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LEARNING OBJECTIVES TRAINEE PREPARATION

Discuss NUC LOA. A. References:

Describe and Identify NUCs airspace. 1. FAAO 7110.65

Discuss General Control procedures that apply to NUC. 2. FACSFACSDINST 3120.1

Discuss Departure clearances and the procedures from the FAAO 3. FLIGHT INFORMAITON PUBLICATION
7110.65 and the NUC LOA. (TERMINAL) VOL-4

Discuss Arrival and Approach Clearance procedures from the FAAO B. Review assigned Student Support Materials as
7110.65 and the NUC LOA.. outlined in the Instructor Guide.

Discuss Terminal Radar Approaches. C. Training Materials Required:

Describe NUC Radar Approaches. 1. Approach Controller (AP) LQS.

Discuss Special VFR Operations in San Clemente.

Discuss Lost Communication procedures.

Discuss Carrier Controlled Approaches (CCA).

ALLOTTED TEACHING TIME:

6.0 hour

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A. Airspace. A. Reference the LOA, and the Facility Directive 05-22 for
San Clemente.
1. Area Alpha extends from surface up to and including 1,700ft.
During Carrier Controlled Approaches(CCA), it is requested up to
6,000’.
2. Refer to the AIM chapter 3 for more
2. San Clemente Class “D” airspace from surface up to 2,700ft. information on Class “D” airspace.

3. Class Echo airspace extending upward from the surface 3. Refer to the SCORE Users Manual (FACSFACSDINST
within 2.6 miles of the NUC 320R, extending from the 4.3 3550.1).
mile radius of NALF San Clemente Island to Control Area
Extension 1177, and within 1.8 miles each side of the 050
bearing from the San Clemente Island NDB, extending
from 4.3 mile radius to 9 miles northeast.

4. MTR-1/2. MTR 1 is located off the northwest coast of San

Clemente Island with the initial position of Castle Rock. SCORE is
the scheduling agency.

MTR-2, also called the Eel Point Range, is located at the SCI midpoint

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on the southwestern side.

5. Southern California ASW Range (SOAR). SOAR is comprised of 5. Additional information on other ranges refer to
seven sub-areas which are located west of SCI and encompass the SCORE Users Manual.
approximately 670 square miles of 3-D underwater-tracking area.

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6. LTR 1-2. LTR 1 & 2 are surface to 5,000ft.

LTR1

LTR 2

B. Responsibilities

1. Each facility shall keep the other advised of the status of facility
equipment, including radio, telephone, radar, and NAVAID’s.

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2. FACSFAC shall perform en route/approach control service for

NUC.

3. NUC Radar/Tower shall sequence and separate inbound/outbound

IFR traffic with traffic in the GCA pattern, SVFR traffic, and traffic
within the Class D airspace.

4. FACSFAC shall issue NUC’s current weather to all inbound

aircraft.

5. FACSFAC shall issue approach clearances to IFR aircraft prior to

handoff/transfer of communications to NUC.

6. IFR aircraft handed-off between NUC and FACSFAC shall be

separated by not less than 5 nautical miles, constant or increasing, or
appropriate vertical separation.

7. FACSFAC shall inform NUC via voice line of the status of

SOAR/LTR1-2/MTR1-2 or other active OPAREAs in the vicinity of
NUC.

8. NUC shall notify FACSFAC, via voice line, of weather hourly

with the ATIS code and any weather changes or active runway
changes that will affect operations as they occur.

9. NUC shall inform FACSFAC, via voice line, of

unscheduled/scheduled closures and any special operations or
equipment outages that may affect approach control functions as soon
as practicable.

C. Arrival Procedures (NUC LOA) C. Instruct the trainee to turn to the NUC LOA.

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1. Visual, RNAV(GPS), HI-TACAN, and TACAN Approaches.

FACSFAC shall transfer communications to NUC tower as soon as
practical and/or prior to a/c reaching 12 DME.

2. ASR and PAR approaches. FACSFAC shall route a/c towards

NUC and coordinate with NUC Radar as soon as practical. Aircraft
shall be handed off prior to 15 DME.

D. Arrival Procedures
1. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-7-1.
1. Clearance Information
2. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-7-6.
2. Arrival Information
3. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-7-8.
3. Below minima report by pilot
4. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-7-11.
4. Approach Information
**NOTE: FACSFAC should coordinate with NUC with
inbound approaches as soon as practical.

E. Approach Clearance Procedures

1. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-8-1.
1. Approach Clearance

Question: A/C has been cleared for the NUC RNAV 23 and
is 3 miles from the FAF when visual contact with the field is
made. NUC last reported weather is 2,200ft broken, visibility
2 miles. A/C may discontinue the approach in all of the
following instances EXCEPT?
a. (callsign) requests and is cleared for a Visual Approach.
b. (callsign) reaches the MAP, executes the published
missed approach, and requests an IFR clearance back to NZY.

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c. (callsign) requests and is cleared for a Contact Approach.

d. (callsign)’s request to execute climb out instructions early
and pick-up IFR clearance back to NZY is approved by ATC.
Answer: d
Question: Which of the following is not proper phraseology
for clearing an aircraft for the NUC RNAV (GPS) RY23
Approach?
a. CLEARED RNAV GPS RUNWAY TWO-THREE
APPROACH
b. CLEARED RNAV APPROACH
c. CLEARED RNAV RUNWAY TWO-THREE
APPROACH
d. all of the above
Answer: a

2 &3. Instruct the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraphs 4-8-

2. Altitude Assignment for Military High Altitude Instrument 4 and 4-8-5.
Approaches

3. Specifying Altitude
4. All instrument approaches to NUC are on rwy 23,
4. Circling Approach (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-8-6) depending on weather an a/c may request to do an instrument
approach, but circle to land on rwy 5.

5. Discuss the missed approach procedures for all instrument

5. Missed Approach (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-8-9) approaches to NUC.

6. Practice Approaches (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-8-11)

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7. Low Approach and Touch-and-Go. (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 4-

8-12)
F. Refer to the NUC LOA.
F. Departure Procedures (NUC LOA)

1. NUC Tower shall obtain an IFR clearance and release to the

destination airport from FACSFAC. Aircraft that will remain within
Area Alpha may be released directly to NUC Radar.

2. IFR releases are void if aircraft are not airborne within three
minutes. Therefore, NUC must coordinate with FACSFAC for
release on aircraft not airborne within three minutes of issue.

3. NUC shall notify FACSFAC when an IFR departure cancels and

departs VFR.

4. NUC Tower shall issue clearances to aircraft including the

following standard departure procedure:

Runway 23: “Fly Runway heading, climb and maintain (final

altitude requested or coordinated by FACSFAC), leaving 2,700’, turn
right heading 050”. NUC will handoff/transfer communications to
FACSFAC as soon as practical. Left turn outs may be approved with
coordination.

Runway 05: “Fly runway heading, climb and maintain (final

altitude requested or coordinated by FACSFAC), leaving 2,700’ turn
right 090”. NUC will handoff/transfer communications to
FACSFAC as soon as practical.

5. After completion of handoff from NUC, FACSFAC has control of

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aircraft for climbs and turns.

G. Departure Procedures

1. Procedures (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 5-8-1).

2. Initial Heading (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 5-8-2).

3. Successive and Simultaneous Departures (FAAO 7110.65

paragraph 5-8-3). 3&4. Due to FACSFAC having MOSAIC Radar we are
unable to follow these rules because we have secondary radar
4. Departure and Arrival (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 5-8-4). and we have to maintain 5 miles of separation at all times.

H. Radar Arrivals H. Instruct the trainee to reference the approach plates for
the instrument approaches into NUC.
1. Approach Separation Responsibility
1. Refer the trainee to FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 5-9-5 and 7-
I. Radar Approaches-Terminal 2-1.

1. Application (FAAO 7110.65 para 5-10-1).

2. Approach Information (FAAO 7110.65 para 5-10-2).

3. Lost Communications (FAAO 7110.65 para 5-10-4).

4. Low Approach and Touch-and-Go (FAAO 7110.65 para 5-10-12). 4. Approach controller will issue the climb-out instructions
to a/c going into NUC for all instrument approaches.
J. Special VFR (SVFR) Operation

FACSFAC may authorize (SVFR) operations in NUC Class “D” .1 Refer to FAAO 7110.65 Chapter 7 for more
.airspace upon request from NUC Tower information on SVFR.

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Simultaneous SVFR/IFR operations in NUC Class “D” are not .2 Example: You have an inbound a/c for a TACAN
.authorized approach and the tower calls requesting SVFR.
You can handle this in several different ways.
K. Lost Communications (FAAO 7110.65 paragraph 5- You can approve SVFR depending on the distance
10-4). the arriving a/c has from NUC. If you coordinate
with the tower and let them know that you have an
inbound a/c, they will give you amplifying
information to help you make a safe decision.

L. Instruct the trainee to review the NAVAIR 00-80T-105

L. Carrier Controlled Approaches
1. FACSFAC and NUC Radar shall coordinate 30 minutes prior to
scheduled CCA events. NUC will assign mode III codes for the CCA
a/c. FACSFAC shall utilize marshal frequency 305.3 for all CCA a/c
(unless otherwise coordinated).
2. FACSFAC will marshal a/c on the NUC075 21-34 DME, starting
at 6,000’ (angels 6).
3. Upon commencement from marshal, FACSFAC shall hand CCA
a/c off to NUC arrival prior to the a/c reaching 18 DME. NUC
arrival has control of a/c for descent and turns toward the airport.
CV NATOPS Manual.
**NOTE: NUC shall not have more than six a/c in the CCA
pattern.
2. Show the trainee the CCA log sheet that is to be filled out
and turned in with the traffic count at the end of the day.
Example: SHUTR20 enters W291 and cancels
IFR, the controller will then instruct the a/c to
change to 305.3 for marshal instructions.

M. San Clemente Radar Outage. In the event of a NUC

radar outage, practice approaches will not be available.
FACSFAC will assume responsibilities for sequencing and
separation of a/c within Area Alpha. FACSFAC will clear
a/c for an instrument approach to a full stop landing or
VFR tower pattern. FACSFAC will coordinate and
handoff a/c to the tower prior to 10 miles from NUC.

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N. FACSFAC Radar Outage. FACSFAC shall utilize non-radar

procedures IAW FAAO 7110.65 during a FACSFAC radar outage.

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