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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Airport

A hand-held directional light signalling device that emits a brilliant, narrow beam of white, green or red light, as selected by the tower controller. The light gun is used as an alternate means of ...

Landing sequence

Aviation; Air traffic control

The order in which aircraft are positioned for landing.

Fuel venting

Aviation; Air traffic control

The unintentional release of fuel caused by overflow, puncture, loose cap, etc.

Last assigned altitude

Aviation; Air traffic control

The last altitude or flight level (FL) assigned by ATC and acknowledged by the pilot.

Emergency locator transmitter

Aviation; Air traffic control

A generic term describing equipment that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies and, depending on application, may either sense a crash and operate automatically or be manually ...

Information service

Aviation; Air traffic control

An ATS consisting of the following: (a) aircraft movement information service (AMIS); (b) alerting service; and (c) flight information service (FIS).

Landing

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) In respect of an aircraft, the act of coming into contact with a supporting surface and the immediately preceding and following acts. (2) In respect of an airship or free balloon, the act of ...