Quick Question

[sla]

I can't remember which colour is for what!!!

I recently visited Swanwick and Southampton airport and on the radar screen at LACC the returns were, I think, yellow if coordination with the next sector had been arranged and orange if not - am I right about this???

Also regarding the flight progress strips at Southampton (and presumably other airports too) - yellow and blue cases, one for inbounds, one for outbounds - I can't for the life of me remember which is which. Thanks in advance for any help with this.

[caniplaywithmadness]

Don't know about the radar screen colours as we only have a lowly green glow at our airport :-(

However, as for the strips, the outbound strips are blue and the inbounds are yellow (buff)

If I remember rightly from my training, the en route strips are blue for westbound and yellow (buff) for eastbound traffic.

[5milesbaby]

At Swanwick you are correct that the unco-ords are orange and co-ords yellow.

Our strips are yellow for eastbounds and blue for westbounds, crossers are put in pink holders.

[sla]

Thanks guys - much appreciated!

[dtmpower]

Just remember that blue strips are for aircraft headed to the sea = atlantic = westbound...thats what we are told to remember at Eurocontrol.....

[Spitoon]

Or toward the sky if you're at an airport.

[Turn It Off]

Just to add another dimension, in Tower we use,

Blue - Out
Yellow - In
Pink - Local flight / Trainer ( Making a touch and Go )
Green - Zone Transit / Trainer ( Making a low app )

In Radar

Blue - Out
Yellow - In
Pink - Local flight
Green - Overflight / Airways traffic not from our airfield

TIO