions after landing. Use the information given in the table below.
Example: ACFT: Speedbird 118, landed.
TWR: Speedbird, take first left and contact Ground 118.7 when vacated.
ACFT: First left, ground 118.7 Speedbird 118.
| No | Callsign | Instructions |
| Austrian 601 | Take first right | |
| Air India 116 | Take second left | |
| Iberia 119 | Take second left | |
| Quantas 200 | Take first left | |
| Balkan 310 | Take first left |
1) ACFT: Austrian 601, landed.
TWR: …
ACFT: First right, Ground 118.7, Austrian 601.
2) ACFT: Air India 116, landed.
TWR: …
ACFT: Second left, Ground 118.7, Air India 116.
3) ACFT: Iberia 119, landed.
TWR: …
ACFT: Second left, Ground 118.7, Iberia 119.
4) ACFT: Quantas 200, landed.
TWR: …
5) ACFT: Balkan 310, landed.
TWR: …
Work in pairs. You are a controller and your partner in a pilot. Translate the dialogue into English and practice it.
ПОСАДКА В СИМФЕРОПОЛЕ.
| Пилот | Диспетчер |
| 1 Фастэр 345, посадку произвел. | 2 Фастэр 345, освобождайте влево РД-9. |
| 3 Влево, РД-9, Фастэр 345. | |
| 4 Фастэр 345, ВПП освободил. | 5 Фастэр 345, понял. |
| 6 Фасэр 345, разрешите пересечь ВПП 19 левую. | 7 Фастэр 345, пересекайте ВПП 19 левую, рулите по РД-9. |
| 8 Фастэр 345, пересекаю ВПП 19 левую. | |
| 9 Фасэр 345, ВПП освободил. | 10 Фастэр 345, работайте с Рулением 119,0. |
| 11 119,0, Фастэр 345. | |
| 12 Симферополь Руление, Фастэр 345, РД 3. | 13 Фастэр 345, рулите по РД-3 на стоянку 4. Пропустите Боинг 737, проходящий справа налево. |
| 14 РД 3, стоянка 4, борт вижу, Фастэр 345. | |
| 15 Фастэр 345, продолжаю руление. | |
| 16 Фастэр 345, на стоянке 4. | 17 Фастэр 345. Конец связи. (Out). |
The runways at an airport are designated according to the compass bearings rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees, with the final zero omitted. For example, a runway which faces almost due west (say 266°) would be rounded off to 270° and described as ‘Runway 27’. The same runway, used in the opposite direction, will be facing due east and will differ by 180°, that is 090°. It will be then described as ‘Runway 09’. Where two parallel runways are available, as at Heathrow, they are known as ‘left’ and ‘right’ respectively. Occasionally, knowledge of individual runways is helpful to airband listeners, especially where only the aircraft radio transmissions can be heard, since one of the clues to the destination may be the ‘runway-in-use’ quoted by the controller. Hearing the words ’Willow one Bravo arrival for two six’ identifies the destination as Gatwick, because Gatwick’s runways are designated 26 and 08, and ‘Willow’ is a reporting point on the arrival route.