Beispielaufgaben zur ICAO-Sprachprüfung

Both pictures show aircraft on the ground that are being prepared for a flight. However, the situations are quite different. The first picture shows a large airliner at a busy airport in winter – it’s snowing and a de-icing truck is working on the wing. The second picture shows a small single-engine aircraft on a grass airfield on a sunny summer day.

In the first picture a professional ground crew takes care of the aircraft, whereas in the second one the pilot is doing the walk-around on his own. The weather is another big difference: in winter, icing is one of the main risks, while in summer you might have to think about thunderstorms or high temperatures. Personally, I prefer flying in summer, but winter operations are very interesting.

ATC: “Delta Echo X-ray Alpha Mike, turn left heading two seven zero, climb to altitude four thousand feet, squawk four seven two one.”

Readback: “Left heading two seven zero, climb altitude four thousand feet, squawk four seven two one, Delta Echo X-ray Alpha Mike.”

ATC: “Oscar Echo Delta Kilo Sierra, descend to flight level one two zero, reduce speed two two zero knots, contact Radar on one two seven decimal niner five zero.”

Readback: “Descend flight level one two zero, reduce speed two two zero knots, one two seven decimal niner five zero, Oscar Echo Delta Kilo Sierra.”

“Stuttgart Information Echo, time one four two zero. Expect ILS approach runway two five. Runway in use two five. Transition level seven zero. Wind two four zero degrees, one two knots, gusts two two knots. Visibility one zero kilometers. Light rain. Few clouds one thousand eight hundred feet, broken three thousand five hundred feet. Temperature one four, dew point one one. QNH one zero zero eight. Advise on initial contact you have information Echo.”

1. Because the weather was getting worse: the clouds were lower and darker, there were showers, and the visibility was dropping.

2. She contacted the flight information service. They told her about showers in the area and the decreasing visibility at her destination.