Facility Training Criteria - EWR

New York ARTCC

Newark Training Procedure

Rev. 5 — Revised: 2025-02-02

Clearance Delivery/Ground

• Level 1 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria
• Newark's Valid Exits and Gates
  • Student should be able to tell which fixes/VORs belong to which gate
  • Student should understand scratchpad entries and be able to input entries during SB
  • Student should understand that a scratchpad entry should not be placed when no overlying controller is present
  • Student should understand sequencing based on the exit chart (located at the top right of the Ground section of the EWR SOP)
• Common airway and route amendments
• Newark's departure procedures
  • Identification of the appropriate initial climb altitude
  • Identification of the appropriate departure controller
    • Student should understand how to determine if an N90 controller covers EWR departures
  • Student should understand when to use EWR#, when to use PORTT#, and which DPs to avoid
  • Student should understand the impact of LGA using ILS 13 on EWR departures
• Basic Class Bravo VFR Procedures (Class B VFR Operations)
  • Student should understand the use of discrete squawk codes
  • Student should understand the assignment of initial altitude
  • Student should understand when to specify the departure frequency
  • Student should understand the weather minimums for VFR flight
• Skyline Route Procedures
  • Student should understand when to omit an initial altitude
  • Student should understand how to include Skyline Route phraseology in a VFR clearance
• Student should understand how to provide services to KLDJ
• Departure sequencing and separation
• Familiarization with the airport diagram
• Airport-specific movement and non-movement areas
• Airport runway ownership and coordination procedures
  • Student should understand the proper phraseology for coordination of runway crossings and blanket crossings
• Appropriate position relief and transfer of control procedures (Signing On and Signing Off, Position Relief Briefings)

Local

Level 2 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Compliance with facility runway selection criteria

Facility specific departure heading procedures

• Student should understand the impact of LGA using ILS 13 on the EWR departures

Local VFR and Class Bravo procedures including visual reporting points and routes (Class B VFR Operations)

Knowledge of the airspace and its boundaries

• Student should understand the SFRA and Skyline Route procedures

Knowledge of unique facility operations, such as overflow procedures

Missed approach procedures and how they can be affected by simultaneous departures

Appropriate position relief and transfer of control procedures (Signing On and Signing Off, Position Relief Briefings)

Departure

Level 3 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Facility Specific Departure Control Airspace & Delegation

• Student should understand the SUL operations and how the LGA configuration changes what they can/can't do

Facility Specific Traffic Flow Diagrams

Intra-Facility LOA's

Inter-Facility LOA’s

N90 Liberty Departure Procedures

• Student should understand when and how to hand off departures when Liberty Departure is staffed or covered by another position (typically, New York Center)
• Student should understand when and how to hand off/release departures when Liberty Departure is NOT staffed
  • Student should know how this procedure changes when BOS_CTR is online/offline

Appropriate position relief and transfer of control procedures (Signing On and Signing Off, Position Relief Briefings)

• Student should understand which controllers online could assume control of the position (NY_CTR, NY_ARD_APP, or a N90 controller capable of covering EWR Departures)

Providing Services to Satellite Facilities

• Student should understand the interactions between departures from KEWR and its satellite facilities
• Student should understand the use of "uncontrolled field" procedures for KLDJ

Point-Out Procedures

Approach

Level 3 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Facility Specific Approach Control Airspace & Delegation

Facility Specific Traffic Flow Diagrams

Intra-Facility LOA's

Inter-Facility LOA’s

Appropriate position relief and transfer of control procedures (Signing On and Signing Off, Position Relief Briefings)

• Student should understand which controllers online could assume control of the position (NY_CTR or a N90 controller capable of covering EWR Departures AND/OR Arrivals)

Providing Services to Satellite Facilities

• Student must understand the arrival flows for KCDW, KMMU and KTEB
• Student must understand the "uncontrolled field" procedure for KLDJ arrivals

Point-Out Procedures

Charted Visual Approaches & Commonly Used Instrument Approach Review (http://skyvector.com/airport/EWR)