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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Rollout RVR

Aviation; Air traffic control

The RVR readout values obtained from RVR equipment located nearest the rollout end of the runway.

RNAV SID

Aviation; Air traffic control

An IFR ATC departure procedure coded in an aircraft FMS database and published in graphic and textual form for use by aircraft that are appropriately equipped and authorized.

RNAV STAR

Aviation; Air traffic control

An IFR ATC arrival procedure coded in an aircraft FMS database and published in graphic and textual form for use by aircraft that are appropriately equipped and authorized.

A system that provides airspace surveillance and command and control capability for air defence identification over the northern approaches to the continent. It consists of 15 long-range radars (LRR) ...

North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The geodetic co-ordinate reference system used in Canada and the U.S. that allows the user to mathematically describe (in degrees of latitude and longitude) any position on the earth's surface. NAD83 ...

North Atlantic organised track system (NAT OTS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A variable track structure developed daily by appropriate Oceanic Area Control Centres (Gander (West) or Shanwick (East)) to create a series of minimum time tracks across the North Atlantic (NAT) ...