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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Final approach mode

Aviation; Air traffic control

The operational condition of certain aircraft navigation guidance equipment that supports flight operations in the final approach and runway regions.

Manoeuvring area

Aviation; Air traffic control

The part of an aerodrome, other than an apron, that is intended to be used for the takeoff and landing of aircraft and for the movement of aircraft associated with takeoff and landing.

Dead reckoning navigation

Aviation; Air traffic control

The estimating or determining of position by advancing an earlier known position by the application of direction, time and speed data.

Fix tolerance area

Aviation; Air traffic control

An area determined by considering the position indication errors applicable to a particular type of fix.

Long range air navigation (LORAN)

An electronic navigational system by which hyperbolic lines of position are determined by measuring the difference in the time of reception of synchronised pulse signals from two fixed transmitters. ...