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 information region (FIR)

Aviation; Air traffic control

An airspace of defined dimensions extending upwards from the surface of the earth within which flight information service (FIS) and alerting service are provided.

A strike-force aircraft simulating a hostile aircraft during an air defence exercise while in the strike-route portion of the mission, i.e. initial point or H-hour control line (IP/HHCL) to ground ...

Precision approach CAT II

Aviation; Air traffic control

Operation down to minima below 200 ft decision height (DH) and runway visual range (RVR) 2600 ft, to as low as 100 ft DH and RVR 1200 ft. Note: Rotorcraft visibility limits may be lower than those ...

Precision approach CAT III

Aviation; Air traffic control

Operation down to minima prescribed in the carrier's operating specifications in the operator's operations manual or in the Canada Air Pilot (CAP).

RNAV approach

Aviation; Air traffic control

An instrument approach procedure (IAP) that relies on aircraft area navigation equipment for navigational guidance.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The federal agency conducting independent investigations and public inquiries into transportation occurrences, including aviation occurrences, to advance transportation safety.

Special category I (SCAT I)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The implementation of local area differential global positioning system (GPS) to provide early satellite navigation precision approach CAT I capability. Standards in Radio Technical Commission for ...