NATS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026 | 027
NATS Provide air traffic control where? - Answers - The UK & part of the North Atlantic
NATS has been part privatised since - Answers - 2001
Who is the majority shareholder of NATS - Answers - The government 49%
Name the shareholders of NATS - Answers - Government 49%, Airline group 42%, HAL
ltd 4%, Employees 5%
What does FIR stand for? - Answers - Flight information regions
Name the two FIRs which divides UK airspace - Answers - London & Scottish
Name the three areas of control operated at Swanwick & of the London FIR - Answers -
London Area Control Centre (LACC), London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) & Military
Air Traffic Control.
What does the London Area Control Centre (LACC) do at swanwick? - Answers -
Manages en-route traffic in the London FIR. Includes England and wales up to the
Scottish border.
What does the London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) do at Swanwick? - Answers -
Handles traffic below 24500 feet flying to or from London's airports. This area extends
from Birmingham to the borders of France & Netherlands.
What does Military Air Traffic Control do? - Answers - Provide services to civil and
military aircraft operating outside controlled airspace.
What is the other FIR aside from London? - Answers - Scottish
Where does the Scottish FIR cover? - Answers - Whole of Scotland and Northern
Ireland and the immediate surrounding areas.
Where is the Scottish FIR located? - Answers - Prestwick
Name the two areas of the operations room of the Scottish FIR at Prestwick. - Answers
- Scottish Area Control Centre (ScACC) & Oceanic Area Control Centre (OACC)
Describe the ScACC at Prestwick - Answers - Scottish Area Control Centre controls
aircraft over Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands and North
Wales from 2500 feet to 66000 feet
, What does the OACC do at Prestwick? - Answers - Oceanic Area Control Centre
controls airspace over the eastern half of the North Atlantic from the Azores to Iceland
Air traffic controllers are responsible for - Answers - The safe, orderly and efficient
movement of aircraft from departure to destination
Name the details of a flight given to an ATC - Answers - Callsign, route, altitude, speed
What is a flight progress strip - Answers - It displays a the details of a flight to be used in
conjunction with radar and other displays to monitor the progress of an aircraft
Any instruction communicated by an ATC must be - Answers - Read back by the pilot
What must controllers do when a flight changes sector - Answers - Communicate and
pass over flight details to the new sector
Name some neighbouring centres with which the UK ATC must communicate - Answers
- Dublin, Shannon, Brest, Paris, Brussels, Maastricht and Copenhagen
Adjacent centres must - Answers - Inform UK about flights approaching UK airspace
and vice verse
What is an aerodrome controller also referred to as? - Answers - Tower controller
What is the Aerodrome Controller responsible for? - Answers - The safety and
movement of the aircraft on the airfield
What instructions may an Aerdrome controller issue? - Answers - Push back from
stand, taxi to and from runway and issue clearances to take off and land
What may affect which runway is in use? - Answers - The wind
In which direction of the wind do aircraft prefer to land and depart? - Answers - Into the
wind.
The tasks of an aerodrome controller may be split into groups among multiple
controllers. What are these groups? - Answers - Runway specific tasks (commonly
referred to as AIR) & movement between stands and the runway (Commonly referred to
as GROUND)
What do approach controllers do? - Answers - They take over from Area Controllers as
the aircraft is approaching the airport, give clearance to approach the airport &
sequence all approaching aircraft to create the most efficient order for landing.
What factors may impact the space between aircraft as issues by an approach
controller? - Answers - The weather, aircraft size & their turbulence wake category.
NATS Provide air traffic control where? - Answers - The UK & part of the North Atlantic
NATS has been part privatised since - Answers - 2001
Who is the majority shareholder of NATS - Answers - The government 49%
Name the shareholders of NATS - Answers - Government 49%, Airline group 42%, HAL
ltd 4%, Employees 5%
What does FIR stand for? - Answers - Flight information regions
Name the two FIRs which divides UK airspace - Answers - London & Scottish
Name the three areas of control operated at Swanwick & of the London FIR - Answers -
London Area Control Centre (LACC), London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) & Military
Air Traffic Control.
What does the London Area Control Centre (LACC) do at swanwick? - Answers -
Manages en-route traffic in the London FIR. Includes England and wales up to the
Scottish border.
What does the London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) do at Swanwick? - Answers -
Handles traffic below 24500 feet flying to or from London's airports. This area extends
from Birmingham to the borders of France & Netherlands.
What does Military Air Traffic Control do? - Answers - Provide services to civil and
military aircraft operating outside controlled airspace.
What is the other FIR aside from London? - Answers - Scottish
Where does the Scottish FIR cover? - Answers - Whole of Scotland and Northern
Ireland and the immediate surrounding areas.
Where is the Scottish FIR located? - Answers - Prestwick
Name the two areas of the operations room of the Scottish FIR at Prestwick. - Answers
- Scottish Area Control Centre (ScACC) & Oceanic Area Control Centre (OACC)
Describe the ScACC at Prestwick - Answers - Scottish Area Control Centre controls
aircraft over Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands and North
Wales from 2500 feet to 66000 feet
, What does the OACC do at Prestwick? - Answers - Oceanic Area Control Centre
controls airspace over the eastern half of the North Atlantic from the Azores to Iceland
Air traffic controllers are responsible for - Answers - The safe, orderly and efficient
movement of aircraft from departure to destination
Name the details of a flight given to an ATC - Answers - Callsign, route, altitude, speed
What is a flight progress strip - Answers - It displays a the details of a flight to be used in
conjunction with radar and other displays to monitor the progress of an aircraft
Any instruction communicated by an ATC must be - Answers - Read back by the pilot
What must controllers do when a flight changes sector - Answers - Communicate and
pass over flight details to the new sector
Name some neighbouring centres with which the UK ATC must communicate - Answers
- Dublin, Shannon, Brest, Paris, Brussels, Maastricht and Copenhagen
Adjacent centres must - Answers - Inform UK about flights approaching UK airspace
and vice verse
What is an aerodrome controller also referred to as? - Answers - Tower controller
What is the Aerodrome Controller responsible for? - Answers - The safety and
movement of the aircraft on the airfield
What instructions may an Aerdrome controller issue? - Answers - Push back from
stand, taxi to and from runway and issue clearances to take off and land
What may affect which runway is in use? - Answers - The wind
In which direction of the wind do aircraft prefer to land and depart? - Answers - Into the
wind.
The tasks of an aerodrome controller may be split into groups among multiple
controllers. What are these groups? - Answers - Runway specific tasks (commonly
referred to as AIR) & movement between stands and the runway (Commonly referred to
as GROUND)
What do approach controllers do? - Answers - They take over from Area Controllers as
the aircraft is approaching the airport, give clearance to approach the airport &
sequence all approaching aircraft to create the most efficient order for landing.
What factors may impact the space between aircraft as issues by an approach
controller? - Answers - The weather, aircraft size & their turbulence wake category.
