Airport

Airport

A station, usually consisting of buildings, airfields and runways, used to provide a place for aircraft to take off and land as well as to house commercial services for passengers and on-board staff.

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Threshold

Aviation; Air traffic control

The beginning of the portion of the runway usable for landing.

Target discrimination

Aviation; Air traffic control

The ability of a surveillance or guidance system to identify or engage any one target when multiple targets are present.

Station

Aviation; Air traffic control

One or more transmitters or receivers, or a combination of transmitters and receivers, including the accessory equipment, necessary at one location for carrying on a radiocommunication service.

Total estimated elapsed time

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) For IFR flights, the estimated time required from takeoff to arrive over the designated point, defined by reference to NAVAIDs, from which it is intended that an instrument approach procedure ...

Private advisory station (PAS)

Private facilities established at controlled aerodromes for use in connexion with company business such as the servicing of aircraft, availability of fuel, lodging, etc. The use of private advisory ...

Radar echo

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) The electromagnetic energy received after reflection from an object. (2) The deflection or change of intensity produced by a radar echo on a cathode ray tube display.

Peripheral station (PAL)

Aviation; Air traffic control

An unstaffed VHF/UHF transmitter/receiver facility used to facilitate direct contact between pilots and controllers. Sometimes these facilities are not equipped with emergency frequencies 121.5 MHz ...