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1 Order D A D01 TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL December 5, 2016 VATSIM

2 D A Effective Date: Denver TRACON December 5, 2016 Northwest Mountain District VATUSA Subject: D01 Air Traffic Control 1. Purpose. Transmits new D01 Order A 2. Audience. D01 personnel 3. WHERE TO FIND THIS ORDER? This Order is available in the Denver ARTCC Document center located here 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 12/5/ DISPOSITION OF TRANSMITTAL. Retain this transmittal until superseded by a new basic order Marcus Miller Air Traffic Manager ZDV ARTCC Tyler Beals Deputy Air Traffic Manager ZDV ARTCC Tony Jeppesen Air Traffic Director VATUSA Western Region

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTORIZATION AND FREQUENCIES... 5 COMBINING POSITIONS... 5 Figure 2 1: Position De combining Flow... 6 DEFINITIONS... 6 TRIPS BAR... 6 DUALS BAR... 6 STANDARDIZED COORDINATION... 6 FINAL RADAR PRE ARRANGED COORDINATION (PACP) AREAS... 6 MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) ALTITUDES... 6 AIRSPACE... 6 D01 TRACON AIRSPACE... 6 VFR AIRSPACE/ALTITUDES... 6 ADJACENT TERMINAL AREAS... 7 BKF AFB SANDBOX... 7 GENERAL CONTROLLER REQUIREMENTS... 7 ARRIVAL RADAR (AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4)... 7 ARRIVAL RADAR AIRSPACE SEGMENTS... 7 Figure 6 1: Arrival Radar Airspace Segments... 8 ARRIVAL RADAR PROCEDURES... 8 FINAL RADAR (FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4)... 8 GENERAL... 8 AIRSPACE... 9 Figure 7 1: Final Radar Land South Airspace... 9 Figure 7 2: Final Radar Land North Airspace Figure 7 3: Final Radar Land East and Land West Airspaces DUAL & TRIPLE VISUAL/INSTRUMENT APPROACHES DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND NORTH Figures 7 4 through 7 6: Duals North Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND SOUTH Figures 7 7 through 7 9: Duals South Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND WEST DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND EAST TRIPLE ILS/RNAV LAND NORTH Figures 7 10 and 7 11: Trips North Intercept Fixes and Altitudes Figures 7 12 and 7 13: Trips South Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DEPARTURE RADAR (DR1, DR2, DR3, DR4) FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (FTG) BUCKLEY AFB (BKF) SATELLITE RADAR (SR1, SR2, SR 4) STANDARDIZED COORDINATION HANDOFFS POINT OUTS PRE ARRANGED COORDINATION PROCEDURES GRAND JUNCTION (JR1) AIRSPACE... 16

4 JR1 RESPONSIBILITIES Figure 12 1: Grand Junction Airspace 14,000 to Surface PUEBLO (PR1) AIRSPACE PR1 RESPONSIBILITIES Figure 13 1 Pueblo airspace 12,000 to surface APPENDIX APPENDIX 1: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH Diagram 1 1: AR Airspace Land South Diagram 1 3: SR Airspace Land South APPENDIX 2: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH Diagram 2 3: SR Airspace Land North APPENDIX 3: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH WEST Diagram 3 3: SR Airspace Land South West APPENDIX 4: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH WEST Diagram 4 3: SR Airspace Land North West APPENDIX 5: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH EAST Diagram 5 3: SR Airspace Land South East APPENDIX 6: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH EAST Diagram 6 2: DR Airspace Land North East Diagram 6 3: SR Airspace Land North East APPENDIX 7: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND WEST Diagram 7 3: SR Airspace Land West APPENDIX 8: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND EAST Diagram 8 3: SR Airspace Land East APPENDIX 9: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH SOUTH Diagram 9 3: SR Airspace Land North South

5 SECTORIZATION and FREQUENCIES TRACON Position ARTS Symbol Frequency Name AR1 I Southwest Feeder AR2 H Northwest Feeder AR3 G Northeast Feeder AR4 X Southeast Feeder FR1 W Primary Final FR2 E Secondary Final FR3 O Center/Converging Final FR4 T Tertiary Final DR1 L West Departure DR2 N North Departure DR3 R East Departure DR4 S South Departure SR1 J West Satellite SR2 D North Satellite SR4 A South Satellite JR1* J Junction Radar PR1* P Pueblo Radar Operational call signs are in the form DEN_%_APP or DEN_%_DEP where % is the ARTS Symbol for the sector except: o Controllers opening JR1 shall log on as GJT_APP o Controllers opening PR1 shall log on as PUB_APP o Grand Junction and Pueblo are non major fields so a D01 endorsement is not required to open them All radio call signs are Denver Approach or Denver Departure. Although JR1 and PR1 are technically part of D01, their airspace is delegated to Denver center when not individually staffed. COMBINING POSITIONS When combined, D01 shall be opened using the AR1 sector frequency and the call sign DEN_APP When opening additional sectors, reference figure 2 1 except: o When a dedicated SR sector is not opened: SR1 airspace is assumed by DR1 SR2 airspace is assumed by DR2 SR4 airspace is assumed by DR4

6 Figure 2 1: Position De combining Flow DEFINITIONS TRIPS BAR o The line on the D01 land north video map that denotes BOOBU, CRUUP, DORRY and KALHR intersections. The line on the D01 land south video map that denotes JOBOB, HOOPE, GWENS and SAKIC intersections. DUALS BAR o The line on the D01 land north video map that denotes BENGL, CHOLA, DEANN and MARKL intersections. The line on the D01 land east video map that denotes SARAH and LIPPS intersections. The line on the D01 land west video map that denotes FUZZZ and ETHAL intersections STANDARDIZED COORDINATION o Specific situations that, if the procedures listed are performed, eliminate the requirement of the controller initiating handoff or point out to transfer heading, altitude and/or speed information to the receiving controller. FINAL RADAR PRE ARRANGED COORDINATION (PACP) AREAS o In the Land North and Land South FR airspace, the Short Side RNAV STARs are contained within PACP Areas named after the associated STAR. These areas are delegated to specific FR positions based on the operations being conducted. MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) ALTITUDES o Unless otherwise stated, all procedural altitudes are listed as MSL. AIRSPACE D01 TRACON AIRSPACE: Flight Level 230 and below within the lateral boundaries of the TRACON. Airspace is further divided into specific positions of operation. VFR AIRSPACE/ALTITUDES: In all Denver TRACON airspace assignments, the overlying sector owns

7 500 below their designated airspace for use by Visual Flight Rules (VFR) aircraft only. ADJACENT TERMINAL AREAS: Colorado Springs Terminal Area airspace and Cheyenne Terminal Area airspace. BKF AFB SANDBOX: An area described in the D01 DEN ATCT LOA, established for operations (VFR Climb and Descent) into and out of BKF AFB. GENERAL CONTROLLER REQUIREMENTS All radar positions shall maintain 1.5 miles separation from other sectors and from Minimum Vectoring Altitudes (MVA) lines. Maintain 2.5 miles separation between all sectors when greater than 40 DME from KDEN. All D01 controllers are assigned squawk range All D01 controllers shall comply with the provisions of the D01 and DEN ATCT, FTG ATCT, APA ATCT, BJC ATCT, GJT ATCT, PUB ATCT, COS TRACON, CYS RAPCON and ZDV ARTCC letters of agreement as required by the position staffed. All radar controllers shall display the following at all times: D01 PRIMARY video map D01 MVA video map NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and/or WEST video maps based on the current arrival configuration 5 mile range rings centered around KDEN (located at the radar site) Four letter scratchpads. In VRC this requires the use of the ARTS or DSR radar mode. In vstars this requires a setting in facility management. ARRIVAL RADAR (AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4) ARRIVAL RADAR AIRSPACE SEGMENTS AR airspace is based on eight segments. The East West airspace dividing line is the extended centerline of Runway 17R/35L. The North South airspace dividing line is the extended centerline of Runway 8/26. Each segment is based on one of the legacy Standard Terminal Arrival Routes. Specific airspace, altitude assignments and traffic flows are depicted and assigned in Appendices 1 9. AR1 is assigned segments POWDR and LARKS AR2 is assigned segments RAMMS and TOMSN AR3 is assigned segments LANDR and SAYGE AR4 is assigned segments DANDD and QUAIL Unless otherwise specified by the ATM, DATM, TA, EC or CIC, AR3 is normally combined with AR2 and AR4 is normally combined with AR1.

8 Figure 6 1: Arrival Radar Airspace Segments ARRIVAL RADAR PROCEDURES Reference o STANDARDIZED COORDINATION and PRE ARRANGED COORDINATION o AR must ensure the scratch pads of DEN arrivals entering FR airspace contain the following: o o The assigned runway When an aircraft has not been assigned a specific approach, insert the full runway designation (e.g R 16L ) When an aircraft has been assigned a specific approach, insert the approach designator followed by the last two characters of the runway v signifies visual approach ( v6r ) i signifies ILS ( i6l ) g signifies RNAV (GPS) Y ( g26 ) r signifies RNAV (RNP) Z ( r5l ) The RNAV status of an arrival not entering FR airspace on vectors When an aircraft is descending via the STAR, prefix the runway assignment with an r (e.g. ri6l indicates descending via the arrival, expecting ILS 16L and rr5r indicates descending via the arrival, expecting RNAV (RNP) Z 35R) When an aircraft has been assigned a different ILS transition from the short side RNAV STAR they were inbound on, prefix the runway assignment with the first letter of the transition ( bi5l indicates direct BOSSS, expecting ILS 35L). AR may assign APA arrivals via the SKARF and PUFFR STARs Descend Via the RWY17L or RWY35R transitions, based on the active landing runway. AR must ensure the runway transition is in the scratch pad. Upon transfer of communication FR has control for descent to AR s lowest available altitude Final Radar (FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4) GENERAL o FR controls aircraft in airspace determined by the active configuration. When multiple FR controllers are online, the airspace split shall be determined by the CIC o Upon transfer of communication FR has control for descent to AR s lowest available altitude o Ensure the assigned runway is properly displayed in the scratch pad

9 o Provide standard IFR separation to VFR aircraft conducting practice instrument approaches to KDEN AIRSPACE o Land South designated airspace and PACP areas: Figure 7 1: Final Radar Land South Airspace o Land North designated airspace and PACP areas:

10 Figure 7 2: Final Radar Land North Airspace o Land West and Land East designated airspace: Figure 7 3: Final Radar Land East and Land West Airspaces

11 DUAL & TRIPLE VISUAL/INSTRUMENT APPROACHES o DUAL VISUALS (VV): FRE & FRW remain 3nm from adjacent final approach course in use, until visual approach clearance is issued and acknowledged, unless another form of separation is provided o ONE VISUAL & ONE INSTRUMENT (VI): One FR issues ILS/RNAV approach clearance and ensures aircraft is established on an approach segment, or on a 30 degree intercept heading to join the final approach course, prior to 3nm from the adjacent final approach course in use. The other remains 3nm form adjacent final approach course in use, until visual approach clearance is issued and acknowledged, unless another form of separation is provided. o TRIPLES (VISUAL OUTBOARDS & INSTRUMENT CENTER (VIV)): FRE & FRW remain 3nm from adjacent final approach course in use, until visual approach clearance is issued and acknowledged, unless another form of separation is provided. FRC must not exit their airspace until the aircraft is established on final and an approach clearance is issued, unless another form of separation is provided. DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND NORTH: Approaches may be conducted in conjunction with visual or instrument approaches to converging runways in accordance with the Denver ATCT/D01 LOA. To ensure procedural separation aircraft must be established on the localizer by the fixes and altitudes depicted. Non standard fixes/altitudes must be coordinated when FR is split. Figures 7 4 through 7 6: Duals North Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND SOUTH: Approaches may be conducted in conjunction with visual or instrument approaches to converging runways in accordance with the Denver ATCT/D01 LOA. To ensure procedural separation aircraft must be established on the localizer by the fixes and altitudes depicted. Non standard fixes/altitudes must be coordinated when FR is split.

12 Figures 7 7 through 7 9: Duals South Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND WEST: To ensure procedural separation: o FR working RWY26 must cross 3nm outside of FUZZZ at 9000 o FR working RWY25 must cross ETHAL at DUAL ILS/RNAV LAND EAST: To ensure procedural separation: o FR working RWY08 must cross LIPPS at o FR working RWY07 must cross 3nm outside of SARAH at 9000 TRIPLE ILS/RNAV LAND NORTH: To ensure procedural separation aircraft must be established on the localizer by the fixes and altitudes depicted. Non standard fixes/altitudes must be coordinated when FR is split. Figures 7 10 and 7 11: Trips North Intercept Fixes and Altitudes TRIPLE ILS/RNAV LAND SOUTH: To ensure procedural separation aircraft must be established on the localizer by the fixes and altitudes depicted. Non standard fixes/altitudes must be coordinated when FR is split.

13 Figures 7 12 and 7 13: Trips South Intercept Fixes and Altitudes DEPARTURE RADAR (DR1, DR2, DR3, DR4) All four departure radar positions will never be open at the same time. During busy periods, expect two departure controllers to operate a mix of all 4 positions combined with satellite radar positions relative to geography. These splits are at the discretion of the CIC. Reference appendices 1 9. FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (FTG) DR3 (east departure) shall control departures from, and arrivals to, FTG airport, complying with the provisions of the Front Range ATCT and D01 LOA. DR3 shall provide standard IFR separation to VFR aircraft conducting practice instrument approaches to FTG. DR3 shall advise FR and DEN ATCT of all FTG departures. FTG arrivals shall be pointed out to FR as required at The ILS17 approach is not authorized during LAND WEST or when KDEN is departing runway 08. A request to DEN ATCT to cease runway 08 departures should be made at least 3 minutes prior to clearing an aircraft for the ILS17. ILS35 approach may be made during LAND WEST or when KDEN is departing runway 08 if alternate missed approach instructions are issued. These alternate instructions must prevent a missed approach from interfering with KDEN operations (ie. Fly heading 130, maintain 8000). BUCKLEY AFB (BKF) DR4 (south departure) shall control departures from, and arrivals to, BKF airport. Whenever possible, use runway 32 for arrivals and runway 14 for departures. SATELLITE RADAR (SR1, SR2, SR 4) Control airspace as depicted in appendices 1 9 SR1 is commonly combined with DR1. SR2 is commonly combined with DR2. SR4 is commonly combined with DR4. Ensure that all aircraft landing at a satellite airport within SR airspace with an operating control tower have the appropriate ATIS code. Reference STANDARDIZED COORDINATION

14 STANDARDIZED COORDINATION HANDOFFS: Heading, Speed, and Altitude information does not need to be transferred between radar positions when accomplishing a handoff in the following situations: All D01 radar positions must handoff aircraft to the FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 positions as follows: o At least 10 NM prior to the FR lateral airspace boundary. o Transfer communications as soon as possible after FR has accepted the handoff (preferably no later than 5nm from the lateral boundary). o Prior to transferring communications to FR; Base Legs: Established on a heading that will maintain a track perpendicular to the final approach course, plus or minus 20 degrees, established on an RNAV STAR, or direct the IAF of a Runway Transition. Downwinds: Established on a track parallel to the final approach course or established on an RNAV STAR. Straight Ins: Established on, or on a vector to join, a final approach course. o Ensure DEN arrival aircraft are at or descending to the lowest altitude owned by the AR position at the time of the flash and assigned a speed of 210 knots or less prior to transferring communication. Note: Aircraft Descending Via an RNAV STAR satisfy this requirement AR may handoff satellite airport arrival aircraft to DR Descending Via an RNAV STAR/Runway Transition, or descending to maintain the lowest altitude available to the AR position, based on MVA and assigned airspace, at an assigned airspeed of 250 knots or less. DR and SR positions may handoff satellite airport arrival aircraft to the SR positions: o Descending Via an RNAV STAR/Runway Transition. o Established on a heading that will maintain a track within 20 degrees of direct to the satellite arrival airport or perpendicular to the final approach course, plus or minus 20 degrees. o Aircraft on a downwind must be on a track parallel to the final approach course. o Aircraft not Descending Via an RNAV STAR/Runway Transition must be descending to the lowest altitude available to the radar position initiating the handoff, based on MVAs and airspace and assigned a speed of 210 knots or less. SR4 may handoff an aircraft departing Centennial Airport filed out the west, north or east departure gate to DR1 established on a 320 degree heading, climbing to 8,000 MSL. Any satellite airport departure cleared direct to a SID exit fix located on the Tracon/center boundary climbing to FL230 or filed lower altitude with no speed assignment. After receiving a handoff from another D01 position, the receiving controller has control on contact for 20 degrees turns and climb or descent into their own airspace. FR may exceed 20 degrees of turn when turning toward the airport POINT OUTS FR may point out DEN arrivals to any DR position and use simplified phraseology: o Point out, [call sign], landing Denver o If the DR position says point out approved, FR may turn the aircraft towards DEN airport and descend to the lowest usable altitude.

15 PRE ARRANGED COORDINATION PROCEDURES DR has control for turns and climb within other DR airspace so long as the aircraft is within 20 miles of KDEN and the turn is in a direction towards the filed departure gate o Each DR position is responsible for separating their aircraft and all other aircraft preceding theirs. o This procedure is valid anytime any number of DR positions are open and other FR and/or AR positions are open DR may force the data block of a departure onto FR or AR s scope using the F1 function and climb their departure through FR and AR airspace without verbalizing a point out. DR is responsible for missing all traffic. This procedure is only valid if the departure is within DR s lateral boundary. o The departure must be clear of AR and FR airspace prior to the departure entering ZDV or another DR s airspace.

16 GRAND JUNCTION (JR1) AIRSPACE: 14,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL) and below as depicted in figure 12 1 excluding the Grand Junction class D airspace. JR1 RESPONSIBILITIES: Junction Radar must control traffic within its delegated airspace. JR1 shall abide by the provisions set forth in the Letter of Agreement between Denver Approach/Departure and Denver Center as well as the letter of agreement with Grand Junction Tower. Figure 12 1: Grand Junction Airspace 14,000 to Surface

17 PUEBLO (PR1) AIRSPACE: 12,000 Mean Sea Level (MSL) and below as depicted in figure 13 1 excluding the Pueblo class D airspace. PR1 RESPONSIBILITIES: Pueblo Radar must control traffic within its delegated airspace. PR1 shall abide by the provisions set forth in the Letter of Agreement between Denver Approach/Departure and Denver Center as well as the letter of agreement with Pueblo Tower. Figure 13 1 Pueblo airspace 12,000 to surface

18 APPENDIX APPENDIX 1: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH Diagram 1 1: AR Airspace Land South

19 Diagram 1 2: DR Airspace Land South

20 Diagram 1 3: SR Airspace Land South

21 APPENDIX 2: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH Diagram 2 1: AR Airspace Land North

22 Diagram 2 2: DR Airspace Land North

23 Diagram 2 3: SR Airspace Land North

24 APPENDIX 3: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH WEST Diagram 3 1: AR Airspace Land South West

25 Diagram 3 2: DR Airspace Land South West

26 Diagram 3 3: SR Airspace Land South West

27 APPENDIX 4: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH WEST Diagram 4 1: AR Airspace Land North West

28 Diagram 4 2: DR Airspace Land North West

29 Diagram 4 3: SR Airspace Land North West

30 APPENDIX 5: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND SOUTH EAST Diagram 5 1: AR Airspace Land South East

31 Diagram 5 2: DR Airspace Land South East

32 Diagram 5 3: SR Airspace Land South East

33 APPENDIX 6: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH EAST Diagram 6 1: AR Airspace Land North East

34 Diagram 6 2: DR Airspace Land North East

35 Diagram 6 3: SR Airspace Land North East

36 APPENDIX 7: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND WEST Diagram 7 1: AR Airspace Land West

37 Figure 7 2: DR Airspace Land West

38 Diagram 7 3: SR Airspace Land West

39 APPENDIX 8: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND EAST Diagram 8 1: AR Airspace Land East

40 Diagram 8 2: DR Airspace Land East

41 Diagram 8 3: SR Airspace Land East

42 APPENDIX 9: AR, DR, SR AIRSPACE LAND NORTH SOUTH Diagram 9 1: AR Airspace Land North South

43 Diagram 9 2: DR Airspace Land North South

44 Diagram 9 3: SR Airspace Land North South.

VATUSA PHOENIX TRACON and VATUSA PHOENIX ATCT LETTER OF AGREEMENT. SUBJECT: Interfacility Coordination Procedures

VATUSA PHOENIX TRACON and VATUSA PHOENIX ATCT LETTER OF AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE: 01/08/08 SUBJECT: Interfacility Coordination Procedures 1. PURPOSE. This Letter of Agreement establishes procedures for coordinating