The Osan Terminal Control Area is an American run TCA that is composed of 2 joint South Korean-American air bases (RKSW and RKSO) and 1 Army Air Field (RKSG). Phraseology is all FAA phraseology per the US Order 7110.65. Please see the XA Division's Guide to FAA Phraseology to control this area. Please note that altimeter settings are given in inches (Altimeter 2992) and are given in the IVAC METAR and ATIS, so no conversion is necessary.
Covers entire TCA and airports when other positions offline
Osan Tower
RKSO_TWR
122.100
Tower controller at RKSO
Osan Ground
RKSO_GND
132.450
Ground controller at RKSO
Osan Clearance
RKSO_DEL
127.300
Clearance Delivery at RKSO
Desiderio Tower
RKSG_TWR
122.500
Tower controller at RKSG
Desiderio Ground
RKSG_GND
119.500
Ground controller at RKSG
Suwon Tower
RKSW_TWR
126.200
Tower controller at RKSW
Arrival Procedures
There are no STAR's available for the Osan TCA airports. Expect a handoff from Incheon Control from the south, Chongju Approach from the southeast, and Seoul Approach from the north. Provide radar vectors from there to join final.
Approach Procedures
RKSO Osan AB
Approach
Course
Frequency
IAF and Alt
FAF and Intercept Alt
ILS or LOC DME 9L
091
111.3
JADUB/4000
JERMY/1800
VOR DME 9L
088
116.9
OGBIE/5000
BANDT/1800
ILS or LOC DME 27R
271
111.3
AVRIG/4000
WONLI/1800
VOR DME 27R
279
116.9
OSCOR/4000
PLSNR/1800
RKSG Desiderio AAF
Approach
Course
Frequency
IAF and Alt
FAF and Intercept Alt
ILS or LOC DME 32
318
108.75
KRATT/3200
JOMBA/1800
RNAV GPS 32
319
NA
KRATT/3200
JOMBA/1900
VOR 32
318
108.2
CASUL or HALRO arc to SITME/3200
TERCO/1800
VOR D
080
108.2
PTK/3000
Full Procedure Circle to Land*
All approaches can be performed for a circle to land runway 14 if wind restricts use of runway 32.
Suwon AB
Approach
Course
Frequency
IAF and Alt
FAF and Intercept Alt
ILS 33L
332
108.5
12 DME SWN/3500
7 DME SWN/2000
There are not many charts available online for Suwon. Visual approaches shall be used as a primary approach for runway 33L using radar vectors. Traffic should be at 2000ft when established on final at approximately 7nm from the runway.
