SIDS and STARS

[Rick310]

What is a SID? What does the letters SID mean? What is a STAR? What does the letters STAR mean?  Can you read a SID or STAR chart?

These are Questions you better be able to answer if you want to fly IFR with the Big Birds(airliners) on a network that has live ATC. If you cannot answer these questions, then you should not be flying IFR with the a big bird on a network with live ATC. You will look like a fool.

If you do not have a SID and or a STAR in your flight plan, ATC will give you one and ask if you have the chart on board your aircraft.

A SID is a standard instrument departure procedure. A STAR is a standard instrument terminal arrival procedure.

Well there is a start.

[Rick310]

SID is a standard instrument departure procedure.

This chart shall provide the flight crew with information to enable it to comply with the designated standard departure route instrument from take-off phase to the en-route phase.

The coverage of the chart shall be sufficient to indicate the point where the departure route begins and the specified significant point at which the en-route phase of flight along a designated air traffic services route can be commenced.

Bearings, tracks and radials are magnetic. Where bearings and tracks are additionally provided as true values for RNAV segments, they shall be shown in parentheses to the nearest tenth of a degree.

The established minimum sector altitude, based on a navigation aid associated with the procedure, shall be shown with a clear indication of the sector to which it applies.

 

The components shall comprise the following:
1) a graphic portrayal of each standard departure route, including

route designator

significant points defining the route

track or radial to the nearest degree along each segment of the route

distances to the nearest kilometer or nautical mile between significant points

minimum obstacle clearance altitudes, along the route or route segments and altitudes required by the procedure to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft and flight level restrictions where established

where the chart is drawn to scale and vectoring on departure is provided, established minimum vectoring altitudes to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft, clearly identified

2) the radio navigation aid(s) associated with the route(s) including:

plain language name;

identification;

frequency;

geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds;

for DME, the channel

3) the name-codes of the significant points not marked by the position of a radio navigation aid, their geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds and the bearing to the nearest tenth of a degree and distance to the nearest two-tenths of a kilometer (tenth of a nautical mile) from the reference radio navigation aid

4) the applicable holding patterns

5) the transition altitude/height to the nearest higher 300 m or 1000ft

6) the position and height of close-in obstacles which penetrate the obstacle identification surface (OIS)

7) the area speed restrictions, where established

8) the designation of the navigation specification(s) including any limitations, where established

9) all compulsory and "on-request" reporting points

10) radio communication procedures, including:

call sign(s) of ATS unit(s);

frequency;

transponder setting, where appropriate

11) an indication of "flyover" significant points

 

The system of designators shall:

permit the identification of each route in a simple and unambiguous manner

make a clear distinction between departure routes and arrival routes and other ATS routes, routes requiring navigation by reference to ground based radio aids or self-contained airborne aids, and routes requiring navigation by visual reference to the ground

be compatible with ATS and aircraft data processing and display requirements

be of utmost brevity in its operational application

avoid redundancy

provide sufficient possibility for extension to cater for any future requirements without the need for fundamental changes.

 

The coded designator of a standard departure or arrival route shall consist of:

a coded indicator or named code of the significant point of the procedure, followed by

a validity indicator, followed by

a route indicator (optional and where required) followed by

the word "departure" for the plain language designator, followed by

the word "visual" for the plain language designator, if the route has been established for use by aircraft operating in accordance with the visual flight rules (VFR)

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STAR is a standard instrument terminal arrival procedure.

This chart shall provide the flight crew with information to enable it to comply with the designated standard instrument arrival route from the en-route phase to the approach phase.

The chart shall be identified by the name of the city or town or area which the aerodrome serves.

The coverage of the chart shall be sufficient to indicate the points where the en-route phase ends and the approach phase begins.

Bearings, tracks and radials are magnetic. Where bearings and tracks are additionally provided as true values for RNAV segments, they shall be shown in parentheses to the nearest tenth of a degree.

The aerodrome of landing shall be shown by the runway pattern.

The established minimum sector altitude, based on a navigation aid associated with the procedure, shall be shown with a clear indication of the sector to which it applies.

The components shall comprise the following: 1) a graphic portrayal of each standard arrival route, including

route designator

significant points defining the route

track or radial to the nearest degree along each segment of the route

distances to the nearest kilometer or nautical mile between significant points

minimum obstacle clearance altitudes, along the route or route segments and altitudes required by the procedure to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft and flight level restrictions where established

where the chart is drawn to scale and vectoring on arrival is provided, established minimum vectoring altitudes to the nearest higher 50 m or 100 ft, clearly identified

2) the radio navigation aid(s) associated with the route(s) including:

plain language name;

identification;

frequency;

geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds;

for DME, the channel

3) the name-codes of the significant points not marked by the position of a radio navigation aid, their geographical coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds and the bearing to the nearest tenth of a degree and distance to the nearest two-tenths of a kilometer (tenth of a nautical mile) from the reference radio navigation aid

4) the applicable holding patterns

5) the transition altitude/height to the nearest higher 300 m or 1000ft

6) the position and height of close-in obstacles which penetrate the obstacle identification surface (OIS)

7) the area speed restrictions, where established

8) the designation of the navigation specification(s) including any limitations, where established

9) all compulsory and "on-request" reporting points

10) radio communication procedures, including:

call sign(s) of ATS unit(s);

frequency;

transponder setting, where appropriate

11) an indication of "flyover" significant points

The system of designators shall:

permit the identification of each route in a simple and unambiguous manner

make a clear distinction between departure routes and arrival routes, departure or arrival routes and other ATS routes, routes requiring navigation by reference to ground based radio aids or self-contained airborne aids, and routes requiring navigation by visual reference to the ground

be compatible with ATS and aircraft data processing and display requirements

be of utmost brevity in its operational application

avoid redundancy

provide sufficient possibility for extension to cater for any future requirements without the need for fundamental changes

The coded designator of a standard departure or arrival route shall consist of:

a coded indicator or named code of the significant point of the procedure, followed by

a validity indicator, followed by

a route indicator (optional and where required) followed by

the word "arrival" for the plain language designator, followed by

the word "visual" for the plain language designator, if the route has been established for use by aircraft operating in accordance with the visual flight rules (VFR)

[Rick310]

All that is left is reading the SID and STAR charts. I can not do that in this platform. Good Luck.