At Academy Tower, Local Control must forward to TRACON arrival times of all ___ aircraft.

• A. IFR
• B. VFR
• C. Military
• D. SVFR

Answer: (D)

Coordination between local control and TRACON is needed to integrate arrivals into the terminal radar environment and keep the arrival flow orderly. Special Visual Flight Rules flights operate under a restricted set of weather minima and require explicit ATC clearance and close coordination with approach control to fit into the instrument traffic stream. Because SVFR flights must be sequenced and separated just like instrument traffic, the local controller forwards their estimated arrival times to TRACON so the approach controller can slot them into the flow, issue appropriate vectors, and maintain safe separation from other arrivals. Standard VFR flights typically self-separate visually and don’t rely on TRACON timing, while IFR traffic is already managed by TRACON, making SVFR the category that explicitly needs this forward coordination.