Ground Lesson 24 (12): Arrival charts and procedures

Arrival charts

• Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs)
• Developed as link between enroute structure and approach procedure 
• Works the same as a departure procedure to reduce workload
• You have to have the arrival chart in your possession to fly it 
• Usually serves more than one airport
  
  
• Interpreting the STAR
• Looks like a departure procedure , but reversed 
• Officially begins at the BOLD segment where all the transitions for the arrival come together 
• All altitudes are in MSL and distances are in NM
• AIM - 5-4-1 STARS
  
  
• Vertical navigation planning
  
  

Arrival procedures

• Preparing for arrival 
• Highest workload
• IMARTHA - reviews the approach
• Listen to the ATIS as soon as possible 
• Set frequencies
  
  
• Altitude 
• ATC will clear you for a specific altitude until established on a published segment of the approach
• Feeder routes are part of the approach when cleared for the approach
  
  
  
  
  
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