Subchapter 10.2 – Complete Flight Sequence with Detailed Commentary

PHASE 1: ATIS CHECK AND PRE-DEPARTURE

Timeline: T-0:60 (60 minutes before departure)

Before you do anything else, you must obtain the current ATIS information for your departure aerodrome. Salzburg ATIS is on frequency 120.955. You are in the aircraft at the parking position. You will now initiate your pre-departure phase.

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ATIS Check at Salzburg

Salzburg ATIS · OE-DMS

PILOT: Salzburg Information, OE-DMS, Cessna one-seven-two.

ATIS: Salzburg Information Delta. Salzburg aerodrome, zero-eight-three-zero UTC Runway zero-six is active. Surface wind two-zero-five degrees at six knots. Visibility one-zero kilometres. Cloud few at one-two-zero-zero, broken at two-thousand. Temperature plus eight, dew point plus five. QNH one-zero-two-zero hectopascals. Transition altitude one-five-hundred feet. Information Delta received.

PILOT: OE-DMS, Information Delta.

Analysis: You called Salzburg ATIS and included your aircraft type. The ATIS provided complete information. You received Information Delta, which you will cite in your first call to ATC (Salzburg Delivery).