Manchester VFR procedures
 

Hi

Can someone verify if these 2 points are correct:-

1)You can squawk standby in the vfr low level route below alt 1250' as it is class d
airspace, but not controlled.

2)In the VFR circuit, you are mode c (as it is class D airspace) and squawking 3713 as per the textual file.

Thanks


Alex

It's actually Class D, however no clearance or transponder is required to operate in the LLR, so I guess you could squawk standby - but why would you want to turn off a great safety aid?



Not sure what squawk would be allocated, but I'm sure ATC would tell you what to select. AFAIK there's no requirement to have Mode C available, but it must help.

Would mode A suffice in the circuit? I fly a PA28 in class D with only a mode A xponder, though as Manchester is a lot busier i'm not sure if this still suffices?

Alex - Wind Check :} lol :D!

RR

Did not realise EGCC had VFR procedures. Thought it was class A airspace, therefore no VFR.

The Manchester CTR is class 'D', the CTA is class 'A'.

AlexAs squadgy says - why would you squawk standby? Do you mean standby or do you mean 7000 - the two are different (contrary to a lot of pilots understanding :rolleyes: )

Found this if interested:-



http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/299/DAP_ACD_ManLowLev.pdf