Air Traffic Basics Lp 15

Front 1

Parallels of __________

Back 1

Latitude

Front 2

Meridians of __________

Back 2

Longitude

Front 3

_______ is only latitude that is a great circle

Back 3

Equator

Front 4

________is a circle formed on the surface of a spere by the intersection of a plane that passes through the center of the sphere.

Back 4

Great Circle

Front 5

Where is the equator located at?

Back 5

0 degrees latitude

Front 6

Where is the North pole located?

Where is the South pole located?

Back 6

North - 90 degrees north
South- 90 Degrees south

Front 7

Longitude measures what distance?

Back 7

East and West

Front 8

Where is the prime meridian?

Back 8

0 degrees

Front 9

180 E and 180 W longitude are the ______

Back 9

same meridian

Front 10

______ are places where meridians and parrells cross.

Back 10

Coordinates

Front 11

Latitude measures __?

Back 11

North and South

Front 12

Parallels and meridians are divided into ________,______,_______

Back 12

degrees , minutes, and seconds

Front 13

How are the coordinates ordered?

Back 13

Latitude then Longitude

Front 14

Longitude cannot be used as a scale to measure distance except at the _________

Back 14

Equator

Front 15

One degree of latitude is _______

Back 15

one NM

Front 16

Shortest distance between two points on a sphere is _______

Back 16

Great circle route

Front 17

________ is a lone which makes the same angle with each meridian of longitude

Back 17

Rhumb line

Front 18

1 NM equals how many feet?

Back 18

6076 (most round up to 6080)

Front 19

1 NM is how many SM

Back 19

1.15 SM

Front 20

1SM is how many NM

Back 20

0.87 NM

Front 21

_______ is 1nm per hour

Back 21

Knot

Front 22

Conversion formula for NM to SM

Back 22

NM x 1.15 = SM

Front 23

Conversion formula for SM to NM

Back 23

SM x 0.87 = NM

Front 24

What does UTC stand for

Back 24

Coordinated universal time

AKA Zulu

Front 25

Conversion time factors for East,Central, Mountain, Pacific. Also what happens when daylight savings is in effect?

Back 25

East + 5 , Central + 6 , Mountain +7, Pacific +8
MINUS 1 FOR DAYLIGHTSAVINGS

Front 26

Type of Speed that shows on the aircrafts airspeed indicator, and used for pilot/controller communications.

Back 26

Indicated airspeed (IAS)

Front 27

Type of speed that is relative to undisturbed air mass , used in flight planning and enroute portion of flight.

Back 27

True airspeed (TAS)

Front 28

Type of speed that is relative to the surface of the earth is true airspeed corrected for the effects of wind

Back 28

Ground speed (GS)

Front 29

Ratio of true airspeed to the speed of sound, expressed in decimal form

Back 29

Mach Number

Front 30

At higher altitudes an aircrafts indicated airspeed is significantly ____ than its airspeed.

Back 30

Lower

Front 31

Distance divided by ground speed =

Back 31

Time

Front 32

Distance divided by Time =

Back 32

Speed

Front 33

Speed multiplied by time =

Back 33

Distance

Front 34

Angular difference between true north and magnetic north is?

Back 34

Variation

Front 35

_______line connects points of ZERO variation

Back 35

Agonic

Front 36

_______ is navigation solely by the means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind, speed

Back 36

Dead Reckoning

Front 37

______ is the basic form of navigation for a beginning pilot (looking out the window)

Back 37

Pilotage

Front 38

___________is a method of determining and maintaining a desired course of determining a aircrafts position by use of radio navigation aids on the ground

Back 38

Radio navigation

Front 39

________ is a method of navigation which permits aircrafts operation on any desired flight path within the coverage of ground or space-based navigation aids

Back 39

Area Navigation RNAV

Front 40

Fixed RNAV published routes are __ and _ (letters)

Back 40

T and Q