Departure Report?
 

Departed KDTW last night. After clearing us to Take-off the tower controller asked for a "departure report". Neither of us recognised the phrase.. .Could someone enlighten us?

A little bit more confused than usual! <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

Never heard of a departure report... Did they use your call sign? Was that exactly what they said????

regards

In Aus a "departure report" is used when an aircraft departs from an uncontrolled aerodrome. Eg "ABC, Departure Ayres Rock 02, tracking 040 degrees, climbing to FL250, estimating Alice Springs 34". VFR aircraft will use it on the area frequency to alert other aircraft to its presence. IFR aircraft, in addition, direct it to the appropriate centre who then enter the information into the computer for separation/traffic purposes.. . . .This may have been what he was after but then again maybe not. If it was at a controlled aerodrome surely he can tell what time you departed.