FAAST Blast — Week of May 19, 2019 – May 25, 2019
Flight Service will complete the Clearance Relay initiative on June 20 when it publishes the remaining phone numbers for pilots to obtain IFR clearances at public- and private-use airports, from either the overlying Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Flight Data Units, or an approach control facility. As part of modernization efforts to streamline service delivery and increase efficiency, pilots now call directly to obtain or cancel an IFR clearance, reducing the risk of potential errors.
You can find the phone numbers for clearance delivery in the communications section of the entry for each airport in the Chart Supplement, U.S. This initiative does not affect pilots requesting clearances from Flight Service or Air Traffic over Remote Communications Outlets (RCO) or from locations in Alaska. For more information, visit https://go.usa.gov/x5wsR.
