Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X)
Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) is a sophisticated, Airport surface detection technology.
Airports
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An airport is a facility at which aircraft take-off, land, and can be stored and maintained.
Airport reference temperature is defined as the monthly mean of average daily temperature (Ta) for the hottest month of the year plus one-third the difference of this temperature (Ta) and the monthly mean of the maximum daily temperature (Tm) for ...
airport/aircraft/flight identification
All airports have an airport identifier. The identifier is actually four letters or a combination of letters and numbers.
Airport Layout Plan (ALP) - A scaled drawing of existing and proposed land and facilities necessary for the operation and development of the airport.
Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Airport grant programs are funded from taxes and fees specifically collected for that purpose. As of January 2009, these included a 7.5 percent domestic ticket tax and a $3.
Airports
Air services arrangements
A set of arrangements that regulate the operation of international air services between two countries.
AIRPORT MASTER PLAN - An assembly of appropriate documents and drawings addressing the development of a specific airport from physical, economic, social, and political jurisdictional perspectives.
Airport Advisory Service (AAS): A service provided by flight service stations at airports not served by a control tower.
Local Airport Advisory
Local Airport Advisory, also known as a LAA, is a service provided by facilities that are located at the landing airport.
World Airport Locator
This map is a great preflight tool as this will give you an initial overview of runways and taxiways of your destination airport or any other object you wish to see.
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Glossary of Airport Acronyms
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Airport oversight involves the certification of airports and heli-ports and monitoring civil and electrical engineering matters in relation to infrastructure on and around airports such as, lighting, navigational aids, ...
Airport code - the three digit code which is unique to a specific airport. eg. LHR for Heathrow or LGW for Gatwick.
B
BAA - British Airports Authority.
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)
Airport surveillance radar (ASR) provides relatively short-range coverage within about 40 miles of an airport and assists "approach control" in handling terminal traffic.
AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) - A terminal facility that uses air/ground communications, visual signaling, and other devices to provide ATC services to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an airport or on the movement area.
AIRPORT ACCESS FEE: The fee paid to an airport by a car rental company for the privilege of operating its vans and buses within the airport facilities. This fee is usually passed on to the renter.
Airport. An aerodrome provided with Customs amenities and used as a station on a commercial airway.
Air Route. A definite route between two or more aerodromes, towns or countries.
airport facility directory - A reference for determining detail data not found on aeronautical charts for a specific airport.
Airport: An area of land or water that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
Airship: An engine-driven lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered.
A--Airport Approaches (Straight-in)
Chalk Giants, The Whipsnade Lion, The, 144
Dawn Final to DCA, 18, A, 57
Do Not Pass Go, 50
Fair Approach, A, 25
Far Away Places: Reykjavik, Iceland, 198
Forty Two Ax Handles, Plus, 132
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Airport Lounges
Booking Flights by Phone
Buying Currency
Buying Homes Abroad
Cheapflights Guide - How to use the site
Cheapflights Newsletter
Cheapflights-ology
Currency Converters - How far will your money go?
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Airports make good landmarks.
If you fly over an airport, it is hard to mistake it for something else.
Airport codes
Airline codes
Q&A: General - Princess Fly/Cruise, Gatwick to Barbados
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Airport Acceptance Rate
ABDIS
Automated Data Interchange System Service B ...
AIRPORT - More modern term for aerodrome, and applying more particularly to one used for civil transport operations.
AIRSCREW - Now little-used word for propeller; believed to have originated to provide distinction from ship's propeller.
Airport markings, radio procedures, and hood work can all come later.
The fewer instruments a primary trainer has, the better. And the lack of a stall warning horn is a blessing.
Airport at which an airline has major operations and connecting flights to smaller destinations.
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AIRPORT ACCEPTANCE RATE- A dynamic input parameter specifying the number of arriving aircraft which an airport or airspace can accept from the ARTCC per hour. The AAR is used to calculate the desired interval between successive arrival aircraft.
An airport facility staffed with contract personnel who take weather observations and provide current local weather to pilots via telephone or radio.
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Off-airport operation dictates that a STOL aircraft have a durable and forgiving landing gear system.
This airport was unique in that we called Unicom a few miles out to make sure they had fuel (if they were out, we wouldn't waste 10 minutes of fuel landing and taking off again). The reply came that they had fuel, so we planned on landing.
Nedrow Airport, near his home in Syracuse, had a countrified 2000-foot runway, two C-172s 'and three engines. I paid for my flying lessons by overhauling those engines.' ...
National Airport - Inordinately congested airport in Washington, D.C. whose Potomac River approach was used by Korean War pilots practicing to bomb the bridges at Toko-Ri.
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Make another two or three stalls to get a good average reading and feel comfortable.
UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT (see NONTOWERED AIRPORT)
UNICOM A common, multi-purpose radio frequency used at most nontowered airports as the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.
Restricted To Airport Check-In: Aircraft seat assignments and boarding passes, which can only be secured at time of airport check-in.
Keyword
Examples: airport, biplane, Wright Brothers or astronaut.
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which displays the relative bearing to an NDB (see below) -- it essentially "points at the NDB" AI Attitude Indicator (also known as AH - Artificial Horizon) - an instrument which provides the pilot with pitch and roll information ASR Airport ...
Aerodrome - British word for airport. Exactly what you'd expect from a country that gives its airplanes names like Gypsy Moth, Slingsby Dart, and Fairey Battle Bomber.
More often used when describing a military airport.
ACARS: Aircraft Communication Adressing and Reporting System
ADELT: Automatically Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitter. See ELT.
ADF: Automatic Direction Finder.
A runway incursion is any occurrence at an airport involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of separation with an aircraft taking off, landing, or intending to land.
In 1977, British Airways and Singapore Airlines shared a Concorde for flights between Bahrain and Singapore International Airport.
Cone of Confusion - An area about the size of New Jersey located near the final approach beacon at an airport.
Crab - The squadron Ops. Officer.
Dead Reckoning - You reckon correctly, or you are.
Apron - Area of an airport used for loading/unloading, servicing, refueling, and parking of aircraft
AAS - Airport Advisory Service
AASR - Airport and Airways Surveillance Radar
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Class C (formerly ARSA Airport Radar Service Area)
Generally, that airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in mean sea level (MSL)) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower, ...
My college is next to Bournemouth International Airport. It's summer. One just has to poke one's head out of the door to get an authentic al fresco kerosene vapour experience.
TRAFFIC PATTERN A standard rectangular flight pattern around the landing runway at an airport. Includes 45-degree or crosswind entry to the rectangle, with downwind, base and final legs as sides of the rectangle.
Instrument Approach A procedure for safely descending to an airport from instrument conditions. An airport may have one or more instrument approach procedures published, or none at all.
A detailed IFR procedure intended to allow a pilot to land at an airport that is clouded over. When pilots say things like, "it's an easy approach" or "I had to take the approach" they generally are talking about an instrument approach.
Wilshire, England (Old Sarum Airport) - serial # unk (G-JTWO - formerly NC19554)
The first Piper J-2 is in the Smithsonian Museum (NC20137) - serial #1937 according to one source
Sonoma, CA - serial #927 (NC17261) ...
Freezing Rain at Chicago O'Hare International Airport cancelled more than 400 flights by 20:30 today. Midway Airport carried on with normal operations and was not affected.
Fixed Base Operation (FBO) or Flight Service Operation (FSO) - -the place that general aviation aircraft use to park, refuel, load and unload passengers. This is located on the airport but not at the main airline terminal.
Total number of incoming international passengers per airline at Sea-Tac International Airport. Identifies percentage (market share) of incoming international passengers at Sea-Tac. Includes same month of previous year.
TCA: Terminal Control Area - that area surrounding a big airport, which aircraft must not enter without permission. Has recently been renamed 'Class B Airspace' in accordance with international regulations.
The flightpath of the aircraft around the airport
Clock code
A way of describing where something is in relation to the aircraft ...
With respect to the operation of aircraft, means a straight-in ILS approach to the runway of an airport under a Category II ILS instrument approach procedure issued by the administrator or other appropriate authority.
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TAXI - Aircraft path or movement from the gate to the runway for takeoff, or from the runway to the bay area of the airport, where aircraft are packed.
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