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2. Clearance Delivery

2.1 - Responsibilities

  1. Issue ATC clearances to all IFR aircraft, and provide VFR aircraft with necessary information.

2.2 - IFR Preferred Routing

See Preferred Routing

2.3 - VFR Departure Instructions

  1. Instruct VFR aircraft remaining in the pattern to maintain VFR at or below 1,500 feet.
  2. Instruct VFR aircraft not remaining in the pattern and not requesting Flight Following to maintain VFR at or below 3,000 feet.
  3. VFR aircraft departing the class C requesting Flight Following will be given a departure frequency.
    1. VFR aircraft departing north shall receive ON as their departure frequency.
    2. VFR aircraft departing east shall receive ON as their departure frequency.
    3. VFR aircraft departing south shall receive OS as their departure frequency.
    4. VFR aircraft departing west shall receive OS as their departure frequency.
  4. Assign all VFR aircraft a facility-appropriate, unique Beacon Code.

2.4 - CPDLC and PDCs

OGG is not equipped for CPDLC and PDCs. As such PDCs shouldn’t be issued by OGG ATCT.

2.5 - Departure Frequency

Direction Callsign
North Ops OGG_N_APP
South Ops OGG_S_APP

2.6 - Helicopter Operating Procedures

  1. Frequency assignments for departing helicopters are based upon the following:
    1. Eastbound tour helicopters assigned the Crater One Departure are issued departure frequency 119.500. Eastbound tour helicopters departing north of Haleakala Highway and requesting/requiring radar service beyond tower airspace are issued departure frequency 120.200.
    2. Westbound tour helicopters to Waihe’e, Ia’o, and Waikapu Valleys are assigned tower frequency 118.700, as radar service and radio communications are not available in the valley due to coverage.
    3. Helicopters not desiring Class C services beyond the tower’s designated Class C airspace are instructed to remain on tower frequency after departure.
    4. All other helicopters that will receive Class C services beyond the tower’s designated Class C airspace are assigned a computer-generated VFR beacon code, and issued the departure frequency of the approach sector they will enter first.
  2. Assign all eastbound VFR helicopters at or below 2,000 feet during standard flow (runways 2/5) operations.