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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Pavement load rating (PLR)

Aviation; Air traffic control

Canada: A number expressing the bearing strength of a pavement for unrestricted aircraft operations. PLRs are expressed on a scale from 1 (weakest pavements) to 12 (strongest pavements). Aircraft ...

Taxiway (TWY)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A defined path on a land aerodrome established for the taxiing of aircraft and intended to provide a link between one part of the aerodrome and another, including (a) the aircraft stand taxilane; ...

Reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The application of 1000-ft vertical separation at and above FL 290 between RVSM certified aircraft operating in designated airspace.

No-transgression zone (NTZ)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A corridor of airspace of defined dimensions, located centrally between the two extended runway centrelines, where controller intervention is required to manoeuvre the non-blundering aircraft when ...

Operating irregularity

Aviation; Air traffic control

A situation that occurs when ATS are being provided and when a preliminary investigation indicates that safety may have been jeopardized, less than minimum separation may have existed, or both.