The Complete VFR Circuit

1. You're sitting in the aircraft (C172), in controlled airspace, on the apron. What do you radio to the tower first? Along with your intentions, you request...

Pushback Engine Start-up Taxi instructions Flight Plan Filing

2. Great, your callsign is Cessna 478. The tower will reply...

"Cessna 478, start approved, rwy xxx, QNH xxx" "Cessna 478, cleared to start, taxi too and hold short of rwy xxx" "Cleared to start, Cessna 478" "Cessna 478, taxi to and hold short of rwy xxx...."

3. ... then you say...

"Roger tower, taxiing to holding point rwyxxx" "Start approved, rwy xxx, QNH xxx, Cessna 478" "Tower, Cessna 478, cleared to start" "Cessna 478 to tower, i'm cleared to start"

4. Now your 172's engine is running, next step is...

Requesting taxi clearance to stated rwy Requesting the active rwy Demanding to take off immediatly Requesting taxi instructions to stated rwy

5. The twr will then tell you the following: "Cessna 478, taxi to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha taxiway", upon wich you reply:

Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha, Cessna 478 Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha taxiway, Cessna 478 Taxi to and hold short rwy xxx, Cessna 478 Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx

6. You've taxied, now holding short rwy 29. What do you say next?

Tower, Cessna 478, ready at rwy 29 Tower, Cessna 478, awating take off clearance Tower, Cessna 478, now ready to fly Tower, Cessna 478, holding short rwy 29

7. The tower asks you to fly a left pattern and report on left-hand downwind. Are you cleared for take off?

Yes No

8. You would then read back...

Cleared for take off rwy 29, Cessna 478 Cleared for take off rwy 29, report on L/H downwind, Cessna 478 After departure, fly left pattern (or traffic) and report on L/H downwind rwy 29, Cessna 478 Cleared for left traffic, Cessna 478

9. Now the tower clears you for take off, gives you wind speed & direction as well as QNH (Local altimeter setting). In reading back, what can you leave out?

QNH Take off clearance Wind speed & direction Aircraft callsign

10. You take off and start climbing. At what altitude would you turn onto crosswind?

250ft AGL 500ft AGL 1000ft AGL 1500ft AGL

11. Must you report turning crosswind?

Yes, always No, never Not required, but usefull to controller

12. At what altitude is the VFR circuit flown?

1500ft AGL 2000ft AGL 1000ft AGL 500ft AGL

13. You're on L/H downwind, rwy 29, and would like to do a full stop landing. You say...

Tower, Cessna 478, left downwind rwy 29, full stop Tower, Cessna 478, downwind, full stop Tower, Cessna 478, 2nm south, request landing Tower, Cessna 478, full stop

14. The tower asks you to report on left-hand base for runway 29. When you report on base, the tower informs you of a Piper Cherokee on final approach, asking you to fit in behind. He means you should...

Jump the que and land ahead of the Piper Let the Piper pass ahead and land behind him

15. You are then asked to report on final approach, and that you are number 2 for landing. You read back...

Will report final approach rwy 29 number 2, Cessna 478 Cleared to land, number 2, Cessna 478 Will report on final approach, Cessna 478 Following the Piper on finals, Cessna 478

16. You're on a final approach for rwy 29. To get here, you had to loose how many ft on base?

500ft, making your altitude 500ft AGL 250ft, making your altitude 750ft AGL 750ft, making your altitude 250ft AGL None

17. The ideal approach angle is...

45 degrees 20 degrees 3 degrees 15 degrees

18. You report on final approach, saying "Tower, Cessna 478, final approach, rwy 29 number 2, full stop". The tower asks you to continue your approach. Why didn't he clear you for landing?

He doesn't like you The Piper is off of the rwy The Piper's wheels are still on the runway, meaning he's not clear of the rwy He's testing your nerves

19. You then read back...

Continuing approach, Cessna 478 Cleared to land, Cessna 478 Going around, Cessna 478

20. In due course the Piper vacated the rwy, you were cleared and have landed on rwy 29. Along with your landing clearance, the Tower asked you to vacate first available right. He means...

Vacate the rwy on the first conveniant taxiway to the right Vacate the rwy on the first conveniant taxiway to the left Vacate the rwy on the very first taxiway to the right Vacate the rwy on the very first taxiway to the left

21. You're clear of the runway, and have been told to taxi via Alpha taxiway to the apron. Must you report engine shutdown?

Yes No

22. Is the tower controller there to serve you, the pilot?

Yes No He works for the FAA (or ATNS)

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  <h1 style="color: #376e93;">The Complete VFR Circuit </h1>
         
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">1.
      <strong>You&#039;re sitting in the aircraft (C172), in controlled airspace, on the apron. What do you radio to the tower first? Along with your intentions, you request...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2977]" value="A" /> Pushback</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2977]" value="B" /> Engine Start-up</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2977]" value="C" /> Taxi instructions</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2977]" value="D" /> Flight Plan Filing</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">2.
      <strong>Great, your callsign is Cessna 478. The tower will reply...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2978]" value="A" /> &quot;Cessna 478, start approved, rwy xxx, QNH xxx&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2978]" value="B" /> &quot;Cessna 478, cleared to start, taxi too and hold short of rwy xxx&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2978]" value="C" /> &quot;Cleared to start, Cessna 478&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2978]" value="D" /> &quot;Cessna 478, taxi to and hold short of rwy xxx....&quot;</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">3.
      <strong>... then you say...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2979]" value="A" /> &quot;Roger tower, taxiing to holding point rwyxxx&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2979]" value="B" /> &quot;Start approved, rwy xxx, QNH xxx, Cessna 478&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2979]" value="C" /> &quot;Tower, Cessna 478, cleared to start&quot;</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2979]" value="D" /> &quot;Cessna 478 to tower, i&#039;m cleared to start&quot;</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">4.
      <strong>Now your 172&#039;s engine is running, next step is...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2980]" value="A" /> Requesting taxi clearance to stated rwy</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2980]" value="B" /> Requesting the active rwy</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2980]" value="C" /> Demanding to take off immediatly</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2980]" value="D" /> Requesting taxi instructions to stated rwy</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">5.
      <strong>The twr will then tell you the following: &quot;Cessna 478, taxi to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha taxiway&quot;, upon wich you reply:</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2981]" value="A" /> Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2981]" value="B" /> Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx using Alpha taxiway, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2981]" value="C" /> Taxi to and hold short rwy xxx, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2981]" value="D" /> Taxiing to holding point rwy xxx</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">6.
      <strong>You&#039;ve taxied, now holding short rwy 29. What do you say next?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2982]" value="A" /> Tower, Cessna 478, ready at rwy 29</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2982]" value="B" /> Tower, Cessna 478, awating take off clearance</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2982]" value="C" /> Tower, Cessna 478, now ready to fly</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2982]" value="D" /> Tower, Cessna 478, holding short rwy 29</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">7.
      <strong>The tower asks you to fly a left pattern and report on left-hand downwind. Are you cleared for take off?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2983]" value="A" /> Yes</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2983]" value="B" /> No</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">8.
      <strong>You would then read back...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2984]" value="A" /> Cleared for take off rwy 29, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2984]" value="B" /> Cleared for take off rwy 29, report on L/H downwind, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2984]" value="C" /> After departure, fly left pattern (or traffic) and report on L/H downwind rwy 29, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2984]" value="D" /> Cleared for left traffic, Cessna 478</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">9.
      <strong>Now the tower clears you for take off, gives you wind speed &amp; direction as well as QNH (Local altimeter setting). In reading back, what can you leave out?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2985]" value="A" /> QNH</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2985]" value="B" /> Take off clearance</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2985]" value="C" /> Wind speed &amp; direction</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2985]" value="D" /> Aircraft callsign</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">10.
      <strong>You take off and start climbing. At what altitude would you turn onto crosswind?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2986]" value="A" /> 250ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2986]" value="B" /> 500ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2986]" value="C" /> 1000ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2986]" value="D" /> 1500ft AGL</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">11.
      <strong>Must you report turning crosswind?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2987]" value="A" /> Yes, always</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2987]" value="B" /> No, never</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2987]" value="C" /> Not required, but usefull to controller</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">12.
      <strong>At what altitude is the VFR circuit flown?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2988]" value="A" /> 1500ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2988]" value="B" /> 2000ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2988]" value="C" /> 1000ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2988]" value="D" /> 500ft AGL</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">13.
      <strong>You&#039;re on L/H downwind, rwy 29, and would like to do a full stop landing. You say...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2989]" value="A" /> Tower, Cessna 478, left downwind rwy 29, full stop</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2989]" value="B" /> Tower, Cessna 478, downwind, full stop</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2989]" value="C" /> Tower, Cessna 478, 2nm south, request landing</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2989]" value="D" /> Tower, Cessna 478, full stop</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">14.
      <strong>The tower asks you to report on left-hand base for runway 29. When you report on base, the tower informs you of a Piper Cherokee on final approach, asking you to fit in behind. He means you should...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2990]" value="A" /> Jump the que and land ahead of the Piper</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2990]" value="B" /> Let the Piper pass ahead and land behind him</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">15.
      <strong>You are then asked to report on final approach, and that you are number 2 for landing. You read back...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2991]" value="A" /> Will report final approach rwy 29 number 2, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2991]" value="B" /> Cleared to land, number 2, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2991]" value="C" /> Will report on final approach, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2991]" value="D" /> Following the Piper on finals, Cessna 478</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">16.
      <strong>You&#039;re on a final approach for rwy 29. To get here, you had to loose how many ft on base?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2992]" value="A" /> 500ft, making your altitude 500ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2992]" value="B" /> 250ft, making your altitude 750ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2992]" value="C" /> 750ft, making your altitude 250ft AGL</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2992]" value="D" /> None</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">17.
      <strong>The ideal approach angle is...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2993]" value="A" /> 45 degrees</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2993]" value="B" /> 20 degrees</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2993]" value="C" /> 3 degrees</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2993]" value="D" /> 15 degrees</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">18.
      <strong>You report on final approach, saying &quot;Tower, Cessna 478, final approach, rwy 29 number 2, full stop&quot;. The tower asks you to continue your approach. Why didn&#039;t he clear you for landing?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2994]" value="A" /> He doesn&#039;t like you</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2994]" value="B" /> The Piper is off of the rwy</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2994]" value="C" /> The Piper&#039;s wheels are still on the runway, meaning he&#039;s not clear of the rwy</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2994]" value="D" /> He&#039;s testing your nerves</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">19.
      <strong>You then read back...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2995]" value="A" /> Continuing approach, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2995]" value="B" /> Cleared to land, Cessna 478</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2995]" value="C" /> Going around, Cessna 478</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">20.
      <strong>In due course the Piper vacated the rwy, you were cleared and have landed on rwy 29. Along with your landing clearance, the Tower asked you to vacate first available right. He means...</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2996]" value="A" /> Vacate the rwy on the first conveniant taxiway to the right</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2996]" value="B" /> Vacate the rwy on the first conveniant taxiway to the left</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2996]" value="C" /> Vacate the rwy on the very first taxiway to the right</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2996]" value="D" /> Vacate the rwy on the very first taxiway to the left</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">21.
      <strong>You&#039;re clear of the runway, and have been told to taxi via Alpha taxiway to the apron. Must you report engine shutdown?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2997]" value="A" /> Yes</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2997]" value="B" /> No</label>
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      <div style="padding: 5px 0;">22.
      <strong>Is the tower controller there to serve you, the pilot?</strong>  
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                <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2998]" value="A" /> Yes</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2998]" value="B" /> No</label>
                  <label style="display: block; margin: 3px 0;"><input type="radio" name="correctAnswer[2998]" value="C" /> He works for the FAA (or ATNS)</label>
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