Outbound:
1. Figure wind to get 2-3 minutes away from FAF inbound. Winds at CCR change direction and velocity at shoreline
2. Intercept outbound before making procedure turn.
3. Begin descent when needles start to move.
An empty leg is an empty plane, on the return flight or outbound of an already-booked trip. When an operator has booked the aircraft to fly only one way, they need to bring that aircraft back to its original location or home base.
A modest headwind on departure will help keep the airplane near the airport during the outbound leg, and will help hurry it back to the airport during the return trip.
I prefer this technique because it leaves you with fewer things to do on the outbound leg. After all, you're working hard on the outbound leg to complete your setup for the instrument approach.
It is normally your responsibility to confirm your flight, before your outbound and inbound journeys. Confirmation is best done directly with the airline 72 hours in advance of the flight time.
The call sign of the return flight often differs only by the final digit from the outbound flight. Generally, airline flight numbers are even if eastbound, and odd if westbound.
Locations having a need for these specific inbound and outbound routes normally publish such routes in local facility bulletins, and their use by pilots minimizes flight plan route amendments.
ENPLANED PASSENGERS - The passengers on aircraft outbound (departing) from an airport. The total annual number of passengers at an airport is the total of enplaned and deplaned passengers (see also).
A turn executed by the aircraft during the initial approach between the end of the outbound track and the beginning of the intermediate or final approach track. These tracks are not reciprocal. (ICAO)
Related Definitions from Aviation Glossary ...
Once crossing over the VOR, let's say your instructor told you to track outbound on the 180 degree radial.
When on course the WCA is exactly the number of degrees the bearing pointer points to the left or right of the nose.
Station passage occurs when the ADF needle swings to at or near the reciprocal bearing. Tracking outbound from the station is done ...
 See also: Flight, Airport, Aircraft, Runway, Direct
  
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