IFR Departure from Controlled Airport
Contact Departure following an IFR Departure from a Controlled Airport:
*When told to contact Departure by an ATC tower:
ATC:
Mule Flight #-##, contact departure.
You:
Contact departure, Mule Flight #-##.
*Select the new frequency, listen for an opening in the radio traffic, then transmit the following:
Cruising at a constant altitude:
You:
(ATC Facility), Mule Flight #-##, level (altitude cruising at), heading (__).
Climbing/Descending:
You:
(ATC Facility), Mule Flight #-##, (altitude at), climbing/descending (altitude climbing/descending to),
heading (__).
Examples:
*When told to contact Departure by an ATC tower:
ATC:
Mule Flight 4-72, contact departure.
You:
Contact departure, Mule Flight 4-72.
*Select the new frequency, listen for an opening in the radio traffic, then transmit the following:
Cruising at a constant altitude:
You:
Kansas City Departure, Mule Flight 4-72, level three thousand, heading two one five.
Climbing:
You:
Kansas City Departure, Mule Flight 4-72, two thousand four hundred, climbing four thousand, heading
two one five.