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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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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 ...
Rendezvous
Aviation; Air traffic control
A prearranged meeting at a given time and location from which to begin an action or phase of an operation or to which to return after an operation.
