Clearance Delivery

VFR clearance delivery:

IFR clearance delivery:

In most Class B airports, there will be a frequency for clearance delivery. This is where you get clearance to go to where you're going. Here are the five things that make up any basic transmission:1. Who you're talking to2. Who you are3. Where you are4. What you want5. Current ATIS info (so they know that you listened to the ATIS freq.)San Francisco clearance delivery, Cessna N760PL, requesting VFR to Monterey, with whiskey.At which point they will respond somethinng along the lines of: Cessna 0PL, San Francisco clearance delivery, cleared out of the class bravo airspace to Monterey, VFR at or below 3500, squawk 1234.Cleared out of the class bravo to Monterey, VFR at or below 3500, squawk 1234. Cessna 0PL.Fun fact: VFR cruise altitudes always end in 500, and IFR altitudes are to the thousanth. Notice the altitude assigned in the next section.You might notice that the controller only said the last 3 characters of the callsign. Once you make your initial call, you typically only have to use the last 3 characters (unless told otherwise) to keep things quick. Also, when reading back instructions (which you should always do), be sure to put your callsign at the end of the call, so ATC knows it's you talking.If you're flying VFR out of an airport with no clearance delivery, contact ground instead for clearance.For IFR flights, the idea is the same but they'res some changes.San Francisco clearance delivery, Cessna N760PL, requesting IFR to Monterey, with whiskey.Cessna 0PL, San Francisco clearance delivery, cleared to the Monterey airport via theSFO4 departure, radar vectors OAK, then as filed. Climb maintain 3000. departure 135.65, squawk 1234.Cleared to the Monterey airport via the SFO4 departure, radar vectors OAK, then as filed. Climb maintain 3000, departure 135.65, squawk 1234, Cessna 0PL.Cessna 0PL, readback correct. Expect runway 01R for departure.No readback is required for that last part.