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Instrument Rating · Area III: Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures

Task B. Holding Procedures

FAA-S-ACS-8C · Effective 2024-05-31

Official FAA standard (PDF) ↗

Knowledge

What you should understand and be able to explain.

1 elements
  • IR.III.B.K1
    Elements related to holding procedures, including reporting criteria, appropriate speeds, and recommended entry procedures for standard, nonstandard, published, and non-published holding patterns.

Risk management

Risks to recognize and decisions to consider.

4 elements
  • IR.III.B.R1
    Recalculating fuel reserves if assigned an unanticipated expect further clearance (EFC) time.
  • IR.III.B.R2
    Scenarios and circumstances that could result in minimum fuel or the need to declare an emergency.
  • IR.III.B.R3
    Scenarios that could lead to holding, including deteriorating weather at the planned destination.
  • IR.III.B.R4
    Holding entry and wind correction while holding.
Skill elements and task objectives

This page covers knowledge and risk management. For the complete task, including skill standards, open the FAA document (PDF).