Order 7110.65P, Air Traffic Control, with changes

2/19/047110.65PSection 10. Radar Approaches− Terminal5−10−1. APPLICATIONa. Provide radar approaches in accordance withstandard or special instrument approach procedures.b. A radar approach may be given to any aircraftupon request and may be offered to aircraft in distressregardless of weather conditions or to expeditetraffic.NOTE−Acceptance of a radar approach by a pilot does not waivethe prescribed weather minima for the airport or for theparticular aircraft operator concerned. The pilot isresponsible for determining if the approach and landingare authorized under the existing weather minima.REFERENCE−FAAO 7110.65, Final Approach Course Interception, Para 5−9−2.FAAO 7110.65, Elevation Failure, Para 5−12−10.5−10−2. APPROACH INFORMATIONa. Issue the following information to an aircraftthat will conduct a radar approach. Current approachinformation contained in the ATIS broadcast may beomitted if the pilot states the appropriate ATISbroadcast code. All items listed below, except forsubpara 3 may be omitted after the first approach ifrepeated approaches are made and no change hasoccurred. Transmissions with aircraft in this phase ofthe approach should occur approximately everyminute.REFERENCE−FAAO 7110.65, Approach Information, Para 4−7−10.1. Altimeter setting.2. If available, ceiling and visibility if theceiling at the airport of intended landing is reportedbelow 1,000 feet or below the highest circlingminimum, whichever is greater, or if the visibility isless than 3 miles. Advise pilots when weatherinformation is available via the Automated WeatherObserving System (AWOS)/Automated SurfaceObserving System (ASOS) and, if requested, issuethe appropriate frequency.NOTE−Automated weather observing systems may be set toprovide one minute updates. This one minute data may beuseful to the pilot for possible weather trends. Controllersprovide service based solely on official weather, i.e., hourlyand special observations.3. Issue any known changes classified as specialweather observations as soon as possible. Specialweather observations need not be issued after they areincluded in the ATIS broadcast and the pilot states theappropriate ATIS broadcast code.4. Pertinent information on known airportconditions if they are considered necessary to the safeoperation of the aircraft concerned.5. Lost communication procedures as specifiedin para 5−10−4, Lost Communications.b. Before starting final approach:NOTE−1. ASR approach procedures may be prescribed forspecific runways, for an airport/heliport, and forhelicopters only to a “point-in-space,“ i.e., a MAP fromwhich a helicopter must be able to proceed to the landingarea by visual reference to a prescribed surface route.2. Occasionally, helicopter PAR approaches are availableto runways where conventional PAR approaches have beenestablished. In those instances where the two PARapproaches serve the same runway, the helicopterapproach will have a steeper glide slope and a lowerdecision height. By the controllers designating theapproach to be flown, the helicopter pilot understandswhich of the two approaches he/she has been vectored forand which set of minima apply.1. Inform the aircraft of the type of approach,runway, airport, heliport, or other point, asappropriate, to which the approach will be made.Specify the airport name when the approach is to asecondary airport.PHRASEOLOGY−THIS WILL BE A P−A−R/SURVEILLANCE APPROACHTO:RUNWAY (runway number),or(airport name) AIRPORT, RUNWAY (runway number),or(airport name) AIRPORT/HELIPORT.THIS WILL BE A COPTER P−A−R APPROACH TO:RUNWAY (runway number),Radar Approaches− Terminal5−10−1