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What does a descend via clearance provide clearance for?
According to NBAA, a descend via is “an abbreviated ATC clearance that requires compliance with a published procedure’s lateral path and associated speed restrictions and provides a pilot-discretion descent to comply with published altitude restrictions until descending to the ‘Bottom Altitude’ published on the STAR.”
What does descend via STAR mean?
What does a “DESCEND VIA STAR TO (level)” clearance mean? A. Descend to the assigned level. Comply with the lateral path of the STAR. Comply with all published speed restrictions.
When can you descend when cleared for an approach?
Once cleared for the approach, the pilot is expected to maintain any previously assigned altitude until inside that arc. Aircraft 1 and 2 could start their descent immediately to the TAA sector’s altitude, 3000 feet in this case. Aircraft 3 would have to wait until it’s inside 30 miles from RIGHT.
What is a cruise clearance?
An ATC clearance issued to allow a pilot to conduct flight at any altitude from the minimum IFR altitude up to and including the altitude specified in the clearance. Also authorizes a pilot to proceed to and make an approach at the destination airport.
Here’s what a descend via clearance authorizes you to do (AIM 5-4-1a): Descend at pilot’s discretion to meet published restrictions and laterally navigate on a STAR. When cleared to a waypoint depicted on a STAR, to descend from a previously assigned altitude at pilot’s discretion to the altitude depicted at the waypoint.
What is a ” descend via ” clearance on a star?
You descend to and cross the fixes at these altitudes because you have been authorized to vertically navigate the STAR via the “DESCEND VIA” clearance. then you would continue to navigate laterally on the STAR but would descend to 7000 ft, disregarding any published altitudes on the STAR.
What do you mean by descend via terminal?
PHRASEOLOGY- DESCEND VIA (STAR/RNAV STAR/FMSP name and number) TERMINAL: DESCEND VIA (STAR/RNAV STAR/FMSP name and number and runway number). EXAMPLE- “Descend via the Mudde One Arrival.” “Cross JCT at flight level two four zero, then descend via the Coast Two >Arrival.”
Do you need obstacle clearance to descend via ATC?
Air traffic must ensure obstacle clearance when issuing a “descend via” instruction to the pilot. Minimum en route altitudes (MEA) are not considered restrictions; however, pilots must remain above all MEAs, unless receiving an ATC instruction to descend below the MEA.