Facility Training Criteria - PHL

New York ARTCC

Philadelphia Training Procedure

Rev. 3 — Revised: 2025-02-02

Clearance Delivery/Ground

• Level 1 & 2 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria
• Philadelphia's Valid Exits and Gates
  • Student should be able to tell which fixes/VORs belong to which gate
  • Student should understand sequencing based on the exit chart (located at the top right of the Ground section of the PHL SOP)
• Preferred Route Database (PRD) usage
• Common airway and route amendments
• Philadelphia's departure procedures
  • Identification of the appropriate initial climb altitude
  • Identification of the appropriate departure controller
• 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
• 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 3 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Compliance with facility runway selection criteria

Facility specific departure heading procedures

Local VFR and Class Bravo procedures including departures, arrivals, overflights and flight-following (Class B VFR Operations)

Helicopter operations

Consolidated Wake Turbulence separation

Tower radar display

Knowledge of the airspace and its boundaries

Knowledge of unique facility operations, such as intersecting runway and parallel runway procedures

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

Tower and TRACON LOA

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

Departure

Level 4 & 5 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Facility Specific Departure Control Airspace & Delegation

Noise abatement procedures

Understanding diverging separation

VFR Operations

Identification of exit fix and appropriate altitude and handoff frequency

PTW-based departures and understanding of altitude requirements

Handling of JAIKE# and MAIZE# arrivals to EWR satellites

Providing Services to Satellite Facilities

Intra-Facility LOA's

Inter-Facility LOA’s

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

Approach

Level 4 & 5 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Facility Specific Approach Control Airspace & Delegation

Facility Specific Traffic Flow Diagrams

Standard Terminal Arrival Routes

Merging techniques

Altitude separation and stacking techniques

Providing Services to Satellite Facilities

Familiarity with all published approach procedures into PHL and PHL satellite airports

Intra-Facility LOA's

Inter-Facility LOA’s

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