what is the different between flight following and vfr in approach?,I am study the if atc Manual 3.6.3,thank you
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What do you mean VFR in approach? Technically, VFR aircraft cannot fly approach procedures because they are not on an IFR flight plan.
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in if atc Manual 3.6.3
what is the different betwwn ff and vfr in approach time?
Do you mean the difference between flight following and a visual approach?
Flight following is, by default, a VFR service. You check in at whatever altitude you want, and you approach using whatever path you want. No waypoints necessary. But still following ATC instructions if they are given (rarely done though, only if it’s super busy). That’s why a pattern entry is required.
A visual approach is usually (not always though) prescribed on charts, and can be part of an IFR service. There are set altitudes to follow and a set route to follow, based on visual waypoints instead of virtual waypoints. That’s why a pattern entry is not required.
In-flight, flight following basically means that the controller will follow the VFR aircraft and provide traffic callouts. The controller will not navigate them.
In terms of approach, that’s just the word the manual uses. It is simply telling you that if an aircraft was flight following and is handed to tower, tower must give them a pattern entry, sequence, and clearance.
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