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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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Meteorological information
Aviation; Air traffic control
Information supplied to operators and flight crew members that phenomena, meteorological reports, aerodrome forecasts, forecasts for takeoff, landing forecasts, SIGMET and air reports that are ...
Hazardous situation
Aviation; Air traffic control
In ATS usage, an occurrence in which flight safety was jeopardised or was not assured for a period of time.
General aviation (GA)
Aviation; Air traffic control
All civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire.
Localizer usable distance
Aviation; Air traffic control
The maximum distance from the localizer transmitter at a specified altitude, as verified by flight inspection, at which reliable course information is continously received.
Flight time
Aviation; Air traffic control
The time from the moment an aircraft first moves under its own power for takeoff until the moment it comes to rest at the end of the flight.
High level airspace (HLA)
Aviation; Air traffic control
All airspace within the Canadian Domestic Airspace (CDA) at or above 18 000 ft ASL.
Low level air route
Aviation; Air traffic control
Within low level uncontrolled airspace, a route extending upwards from the surface of the earth and for which ATC service is not provided.
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