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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Gate time

Aviation; Air traffic control

For the application of flow control procedures, the original estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the aircraft over the metering fix.

Mandatory frequency area

Aviation; Air traffic control

An area established at selected uncontrolled aerodromes within which aircraft are required to comply with mandatory-frequency reporting procedures.

An aircraft’s threshold-crossing estimate based on the addition of a control estimate for the metering fix and the predetermined time required to traverse a standard projected flight path from the ...

Free area

Aviation; Air traffic control

An area of defined dimensions within which the flight of an aircraft, under certain conditions, does not normally require aircraft movement information service (AMIS) action.

Expected approach time

Aviation; Air traffic control

The time at which ATC expects that an arriving aircraft, following a delay, will leave the holding point to complete its approach for landing.

Estimated time of arrival

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) The time at which it is estimated that the aircraft will land, provided that no delay is experienced. Calculation of the ETA in the case of an IFR flight to an aerodrome served by one or more ...