Table Of Contents
Clearance
- Frequency
- Great Falls Ground: 121.700
- Procedures
- When appropriate, inform pilots of the current ATIS information prior to contacting ground control.
- IFR Routing
- Initial Altitude: 13,000.
- All Operations
- Issue radar vectors to all aircraft.
- If a pilot cannot accept a departure procedure, issue the following headings for radar vectors to their route, per their departure runway:
- Runway 3, 35 – Heading 030
- Runway 17, 21 – Heading 210
- Standard Departure Frequencies
- When appropriate, issue the following frequencies to IFR aircraft:
- Great Falls Approach 128.6
- When appropriate, issue the following frequencies to VFR aircraft requiring radar services after departure:
- Great Falls Approach 128.6
- When appropriate, issue the following frequencies to IFR aircraft:
- VFR Routing
- Not Applicable.
Ground
- Frequency
- Great Falls Ground: 121.700
- Airspace
- Ground: All movement areas except active runways.
- Procedures
- Not applicable.
- Departures
- All aircraft requiring pushback onto the movement area will contact ground prior to pushback and start-up.
- All aircraft will contact ground with position and ATIS prior to being issued taxi instructions.
- Arrivals
- All aircraft will remain on ground frequency until off the movement area.
Local
- Frequency
- Great Falls Tower: 118.700
- Airspace
- Local: Runway 3/21, 7/25, 16/34, and airspace as depicted on sector file.
- Procedures
- Runway operations
- Use runway 3 (North) during calm wind operations.
- Use runway 21 (South) when the tailwind component exceeds 5 knots.
- LAHSO
- Not authorized.
- Tower Use of Radar:
- Limited
- Runway operations
- Departures
- Departure Notification / Releases
- A “Release Request” (.RR) is required to be sent to the appropriate Departure Controller for all departing aircraft in accordance with the General Control Directive.
- Departure Notification / Releases
- Arrivals
- IFR Arrivals
- N/A
- Circling procedures N/A
- Missed Approach / Go Around
- A Missed Notification (MN) is required for all aircraft executing an unplanned Missed Approach / Go Around.
- Visual approach aircraft executing a Go-Around will remain in the local pattern if capable of doing so.
- Climb out procedure:
- North Flow: Heading 030, Maintain 6,000.
- South Flow: Heading 210, Maintain 6,000.
- VFR traffic join local pattern.
- IFR Arrivals
- VFR Operations
- VFR Departures
- Depart on-course.
- Handoff to departure control as soon as clear of any possible conflicts.
- Great Falls Approach 128.6
- VFR Arrivals
- Direct to airport.
- VFR Flight Following
- Ensure all aircraft requiring flight following have the appropriate scratchpad entry prior to handoff to departure.
- VFR Departures