Position Reports & Handoff
intermediateUK phraseologyMake a compulsory position report — position, level, next reporting point and estimate — then hand off cleanly to the next unit with a frequency readback and a fresh initial call. Learn the standard report order and why a new frequency always means a full-callsign initial call.
Briefing
You are VFR in Cessna 182 G-MIKE, receiving a service from Brize Radar and heading east. Brize asked you to report overhead Oxford. You are now overhead Oxford at altitude four thousand feet, next reporting point Westcott, estimating it at three five. Make your report, then expect a handoff to London Information on 124.600.
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- Exchange 1
You are overhead Oxford — the compulsory reporting point. Make your position report: position, level, next fix and estimate.
💡 A position report follows a fixed order: callsign, position, level, then next reporting point with your estimate. That order lets the controller update your track without asking follow-up questions.
- Exchange 2
ATC: “Golf Kilo Echo, contact London Information one two four decimal six.”
Read back the frequency change to London Information.
💡 Read back a frequency change in full, including the unit you are calling, so the controller knows you have the right frequency before you leave theirs.
- Exchange 3
You have changed frequency. Make your initial call to London Information with your callsign, level and the service you want.
💡 On a new frequency use your FULL callsign again — the new unit has not yet abbreviated it. "With you" is non-standard; state your level and the service you want.
- Exchange 4
ATC: “Golf Mike India Kilo Echo, London Information, Basic Service, London QNH one zero zero nine.”
Read back the service and the QNH.
💡 QNH is a mandatory readback item — read it back in full whenever a new unit passes it. Acknowledging the service confirms the level of service you now have.
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