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8/10/2019 Ground Operations

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Drivingis a Privilege

Driving on the airport, airport apron and ramps is aprivilege and can be revoked at anytime for anyreason.

Violations and Enforcement actions will behandled in accordance with approved AirportRules, FAR 139.329 and the Airport Certificationmanual.

Accidents or Mishaps should be immediatelyreported to Airport Operations


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SAFETY Violations- Examples

Excessive speeding on the AOA

Failure to Stop or Yield

Failure to Yield to Aircraft or EmergencyVehicles.

Outside authorized Area.

FOD Violations


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Non Movement Area

Movement Area

The A.O.A. is divided into two sections


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NON-MOVEMENT AREA

Area where youAREauthorized to drive without

ATC communications

This area is not controlled

by the Air Traffic Control

Tower


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Area where you ARE NOTauthorized to drive without

proper clearance from ATC

This IScontrolled by the Air

Traffic Control Tower


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What is wrong with this picture?


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General Rules

Always yield the right-of-way to all aircraftand emergency vehicles at all times.

Obey all regulatory signs, pavementmarkings, traffic signals, and LAA Officials.

All personnel who operate a vehicle on theAOA shall have in their possession both avalid drivers license and a LAA Badge.


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General RulesRemain 50 feet from an

operating engines intake.

Remain 200 feet from anoperating engines

exhaust.


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Airport

Lighting

Lighting is pilot

controlledLighting will remain

on for 15 minutes

after activation


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What does this sign mean?


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Taxiway Location Sign

Indicates the taxiway

you are on. (May be

co-located with

direction signs or

runway holding

position signs, as

shown in graphic.)


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What is the function of this

sign?


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ILS Critical Area Holding

Position Sign

ATC may hold you at this

sign, on a taxiway, when the

instrument landing system is

being used at the airport.Vehicles driving beyond this

point may interfere with the

ILS signal to approaching

aircraft.


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Runway Holding Position

Sign

Always stop at this sign and wait for

ATC clearance to proceed. In this

example, the threshold for runway

15 is to your left and the threshold

for runway 33 is to your right. Thissign is located next to the yellow

holding position marking painted on

taxiways that intersect runways and

on runways that intersect other

runways.


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Does this sign mean you are clear of the

runway safety area?


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Runway Boundary Sign

This sign faces the runwayand is visible to pilots exitingthe runway. It is locatednext to the yellow holdingposition markings paintedon the taxiway pavement.Taxi past this sign to besure you are clear of therunway.


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Direction Sign for Runway

Exit

Indicates an exit from a

runway. Located just prior to

the intersection, on the

same side of the runway asthe exit.


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Runway Holding Position

Marking

This painted marking is found

on taxiways at runway

intersections and indicates

where a vehicle is to stop. Thesolid lines are on the side

where the vehicle is to hold

and the dashed lines are

always on the side toward therunway. Do not cross the

markings until cleared.


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Holding Position Marking for

ILSIndicates the boundary ofthe ILS critical area. Dontcross unless cleared.When exiting the area, a

yellow ILS Critical AreaBoundary sign will beadjacent this marking. Allparts of your aircraft mustcross this marking to beclear of the ILS criticalarea.


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Closed Runway and Taxiway

Marking

Indicates a closed runway ortaxiway. On a permanentlyclosed runway, it will beplaced at each runway end

and at 1,000 ft. intervals. Itwill also be placed at eachentrance of a permanentlyclosed taxiway. A raised-lightX, plywood or fabric may be

used in lieu of a pavementmarking.


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Communications

Controllers are required to get an acknowledgement of

hold short instructions, so a hold short must be

read back. When proceeding onto a movement area,

vehicle operators must tell the controller three things:

WHO you are,

WHERE you are, andWHAT your intentions are.


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If you are told to Go Ahead by ATC:

The controller wants you to state your

intentions, HE DOES NOT MEAN

PROCEED!!!


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A ALPHA N NOVEMBER

B BRAVO O OSCAR

C CHARLIE P PAPA

D DELTA Q QUEBEC

E ECHO R ROMEO

F FOX-TROT S SIERRA

G GOLF T TANGO

H HOTEL U UNIFORM

I INDIA V VICTOR

J JULIET W WHISKEY

K KILO X X-RAY

L LIMA Y YANKEE

M MIKE Z ZULU


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Frequencies

Lancaster Tower: 120.9

Ground Control: 121.8

ATIS: 125.675 -Automatic Terminal Information Service

When Lancaster Tower is closed, vehicle

operator must call Harrisburg Traffic on120.9 for all vehicle operations in the

movement area


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Light Gun Signals


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Loss of Radio Communication

Turn car towards tower

Flash headlights

Wait for light gun signal response


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Traffic PatternsUsed At both controlled and non-controlled fields


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NAVAIDS


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NAVAIDS


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V.O.R.

NAVAIDS


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NAVAIDS

Visual Approach Slop Indicator (VASI)


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