Describe operational procedures for a controlled airport.

Description should include the following:

• A towered airport has an operating control tower.
• ATC is responsible for providing the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service.
• Pilots operating from a towered airport are required to maintain two-way radio communication with ATC and to acknowledge and comply with their instructions.
• Pilots must advise ATC if they cannot comply with the instructions issued and request amended instructions.
• A pilot may deviate from an air traffic instruction in an emergency but must advise ATC of the deviation as soon as possible.

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Process/Skill Questions:

• What is required from pilots operating from a towered airport in terms of radio communication?