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import React from 'react';
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import Image from 'next/image';
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import { type NextPage } from 'next';
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import { Page } from '@/components/Page';
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import { PageContent } from '@/components/PageContent';
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import spotsImg from '@/img/kiah-brief/spots.png';
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import turnsImg from '@/img/kiah-brief/turns.png';
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export const metadata = { title: 'KIAH Pilot Briefing' };
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const BushPilotBriefingPage: NextPage = async () => (
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<Page {...metadata}>
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<PageContent>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Welcome to George Bush Intercontinental Airport!</h2>
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<p className="mb-10">
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KIAH is the 2nd busiest airport in Texas and 15th busiest in the United States.
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Its 3 parallel East-West runways and 2 parallel NW-SE runways allow for high
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arrival and departure throughput with minimal delays in the terminal area.
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VATSIM pilots operating at IAH are encouraged to review this briefing
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to ensure a successful flight into or out of the airport.
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</p>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Airline Parking</h2>
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<p className="mb-3">
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While airlines usually operate out of specific gates/terminals in real life,
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no such requirements or operational limits exist on VATSIM.
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Below are the common real-world airline parking locations
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at IAH should you wish to mirror real world operations:
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</p>
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<table className="mb-3 w-full table-fixed">
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<thead>
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<tr className="border-b-2 border-b-gray-200 dark:border-b-zinc-600">
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<th className="px-2 py-1">Terminal A</th>
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<th className="px-2 py-1">Terminal B</th>
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<th className="px-2 py-1">Terminal C</th>
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<th className="px-2 py-1">Terminal D</th>
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<th className="px-2 py-1">Terminal E</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr className="border-b border-b-gray-200 last:border-b-0 odd:bg-gray-200/25 dark:border-b-zinc-700 dark:odd:bg-zinc-600/25">
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<td className="py-1 pl-2">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>Air Canada Express</li>
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<li>Alaska</li>
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<li>American</li>
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<li>American Eagle</li>
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<li>Delta</li>
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<li>Delta Connection</li>
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<li>Frontier</li>
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<li>Spirit</li>
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<li>Sun Air</li>
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<li>US Airways</li>
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<li>United Express</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<td className="py-1 pl-2">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>United Express</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<td className="py-1 pl-2">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>United Express</li>
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<li>United</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<td className="py-1 pl-2">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>Aeromexico</li>
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<li>Air France</li>
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<li>British Airways</li>
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<li>Emirates</li>
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<li>KLM</li>
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<li>Lufthansa</li>
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<li>Qatar Airways</li>
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<li>Singapore</li>
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<li>TACA</li>
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<li>Turkish</li>
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<li>VivaAerobus</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<td className="py-1 pl-2">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>United</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p className="mb-10">
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General Aviation flights park at Signature (west side abeam 33L) or Atlantic (midpoint 33R).
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Most cargo flights originate and terminate at the East Cargo complex between the 26L and 26R arrival paths.
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</p>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Clearance Delivery</h2>
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<p className="mb-10">
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Clearances are given by Pre-Departure Clearance text messages as much as possible
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If you have a question about your clearance you may ask the relevant controller.
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Be sure to read your entire PDC as it will usually include your departure
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runway and additional important information.
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It is helpful to be squawking your assigned code with Mode-C on before calling for push and start.
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</p>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Ramp Control</h2>
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<p className="mb-3">
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IAH features a Ramp Control program run by United Airlines in the real world.
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Controllers on VATSIM simulate these ramp procedures as much as possible while online.
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As instructed in your Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC),
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pilots should contact the appropriate controller before pushing back at ANY terminal parking location.
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Ramp Control begins and ends at numbered spots surrounding the non-movement pavement area.
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Note that many simulator default sceneries do not include these markings,
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nor are they published on the FAA Airport Diagram.
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It is up to the pilot to locate and comply with controller instructions.
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<em> Navigraph/Jeppesen chart users can reference KIAH chart 70-9B.</em>
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</p>
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<div className="mb-5 lg:mx-auto lg:w-3/4">
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<Image
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src={spotsImg}
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alt="satellite image of KIAH with spot numbers"
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className="mb-2 rounded-md shadow dark:shadow-stone-900"
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/>
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<div className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 sm:grid-cols-3">
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<div className="text-center">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>Spot 1 - RA short of WB</li>
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<li>Spot 2 - RB short of WB</li>
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<li>Spot 3 - RC short of WB</li>
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<li>Spot 4 - Ramp short of NR</li>
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<li>Spot 5 - Ramp short of NR</li>
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<li>Spot 6 - NF short of NC</li>
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<li>Spot 7 - ND short of NC</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div className="text-center">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>Spot 8 - Ramp short of ND</li>
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<li>Spot 9 - NR short of ND</li>
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<li>Spot 10 - NG short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 11 - NG short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 12 - NG short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 14 - NJ short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 15 - NJ short of NB</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div className="text-center">
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<ul className="ml-0 list-none">
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<li>Spot 16 - NJ short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 17 - NK short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 18/A - NK short of NB</li>
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<li>Spot 19 - Ramp short of SF</li>
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<li>Spot 20 - RB short of SF</li>
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<li>Spot 21 - RA short of SF</li>
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<li>Spot 22 - SC short of SB</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h3 className="mb-3 text-xl font-medium">Examples</h3>
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<div className="mb-10 grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
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<div>
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<p className="italic">"Ramp, United 1464 at Gate B27 with information Alpha, ready for push."</p>
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<p className="mb-2 font-bold">"United 1464, Houston Ramp, push and start to Spot 2 via Romeo Bravo."</p>
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<p>
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The aircraft is expected to push from their gate, start engines,
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taxi to Spot 2 via taxiway Romeo Bravo and hold short of Whiskey Bravo at Spot 2.
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On the way to or at the spot, the aircraft will be instructed to contact or monitor the Ground or Metering controller.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div>
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<p className="italic">"Ramp, United 455 at Gate C35 with information Sierra, ready for push."</p>
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<p className="mb-2 font-bold">"United 455, Houston Ramp, push and start facing south, hold short of Romeo Bravo."</p>
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<p>
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The aircraft is expected to push from their gate, start engines,
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and pull up to and hold short of Romeo Bravo to await additional instructions.
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They will likely be given additional taxi instructions to a Spot where they will be handed off to Ground or Metering.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Ground Metering</h2>
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<p className="mb-10">
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During busy events, a Metering controller may be online to update pilots
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on any traffic management initiatives in effect for that flight or route.
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The Ramp controller will hand you off to Metering when applicable.
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If you are told to contact metering,
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check-in with your Spot number or location as well as the ATIS code you have on board.
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The Metering controller will hand you over to the appropriate Ground controller for sequencing to the runway.
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</p>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Ground Control</h2>
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<p className="mb-3">
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At this point, IAH functions like any other airport in the United States.
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Listen carefully to any instructions and comply as best you can.
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Note that all taxiways at IAH are double-lettered,
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which means taxi instructions can become quite a mouthful.
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Keep notes and cross-reference your airport diagrams as you proceed around the airport.
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Always feel free to ask the controller for clarification if you are unsure of your next move.
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</p>
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<p className="mb-10 text-center italic">
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"FedEx 455 Heavy, runway 15 left, taxi via Echo Bravo, November Bravo, November Echo, Whiskey Whiskey."
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</p>
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<h2 className="mb-5 text-3xl font-medium">Departure Turns</h2>
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<p className="mb-3">
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IAH departures often involve turns of more than 180 degrees off the departure end of the runway.
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It is very important that you listen for and comply with the
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<strong>direction of departure turn</strong> when reading back your take off clearance.
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</p>
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<p className="mb-3">
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Most aircraft autopilot systems will command a turn in the shortest direction when a heading is selected.
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This is not always the desired behavior when departing from IAH.
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The best way to ensure a smooth departure without conflicting with controller instructions
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or other traffic is to set an intermediate heading in the direction of the turn then,
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once the turn begins, continue to adjust the heading until the desired heading is selected.
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</p>
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<div className="lg:mx-auto lg:w-1/2">
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<Image
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src={turnsImg}
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alt="visual demonstration of proper departure turn procedure"
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className="mb-2 rounded-md shadow dark:shadow-stone-900"
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/>
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<p className="italic">
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Example: An aircraft departing from 15L is told to
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turn <strong>right</strong> to heading 360 after departure.
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Since the aircraft will be at heading 149 on the runway,
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the shortest turn to heading 360 would be to the left.
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In this case, the pilot should choose a westward heading (~270) to begin a right turn
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then adjust the heading bug in the turn until 360 is selected.
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</p>
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</div>
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</PageContent>
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</Page>
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);
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export default BushPilotBriefingPage;

‎src/components/static/Navbar.tsx‎

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children: [
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{ title: 'Leave Feedback', href: '/feedback' },
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{ title: 'Airspace Map', href: '/map' },
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{ title: 'KIAH Briefing', href: '/brief/kiah' },
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{ title: 'Routes', href: 'https://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/', separate: true },
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],
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},

‎src/img/kiah-brief/spots.png‎

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