# Tower Stetten Tower is responsible for all movements at the airport and within the CTR as well as all enroute and startup clearances. ### General ##### Enroute clearances All enroute clearances must be **coordinated with Stetten Radar**. The clearance will be given by Stetten Radar to be **relayed to the pilot** by Stetten Tower. Usually, pilots are first given their startup and taxi clearance and the enroute clearance is coordinated while the aircraft is on its way to the runway to be **given at the holding point shortly before departure**. If Stetten Radar is offline, the enroute clearance has to be coordinated with the appropriate civilian radar controller. Further information on clearances to be given can be found in the [ETHN Approach SOP](https://knowledgebase.vatsim-germany.org/books/sops-fir-langen/page/approach-h5C "ETHN Approach SOP"). ##### Civilian apron Civilian traffic may move without taxi clearance on the civilian apron in the North. These aircraft only need taxi clearance from the fence onward. ### IFR traffic All IFR traffic shall use the hard surface runway. The grass lanes and the helipad are only available for VFR helicopter traffic. ##### Departures A **departure release for all IFR departures** shall be obtained from Stetten Radar. Departures shall be handed off to Stetten Radar as soon as possible. ##### Arrivals For IFR arrivals on a PAR approach, a landing clearance shall be relayed to Stetten Radar. ### VFR traffic ##### Grass lanes The grass lanes are only available for VFR helicopter emergency landings. ##### Reporting points There are seven reporting points around the Niederstetten CTR, all of which except for two are mandatory reporting points.
**Reporting point** **Location** **Remark**
**November 1** wind turbines Northeast of Queckbronn--
**November 2** East of Ebertsbronn villagenon-compulsory reporting point
**Whiskey 1** wind turbine West of Rot village--
**Whiskey 2** power lines over B290non-compulsory reporting point
**Echo** Schön village--
**Hotel** Leuzendorf airfield--
**Sierra** forest between B290 and Schrozberg--