Before a non-approach control tower can provide visual separation, what must be authorized?

Before a non-approach control tower can provide visual separation, what must be authorized?

• A. IFR control facility must authorize
• B. The Pilot must authorize
• C. The Weather Service must authorize
• D. The Ground Controller must authorize

Answer: (A)

Visual separation by a non-approach control tower is allowed only when the IFR control facility with terminal-area responsibility has authorized it. That facility oversees safe sequencing and separation of IFR traffic in the area, and it can delegate the authority to provide visual separation to the tower under approved procedures. The pilot, the Weather Service, or the Ground Controller do not grant this authorization, and without it the tower cannot provide visual separation.

Visual separation by a non-approach control tower is allowed only when the IFR control facility with terminal-area responsibility has authorized it. That facility oversees safe sequencing and separation of IFR traffic in the area, and it can delegate the authority to provide visual separation to the tower under approved procedures. The pilot, the Weather Service, or the Ground Controller do not grant this authorization, and without it the tower cannot provide visual separation.