JO 7110.65 — Air Traffic Control
JO 7110.65 4-2-10
CANCELLATION OF IFR FLIGHT PLAN
If necessary, before instructing an IFR aircraft arriving at an airport not served by an air traffic control tower or flight service station to change to the common traffic advisory frequency, provide the pilot with instructions on how to cancel his/her IFR flight plan. Airports with an air/ground communications station: PHRASEOLOGY-
(Call sign) REPORT CANCELLATION OF IFR ON (frequency).
Airports without an air/ground communications station: PHRASEOLOGY-
(Call sign) REPORT CANCELLATION OF IFR THIS FREQUENCY OR WITH FLIGHT SERVICE.
Or
(Call sign) REPORT CANCELLATION OF IFR THIS FREQUENCY OR WITH (FSS serving the area or the ATC controlling facility).
EXAMPLE-
“N13WA report cancellation of IFR this frequency or with McAlester Radio.”
Respond to a pilot's cancellation of his/her IFR flight plan as follows: PHRASEOLOGY-
(Call sign) IFR CANCELLATION RECEIVED.
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Chapter 4. IFR 7110.65BB
7110.65 by Chapter Number Chapter 0. General Information Chapter 1. General Chapter 2. General Control Chapter 3. Airport Traffic Control - Terminal Chapter 4. IFR Chapter 5. Radar Chapter 6. Nonradar Chapter 7. Visual Chapter 8. Offshore/Oceanic Procedures Chapter 9. Special Flights Chapter 10. Emergencies Chapter 11. Traffic Management Procedures Chapter 12. Canadian Airspace Procedures Chapter 13. Decision Support Tools Chapter 14. Data Link Communications Appendix A Appendix B
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JO 7110.65BB by Topic
General Information Explanation of Changes
General Introduction
Terms of Reference
General Control General
Flight Plans and Control Information
Flight Progress Strips
Radio and Interphone Communications
Route and NAVAID Description
Weather Information
Altimeter Settings
Runway Visibility Reporting- Terminal
Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures
Team Position Responsibilities
Airport Traffic Control - Terminal General
Visual Signals
Airport Conditions
Airport Lighting
Runway Selection
Airport Surface Detection Procedures
Taxi and Ground Movement Procedures
Spacing and Sequencing
Departure Procedures and Separation
Arrival Procedures and Separation
Helicopter Operations
Sea Lane Operations
IFR NAVAID Use Limitations
Clearances
Departure Procedures
Route Assignment
Altitude Assignment and Verification
Holding Aircraft
Arrival Procedures
Approach Clearance Procedures
Radar General
Beacon/ADS-B Systems
Radar Identification
Transfer of Radar Identification
Radar Separation
Vectoring
Speed Adjustment
Radar Departures
Radar Arrivals
Radar Approaches- Terminal
Surveillance Approaches- Terminal
PAR Approaches- Terminal
Automation- En Route
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)-Terminal
Nonradar General
Initial Separation of Successive Departing Aircraft
Initial Separation of Departing and Arriving Aircraft
Longitudinal Separation
Lateral Separation
Vertical Separation
Timed Approaches
Visual General
Visual Separation
VFR‐On‐Top
Approaches
Special VFR (SVFR)
Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft- Terminal
Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)-Terminal
Class C Service- Terminal
Class B Service Area- Terminal
Offshore/Oceanic Procedures General
Coordination
Longitudinal Separation
Lateral Separation
Offshore/Oceanic Transition Procedures
Separation from Airspace Reservations
North Atlantic ICAO Region
Caribbean ICAO Region
Pacific ICAO Region
North American ICAO Region
Special Flights General
Special Operations
Special Use, ATC-Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs
Fuel Dumping
Jettisoning of External Stores
Unmanned Free Balloons
Parachute Operations
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports
Emergencies General
Emergency Assistance
Overdue Aircraft
Control Actions
Miscellaneous Operations
Oceanic Emergency Procedures
Ground Missile Emergencies
Traffic Management Procedures General
Canadian Airspace Procedures General Control
Decision Support Tools ERAM - En Route
ATOP - Oceanic
Data Link Communications Terminal Procedures for Issuing Automated Clearances
En Route Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) - Domestic
Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) - Oceanic Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)
Appendix A
Appendix B
IFR
Departure Procedures
Chapter 4. IFR
Section 3. Departure Procedures
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