FD relays tower visibility to other tower positions, McAlester FSS, and which Academy facility?

• A. Academy Center
• B. Academy Approach
• C. Fort Worth Center
• D. Academy Tower

Answer: (B)

Interfacility coordination of visibility information is being tested—the idea that one facility shares what its tower can see with other towers, with flight service, and with the appropriate Academy operations to maintain safe, coordinated traffic flow.

For the USAF Academy area, the facility that serves as the relay point between the academy tower and other positions (including the Flight Service Station at McAlester) is the Academy Approach control. This is the unit responsible for coordinating arrivals and departures, passing essential situational data like tower visibility to other towers and to FSS, and ensuring smooth handoffs and information sharing among the en route and terminal facilities serving the area.

The Academy Tower primarily handles local tower operations and does not serve as the central relay to all other positions. Fort Worth Center is a general en route/ARTCC facility, not the specialized coordinator for the Academy’s local coordination with FSS. The option that isn’t a standard facility name for this role isn’t the correct one because it does not represent the coordinating control responsible for relaying visibility in this context.