VATSIM Argentina Manuals

VATSIM Argentina ATC Operations Manual Senior Student (S3)

This is a Spanish-language training manual published by VATSIM Argentina for the Senior Student (S3) approach controller rating. It explains what approach controllers do — keeping aircraft in the airport's airspace at a minimum safe distance and in sequence, issuing clearances into controlled airspace, handing aircraft over to area or aerodrome controllers, and giving pilots weather and other critical information — and then covers navigation types (VOR/NDB, visual and RNAV), SID and STAR handling, IAC instrument approach charts, how to calculate the approach interval from a chart, the expected approach time (EAT), and holding instructions. The manual notes that an S3-rated approach controller does not provide radar services.

The separation chapter sets out holding-pattern rules (1000 ft vertical separation inside the hold, 5 minutes between aircraft crossing or joining the hold), lateral separation by geographic points, VOR radials, NDB bearings and dead reckoning, and longitudinal separation based on same track, opposite tracks and crossing tracks. The contents list performance and phraseology as the final sections. This manual is written in Spanish.

Covers: Function and objectives of approach control · VOR/NDB navigation · Visual navigation · RNAV navigation · SID and STAR · IAC charts