By now, you're familiar with Clearance Delivery and Ground in general with regard to non-Major facilities. Now, it's time to put those skills to use at a more complex airport. Delivery and Ground at Kennedy are tough. You have a LOT of DP's to learn and use and movement areas to control to make sure no one hits another A/C or goes nose to nose. However, beyond that you'll learn that Delivery and Ground play a vital role in traffic operations thousands of miles away.

BEFORE you carry out any training on this page, you must have:

1) Completed the training on the VATUSA S1 Training (DEL/GND) page.

Earning Ground Certification at Kennedy

1) Log into your Controller Panel and take the Kennedy Clearance Delivery SOP Class (#31) using the Training Classes link.
2) Read and study the Clearance Delivery section of the Kennedy Facility SOP
3) Log into your Controller Panel and take the Kennedy Ground SOP Class (#32) using the Training Classes link.
4) Read and study the Ground section of the Kennedy Facility SOP.
5) Log into your Controller Panel and go to the "Testing Center" and click on "JFK Practice Clearances" to be taken to a set of practice clearances. Follow the instructions to submit your practice clearances. It is 20 questions. You must receive an 80 percent or better to pass. The test is graded manually, so please allow for 48 hours for the results.
6) After passing the clearances the FIRST time you will be certified to work Kennedy Ground. If you do not pass, you will either be directed to meet with an Instructor or Mentor before receiving the certification or you will be reassigned the test after 7 days.

Next Step - Earning Promotion to Kennedy Level 3: Tower

Spend time online and work the position. The Training Staff will observe you and help you learn Delivery and Ground like you never have before. Once that is complete, we'll look for you to advance and mark you as under Observation and then Ready For Testing (RFT).

In order to start working the Tower position at Kennedy Airport, you must:

1) Pass the ZNY Level 2 (DEL/GND) Basic ATC Test over voice with a NY instructor
2) Pass the ZNY Level 2 (DEL/GND) ZNY SOP Test over voice with a NY instructor
3) Pass the Kennedy Delivery/Ground SOP Test over voice with a NY instructor

Once you have passed the required tests, you'll begin your training to work Kennedy Tower.