Facility Training Criteria - EWR

New York ARTCC

Newark Training Procedure

Rev. 5 — Revised: 2024-11-05

Newark Level 1

• Level 1 & 2 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria (Level Specific Training Criteria#Level 1 & 2)
• 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)