AIM
4/3/14
4−1−19
Services Available to Pilots
2.
Radio contacts are desired at least every
10 minutes; however, for flights of shorter duration a
midsound report is requested. If contact is lost for
more than 15 minutes Search and Rescue will be
alerted. Pilots are responsible for canceling their
request for the Long Island Sound Reporting Service
when outside the service area boundary. Aircraft
experiencing radio failure will be expected to land as
soon as practicable and cancel their request for the
service.
3. Communications.
Primary communica-
tions − pilots are to transmit on 122.1 MHz and listen
on one of the following VOR frequencies:
(a) New York FSS Radio Sector Controls:
(1)
Hampton RCO (FSS transmits and
receives on 122.6 MHz).
(2)
Calverton VOR (FSS transmits on
117.2 and receives on standard FSS frequencies).
(3)
Kennedy VORTAC (FSS transmits on
115.9 and receives on 122.1 MHz).
(b) Bridgeport FSS Radio Sector Controls:
(1)
Madison VORTAC (FSS transmits on
110.4 and receives on 122.1 MHz).
(2)
Groton VOR (FSS transmits on 110.85
and receives on 122.1 MHz).
(3)
Bridgeport VOR (FSS transmits on
108.8 and receives on 122.1 MHz).
c. Block Island Reporting Service.
Within the Long Island Sound Reporting Service,
the New York FSS Radio Sector also provides an
additional service for aircraft operating between
Montauk Point and Block Island. When requesting
this service, pilots should ask for BLOCK ISLAND
REPORTING SERVICE and should be prepared to
provide the same flight information as required for
the Long Island Sound Reporting Service.
1.
A minimum of three position reports are
mandatory for this service; these are:
(a)
Reporting leaving either Montauk Point
or Block Island.
(b)
Midway report.
(c)
Report when over either Montauk Point or
Block Island. At this time, the overwater service is
canceled.
2. Communications.
Pilots are to transmit and
receive on 122.6 MHz.
NOTE
−
Pilots are advised that 122.6 MHz is a remote receiver
located at the Hampton VORTAC site and designed to
provide radio coverage between Hampton and Block Is-
land. Flights proceeding beyond Block Island may contact
the Bridgeport FSS Radio Sector by transmitting on
122.1 MHz and listening on Groton VOR frequency
110.85 MHz.
d. Cape Cod and Islands Radar Overwater
Flight Following.
In addition to normal VFR radar advisory services,
traffic permitting, Cape Approach Control provides
a radar overwater flight following service for aircraft
traversing the Cape Cod and adjacent Island area.
Pilots desiring this service may contact Cape
TRACON on 118.2 MHz.
1.
Pilots requesting this service should be
prepared to give the following information:
(a)
Type and color of aircraft;
(b)
Altitude;
(c)
Position and heading;
(d)
Route of flight; and
(e)
True airspeed.
2.
For best radar coverage, pilots are encour-
aged to fly at 1,500 feet MSL or above.
3.
Pilots are responsible for canceling their
request for overwater flight following when they are
over the mainland and/or outside the service area
boundary.
e. Lake Reporting Service.
Cleveland and Lansing FSS Radio Sectors provide
Lake Reporting Service on request for aircraft
traversing the western half of Lake Erie; Green Bay,
Kankakee, Lansing, and Terre Haute FSS Radio
Sectors provide Lake Reporting Service on request
for aircraft traversing Lake Michigan.
1.
When requesting the service, pilots should
ask for LAKE REPORTING SERVICE.
2.
Pilots not on a VFR flight plan should be
prepared to provide all information that is normally
provided for a complete VFR flight plan.