ATC 491 - Air Traffic Basics II

The mission, organization, and operation of the FAA; FAA publications to include manuals, maps, charts, and regulations; control tower operations; future air traffic control systems; principles of flight; VFR/IFR charts and standard instrument departures, standard arrival routes (STARS), instrument approach procedures; pilot’s environment; aircraft/ground emergencies; search and rescue; PIREPS; airman’s meteorological information (AIRMET); significant meteorological information )(SIGMET); convective SIGMETs; center weather advisory (CWA); METAR; SPECI; basic ATC communications; strip marking; ATC clearances/approaches; and aircraft characteristics/recognition.