Understanding the Progressive Taxi

[Othman_Asli]

Often when I am controlling an Airport I see many people who do not know what some concepts of `` PROGRESSIVE TAXI INSTRUCCIONS ‘’ really mean.

It’s weird, I know. They are Basic concepts that from my experience I know that many still do not know how to do it, especially the 180º

1. Cross Runway XX
   

   

2. Turn Left Next Taxiway
   

   

3. Turn Right Next Taxiway
   

   

4. Continue straight Ahead
   

   

5. Make 180
   

   
   
   
   

Many People Especially those who are just starting out, get confused about this concept.

Doing a 180 does not mean that you should do it on the same street, the previous example clearly shows what you should and should not do. Obviously in some cases such as one way, you will have to do a rare 180

6. Follow aircraft Ahead

[Aniket_Joglekar]

Very nice tutorial. Although it seems very self explanatory, the 180 degree turn one especially helps!

However, I’ve found that whenever I’m issued a 180 turn, it’s always on a single taxiway. There are no other taxiways to turn onto 😂

[tjb0709]

Pic 5, i would expect the instruction to be turn left next taxiway.
Usually in my experience 180 degree turn is when on single taxiway going the wrong direction and need to turn 180 degree turn

[PlaneGeek]

@Othman_Asli

Doing a 180 does not mean that you should do it on the same street, the previous example clearly shows what you should and should not do. Obviously in some cases such as one way, you will have to do a rare 180

This is not correct. According to the ATC Manual, it states “Make 180 (Controllers must ensure that the aircraft has the space required to make a 180 degree turn on the taxiway)” which indicates that the “Make 180” command is intended to be used on the same taxiway.

Other than that, great job! Very detailed explanations.

[Othman_Asli]

then you would have to say 2 times `` Turn left ‘’ and the time that elapses with each message makes the pilot confused, in some cases

[Othman_Asli]

True, but at the moment of truth it is strange to make a 180º in a single street having another right next to it, if it is there use it. Obviously if it is only one it is understandable. It is something very simple but at the same time complicated.

To give an example, In real life: if a Pilot makes the wrong lane, he will not make a 180º in the same street basically because he would eat the ground and it would be blocked…

[IF_WALLPAPERS]

Lovely tutorial! Very clear for the community

[Fung_Sum-sum]

Thanks for your tutorial!! :)

[Kamryn]

In that case, you’d actually use 2 “Turn Left (Right) next taxiway” commands, Make 180 is used if the aircraft has enough space to turn around on the same taxiway.

The other option is to backtaxi the runway and exit.