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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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Aviation; Air traffic control
An expression used by ATC when immediate compliance with an instruction is required to avoid an imminent situation.
Tighten your approach
Aviation; Air traffic control
An expression used by ATC to ask a pilot to shorten his or her aerodrome traffic circuit.
Runway gradient
Aviation; Air traffic control
The average slope, measured in percent, between two ends or points on a runway.
Personal locator beacon
Aviation; Air traffic control
NATO: Expression for: emergency locator transmitter (ELT)
Traffic circuit
Aviation; Air traffic control
The specified path to be flown by aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aerodrome.
Traffic pattern
Aviation; Air traffic control
The specified path to be flown by aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aerodrome.
