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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Flight services

Aviation; Air traffic control

Canada: Flight assistance and information provided by FSSs and flight information centres (FIC) for aviation safety. Flight services include pilot briefings, flight plan (FP) acceptance and ...

Low level autorotation

Aviation; Air traffic control

An autorotation manoeuvre that commences at an altitude well below the aerodrome traffic circuit and that is used primarily for tactical military training.

Distance of turn anticipation (DTA)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The distance measured parallel to the course from the earliest position of the intermediate approach waypoint (IWP) at which the turn will be commenced.

Hire or reward

Aviation; Air traffic control

Any payment, consideration, gratuity or benefit directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received or collected by any person for the use of an aircraft.

Displaced threshold

Aviation; Air traffic control

A threshold not located at the end of a runway.

Minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW)

A function of certain ATC automated systems that is designed to alert radar controllers to existing or pending penetrations of a minimum safe altitude that is recognised by programme parameters and ...