Which phraseology would normally be used to clear an aircraft to a destination as filed with a specified altitude?

Which phraseology would normally be used to clear an aircraft to a destination as filed with a specified altitude?

• A. Cleared To Dupage County Airport As Filed. Maintain One One Thousand
• B. Cleared To Dupage County Airport As Filed. Maintain One Thousand
• C. Cleared To Dupage County County Airport As Filed. Maintain One One Thousand
• D. Cleared To Dupage County Airport As Filed. Maintain One Thousand

Answer: (A)

WhenClearing an aircraft to a destination as filed with a specified altitude, the standard is to say the destination exactly as filed and then tell the pilot to maintain the altitude that was filed. This keeps the route unchanged and enforces the planned altitude until further instructions. In this example, the filed altitude is eleven thousand feet, so the proper phrasing conveys that altitude as “one one thousand.” Therefore, the complete clearance would read as if you’re saying: Cleared to DuPage County Airport as filed. Maintain one one thousand. The other phrasings don’t fit because they either drop or change the altitude (saying only one thousand instead of eleven thousand), or alter the airport name, which would not accurately reflect the filed clearance.

WhenClearing an aircraft to a destination as filed with a specified altitude, the standard is to say the destination exactly as filed and then tell the pilot to maintain the altitude that was filed. This keeps the route unchanged and enforces the planned altitude until further instructions.

In this example, the filed altitude is eleven thousand feet, so the proper phrasing conveys that altitude as “one one thousand.” Therefore, the complete clearance would read as if you’re saying: Cleared to DuPage County Airport as filed. Maintain one one thousand.

The other phrasings don’t fit because they either drop or change the altitude (saying only one thousand instead of eleven thousand), or alter the airport name, which would not accurately reflect the filed clearance.