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Avalon (YMAV)

Positions

Name Callsign Frequency Login ID
Avalon ADC Avalon Tower 120.100 AV_TWR
Avalon ATIS 118.200 YMAV_ATIS

Airspace

AV ADC is responsible for the Class D Airspace within the AV CTR SFC to A025. This airspace may be released to ML TCU with the concurrence of both controllers.
ML TCU is responsible for the Class E Airspace to the North, South, and Above the AV CTR.
ML TCU is repsonsible for the Class G Airspace to the East of the AV CTR, and to the West of the AV CTR within 30 DME ML.
YWE is responsible for the Class G Airspace to the West of the AV CTR outside 30 DME ML.
YWE(WON) is responsible for the Class G Airspace to the South East of the AV CTR outside 30 DME ML.

AV ADC Airspace

Refer to Class D Tower Separation Standards for more information.

SID Selection

Aircraft planned via ML shall be assigned the JUSTY SID.

Aircraft not planned via ML, and tracking to the North East, shall be recleared via ML, and assigned the JUSTY SID.

All other IFR aircraft shall be assigned the Radar SID.

Circuit Direction

Runway Direction
18 Left
36 Right

Coordination

ML TCU

Departures

'Next' coordination is not required to ML TCU for aircraft that are:
a) Departing from a runway nominated on the ATIS; and
b) Assigned the standard assignable level; and
c) Assigned a Procedural SID; or
d) Not entering ML TCU CTA

All other aircraft require a 'Next' call to ML TCU.

Phraseology

AV ADC -> MDS: "Next, UJI, Runway 18"
MDS -> AV ADC: "UJI, heading 030, unrestricted"
AV ADC -> MDS: "Heading 030, UJI"

The Standard Assignable level from AV ADC to ML TCU is the lower of A040 or the RFL.

Arrivals/Overfliers

ML TCU will heads-up coordinate arrivals/overfliers from CTA to AV ADC.
IFR aircraft will be cleared for the coordinated approach (Instrument or Visual) prior to handoff to AV ADC, unless AV ADC nominates a restriction.
VFR aircraft will not be coordinated, and will need to receive their airways clearance from AV ADC.

Phraseology

MDS -> AV ADC: "via TEMPL for the ILS-Y 18, JST631"
AV ADC -> MDS: "JST631, ILS-Y 18"

Tip

Remember that IFR aircraft are only separated from other IFR or SVFR aircraft in class D. You should generally be able to issue a clearance for an approach and use other separation methods (visual separation, holding a departure on the ground) if separation is required with these aircraft.

Runway Change

Any Runway change must be prior coordinated to the relevant TCU Controller.

TCU Controller

When MDN and/or MDS are online, the relevant TCU controller is whoever is responsible for MDS.

YWE/WON

AV ADC only borders YWE/WON Class G airspace, and as such, no coordination is required between AV ADC and YWE/WON.