Rev.6

Updated KAUS Missed approach runway numbers

Rev.3

Comprehensive rewrite replacing existing Austin ATCT/TRACON Standard Operating Procedures.

Eliminated duplication of VATUSA and VATSIM policies.

Sitting on 4,242 acres, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS) is located in Austin, Texas, serving the Greater Austin metropolitan area. It is located 5 miles southeast of downtown Austin. The airport was built as the Bergstrom Air Force Base in 1942 and continued to serve as an Air Force facility until 1993. In 1999, the airport began offering passenger flights.

Today, KAUS serves approximately 250 arrivals and 250 departure operations daily. The airport is home to a healthy general aviation population and provides air transport service to over 60 destinations.

The primary service airport is KAUS, which has a Class C airspace. The Austin Class C surface area extends from SFC 4,500 feet above mean sea level, and the outer ring extends from 2,100 feet to 4,500 feet above mean sea level.

VATSIM CALLSIGN Radio Callsign Position Frequency

AUS_W_APP AUSTIN APPROACH WEST APPROACH 119.00 (*)

AUS_E_APP AUSTIN APPROACH EAST APPROACH 127.22

AUS_S_APP AUSTIN APPROACH SOUTH APPROACH 120.87

AUS_P_APP AUSTIN APPROACH SATELLITE RADAR 118.15

AUS_F_APP AUSTIN APPROACH FINAL APPROACH 125.32

1. Approach Control must provide separation between departing aircraft and between departures, overflights, and all arriving aircraft.

2. When approach control STARS is operational, the computer generated beacon code must be assigned to all transponder equipped aircraft that are arriving, departing, or overflying Approach Control Airspace.

3. Departures requesting an altitude above 13,000 shall be delivered to Houston Center cleared to 12,000 and handed off as soon as practical.

4. Departure will deliver aircraft to Center direct to the first fix or a heading to intercept that fix if it is outside TRACON boundary.

5. Houston Center has control for turns above 10,000.

1. May vector and/or descend aircraft arriving via V550 from over SAT VORTAC while in Center airspace, once such aircraft are established within the lateral confines of airspace delegated to Approach Control, surface to 12,000 feet. Approach Control must pointout as necessary to any adjacent Center sector.

2. May descend all non-jet aircraft arriving via WLEEE Waypoint / Intersection while in Center airspace. Approach Control must point-out as necessary to any underlying Approach Control.

3. May vector and/or descend arriving aircraft from the south thirty (30) degrees left or right of course while in Center airspace, once such aircraft are established within the lateral confines of airspace delegated to Approach Control, surface to 8,000 feet.

1. Approach Control (or Austin ATCT) must formulate and issue departure clearances using generated flight plan information.

2. Approach Control may route GTU departures to the east via direct CLL.

3. Approach Control (or Austin ATCT) must route departure aircraft via the appropriate SID or ADR as shown below.

1. Tower Enroute Control routes are preferred IFR routes from airports within the Austin TRACON, to airports within the I90. TEC Route clearances, are IFR clearances.

2. Pilots are not required to file an IFR flight plan to request a TEC route clearance, but if they do, it will not include a route, it should say "TEC ROUTE" in the remarks.

3. Austin TRACON must assign the appropriate TEC route and altitude to pilots requesting "Tower Enroute Clearance" from AUS, EDC, HYI or GTU to 45R, BMT, BPT, LCH or ORG.

4. Austin TRACON must update the flight plan routing with the appropriate TEC route.

5. Austin TRACON must create an IFR flight plan, for any pilot requesting a TEC route who has not filed a flight plan.

1. Robert Gray Terminal Area Arrivals: Jet and Turboprop aircarft landing in the GRKT from the east must be assigned one of the following altitudes.

   1. May cross the laterla boundary of Apporach Control level at 10,000 ft, or

   2. May be descenind to 13,000 ft.

2. Turboprop and piston aircraft at or above 13,000 ft landing in the SATT must be establihsed at 13,000 ft not later than twenty (20) NM northeast of MARCS.

Forward the following information to the tower when the tower and TRACON are part of the same facility:

1. Aircraft identification. (If the Tower is equipped with a radar display, this requirement is satisfied.)

2. Type aircraft if required for separation purposes. (If the tower is equipped with a radar display, this requirement is satisfied.)

3. Type of instrument approach procedure and/or runway if different from that in use. (Utilizing the scratchpad function on VRC/vSTARS/vERAM satisifies this requirement.)

Aircraft communications should be transferred no later than the FAF fix for an aircraft on an instrument approach.

Aircraft communications should be transferred not later than 8 NM from the airport center for an aircraft on a visual approach.

AUS TRACON is responsible for issuing climb out instructions to aircraft executing an intentional missed approach at KAUS, KEDC, KHYI, and KGTU. AUS TRACON must advise tower when non-standard climb out instructions are issued.

Runway Instructions

18L TL 080, CM 3k

18R TR 260, CM 3k

36L TL 260, CM 3k

36R TR 080, CM 3k

Runway Instructions

13 TL 040, CM 3k

31 TR 040, CM 3k

Runway Instructions

08 TR 170, CM 3K

13 TR 210, CM 3K

17 TL 080, CM 3K

26 TR 360, CM 3K

31 TR 090, CM 3K

35 TR 040. CM 3K

Runway Instructions

11 TL 020, CM 3K

18 TR 270, CM 3K

29 TL 210, CM 3K

36 TR 090, CM 3K

1. VFR aircraft shall not be unnecessarily restricted.

2. VFR aircraft should be transferred to local control no earlier than 10nm, no later than 5nm, with the airport in sight.

3. SVFR aircraft should be transferred to local control no later than the boundary of the surface area.