Air traffic control

Air traffic control

An in-airport service that facilitates the safe and orderly movement of aircrafts within and between airports, achieved by interpreting data from radar and weather devices, and by maintaining contact with pilots.

Industry: Aviation

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Wind direction indicator

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) An indicator that is in the form of a truncated cone made of fabric and that is not less than 12 ft long and, at the larger end, not less than 3 ft in diameter, so constructed as to give a clear ...

Visual approach slope indicator system (VASIS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

An approach slope indicator system consisting of four light units situated on the left side of the runway in the form of two wing bars referred to as the upwind and downwind wing bars. The aircraft ...

Visual approach slope indicator systems

Aviation; Air traffic control

Aerodrome facilities, including mechanical and electro-optical devices, providing vertical visual approach slope guidance to aircraft during the approach to landing. Lighting facilities provide this ...

Turbojet aircraft

Aviation; Air traffic control

An aircraft having a jet engine in which the energy of the jet operates a turbine, which, in turn, operates the air compressor.

Touchdown point

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) The point at which an aircraft first makes contact with the landing surface.

State aircraft

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) Canada: An aircraft owned by and used exclusively in the service of a government in Canada or a foreign state. (2) ICAO: An aircraft used for military, customs, police or other law enforcement ...