FAA IFR Terminal Procedures Bound Southeast (SE) Vol 3 of 4 (Always Current Edition)

chapter 1 departure procedures introduction thousands of instrument flight rules ifr takeoffs and departures occur daily in the national airspace system and as in order to accommodate this volume of ifr traffic air traffic control atc must rely on pilots to use charted airport sketches and diagrams as well as departure procedures dps that include both standard instrument departures sids and obstacle departure procedures odps while many charted and uncharted departures are based on radar vectors the bulk of ifr departures in the nas require pilots to navigate out of the terminal environment to the on-route phase ifr takeoffs and departures are fast-paced phases of flight and pilots often are overloaded with critical flight information while preparing for takeoff pilots are busy requesting and receiving clearances preparing their aircraft for departure and taxiing to the active runway dur