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FAA Orders
JO 7110.65
Chapter 9
Section 8

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JO 7110.65 Air Traffic Control

Chapter 1. General
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. Terms of Reference
Chapter 2. General Control
Section 1. General
Section 2. Flight Plans and Control Information
Section 3. Flight Progress Strips
Section 4. Radio and Interphone Communications
Section 5. Route and NAVAID Description
Section 6. Weather Information
Section 7. Altimeter Settings
Section 8. Runway Visibility Reporting- Terminal
Section 9. Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures
Section 10. Team Position Responsibilities
Chapter 3. Airport Traffic Control - Terminal
Section 1. General
Section 2. Visual Signals
Section 3. Airport Conditions
Section 4. Airport Lighting
Section 5. Runway Selection
Section 6. Airport Surface Detection Procedures
Section 7. Taxi and Ground Movement Procedures
Section 8. Spacing and Sequencing
Section 9. Departure Procedures and Separation
Section 10. Arrival Procedures and Separation
Section 11. Helicopter Operations
Section 12. Sea Lane Operations
Chapter 4. IFR
Section 1. NAVAID Use Limitations
Section 2. Clearances
Section 3. Departure Procedures
Section 4. Route Assignment
Section 5. Altitude Assignment and Verification
Section 6. Holding Aircraft
Section 7. Arrival Procedures
Section 8. Approach Clearance Procedures
Chapter 5. Radar
Section 1. General
Section 2. Beacon/ADS-B Systems
Section 3. Radar Identification
Section 4. Transfer of Radar Identification
Section 5. Radar Separation
Section 6. Vectoring
Section 7. Speed Adjustment
Section 8. Radar Departures
Section 9. Radar Arrivals
Section 10. Radar Approaches- Terminal
Section 11. Surveillance Approaches- Terminal
Section 12. PAR Approaches- Terminal
Section 13. Automation- En Route
Section 14. Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)-Terminal
Chapter 6. Nonradar
Section 1. General
Section 2. Initial Separation of Successive Departing Aircraft
Section 3. Initial Separation of Departing and Arriving Aircraft
Section 4. Longitudinal Separation
Section 5. Lateral Separation
Section 6. Vertical Separation
Section 7. Timed Approaches
Chapter 7. Visual
Section 1. General
Section 2. Visual Separation
Section 3. VFR‐On‐Top
Section 4. Approaches
Section 5. Special VFR (SVFR)
Section 6. Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft- Terminal
Section 7. Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)-Terminal
Section 8. Class C Service- Terminal
Section 9. Class B Service Area- Terminal
Chapter 8. Offshore/Oceanic Procedures
Section 1. General
Section 2. Coordination
Section 3. Longitudinal Separation
Section 4. Lateral Separation
Section 5. Offshore/Oceanic Transition Procedures
Section 6. Separation from Airspace Reservations
Section 7. North Atlantic ICAO Region
Section 8. Caribbean ICAO Region
Section 9. Pacific ICAO Region
Section 10. North American ICAO Region
Chapter 9. Special Flights
Section 1. General
Section 2. Special Operations
Section 3. Special Use, ATC-Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs
Section 4. Fuel Dumping
Section 5. Jettisoning of External Stores
Section 6. Unmanned Free Balloons
Section 7. Parachute Operations
Section 8. Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports
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Chapter 10. Emergencies
Section 1. General
Section 2. Emergency Assistance
Section 3. Overdue Aircraft
Section 4. Control Actions
Section 5. Miscellaneous Operations
Section 6. Oceanic Emergency Procedures
Section 7. Ground Missile Emergencies
Chapter 11. Traffic Management Procedures
Section 1. General
Chapter 12. Canadian Airspace Procedures
Section 1. General Control
Chapter 13. Decision Support Tools
Section 1. ERAM - En Route
Section 2. ATOP - Oceanic
Chapter 14. Data Link Communications
Section 1. Terminal Procedures for Issuing Automated Clearances
Section 2. En Route Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) - Domestic
Section 3. Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) - Oceanic Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)
Appendices
Appendix A. Standard Operating Practice (SOP) for the Transfer of Position Responsibility
Appendix B. Standard Operating Practice (SOP) for Aircraft Deviating for Weather Near Active Special Activity Airspace (SAA)

JO 7110.65 Air Traffic ControlJO 7110.65BB · Change 3 · Effective 7/9/2026

Chapter 9 · Section 8

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports

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9-8-1 GENERAL

Inform the operations supervisor/CIC of any reported or observed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)/unexplained phenomena activity.

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FAA Order JO 7210.3, Para 4-7-4, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports.

Referenced in This Section

JO 7210.3 4-7-4

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