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NUMERALS
Radiotelephonypronunciationofnumbersshall be in thephonetic formas follows:
TRANSMISSIONOFNUMBERS
All numbers used in the transmission of altitude, cloudheight, visibility and
runway visual range (RVR) information, which containwholehundreds and
whole thousands,must be transmittedby pronouncing each digit in the
numbers of hundreds or thousands followedby thewordHUNDREDor
THOUSAND as appropriate, e.g.:
ALTITUDES
• 800 ‘EIGHTHUNDRED’
• 1500 ‘ONE THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED’
• 6715 ‘SIXSEVENONE FIVE’
• 10000 ‘ONE ZERO THOUSAND’
CLOUDHEIGHT
• 2200 ‘TWO THOUSAND TWOHUNDRED’
• 4300 ‘FOUR THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED’
VISIBILITY
• 200 ‘TWOHUNDRED’
• 1500 ‘ONE THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED’
• 3000 ‘THREE THOUSAND’
RUNWAYVISUALRANGE
• 700 ‘SEVENHUNDRED’
All other numbersmust be transmittedbypronouncingeachdigit separately, eg:
FLIGHTLEVELS
• FL 180 ‘FLIGHT LEVELONEEIGHT ZERO’
• FL 200 ‘FLIGHT LEVEL TWO ZERO ZERO’
words and phrases
1 — RAD I O T E L EPHONY PROCEDURES