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ACCELERATE STOP DISTANCE AVAILABLE
(ASDA)
The length of the takeoff run available
plus the length of the stopway, if provided.
ADEQUATE VIS REF (Adequate Visual Reference)
Runway markings or runway lighting that
provides the pilot with adequate visual reference to
continuously identify the takeoff surface and maintain
directional control throughout the takeoff run.
AIRCRAFT APPROACH CATEGORY (USA
TERPS)
A grouping of aircraft based on a speed
of Vref, if specified, or if Vref is not specified, 1.3 VS0
at the maximum certificated landing weight.
AERONAUTICAL RADIO, INCORPORATED
(ARINC)
An international radio network providing
air-to-ground communications available on a
subscription (fee) basis.
AIRCRAFT APPROACH CATEGORY (ICAO)
The
following ICAO table indicates the specified range of
handling speeds (IAS in Knots) for each category of
aircraft to perform the maneuvers specified. These
speed ranges have been assumed for use in calculating
airspace and obstacle clearance for each procedure
CategoryA
Speed less than 91 knots.
Category B
Speed 91 knots or more but less
than 121 knots.
Category C
Speed 121 knots or more but less
than 141 knots.
Category D
Speed 141 knots or more but less
than 166 knots.
Category E
Speed 166 knots or more.
AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE
The area
of airspace over land or water, extending upward from
the surface, within which the ready identification, the
location, and the control of aircraft are required in the
interest of national security
AIRPORT ELEVATION/FIELD ELEVATION
The
highest point of an airports usable runways measured
in feet from mean sea level.
AIRPORT REFERENCE POINT (ARP
A point on
the airport designated as the official airport location.
AIRWAY (ICAO)
A control area or portion thereof
established in the form of a corridor equipped with
radio navigation aids.
AIRWAY (USA)
A Class “E” airspace area established
in the form of a corridor, the centerline of which
is defined by radio navigational aids.
ALTERNATE AERODROME (ICAO)
An aerodrome
to which an aircraft may proceed when it
becomes either impossible or inadvisable to proceed
to or to land at the aerodrome of intended landing.
ALTERNATE AIRPORT (USA)
An airport at which
an aircraft may land if a landing at the intended airport
becomes inadvisable.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CLEARANCE
An
authorization by air traffic control, for the purpose of
preventing collision between known aircraft, for an
aircraft to proceed under specified traffic conditions
within controlled airspace.
ALTIMETER SETTING
The barometric pressure
reading used to adjust a pressure altimeter for variations
in existing atmospheric pressure or to the
standard altimeter setting (29.92 inches of mercury,
1013.2 hectopascals or 1013.2 millibars).
ALTITUDE (ICAO)
The vertical distance of a level,
a point, or an object considered as a point, measured
from Mean Sea Level (MSL).
ALTITUDE (USA)
The height of a level, point or
object measured in feet Above Ground Level (AGL)
or from Mean Sea Level (MSL).
AGL Altitude
Altitude expressed in feet measured
above ground level (QFE).
MSL Altitude
Altitude expressed in feet measured
from mean sea level (QNH).
Indicated Altitude
The Altitude as shown by
an altimeter.
AREA NAVIGATION/RNAV
A method of navigation
that permits aircraft operations on any desired
course within the coverage of station referenced navigation
signals or within the limits of self contained
system capability.
BRAKING ACTION (GOOD, FAIR, POOR, NIL)
A
report of conditions on the airport movement area
providing a pilot with a degree/quality of braking that
might be expected. Braking action is reported in
terms of good, fair, poor, or nil.
ARRIVAL ROUTES (ICAO)
Routes on an instrument
approach procedure by which aircraft may proceed
from the enroute phase of flight to the initial
approach fix.
CARDINAL ALTITUDES OR FLIGHT LEVELS
“Odd” or “Even” thousand-foot altitudes
or flight levels; e.g., 5000, 6000, 7000, FL60, FL250,
FL260, FL270.
CEILING (ICAO)
The height above the ground or
water of the base of the lowest layer of cloud below
6000 meters (20,000 feet) covering more than half the
sky.
CEILING (USA)
The height above the earth’s surface
of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena
that is reported as “broken”, “overcast”, or
“obscuration”, and not classified as “thin”, or “partial”.
DECISION ALTITUDE/HEIGHT (DA/H) (ICAO)
A
specified altitude or height (A/H) in the precision
approach at which a missed approach must be initiated
if the required visual reference to continue the
approach has not been established.
Decision altitude (DA)
is referenced to mean sea
level (MSL) decision height
(DH)decision height
is referenced
to the threshold elevation.
DECISION HEIGHT (DH) (USA)
With respect to
the operation of aircraft, means the height at which a
decision must be made, during an ILS or PAR instrument
approach, to either continue the approach or to
execute a missed approach.
NOTE: Jeppesen approach charts use the abbreviation
DA(H). The decision altitude “DA” is referenced
to mean sea level (MSL) and the parenthetical decision
height (DH) is referenced to the TDZE or threshold
elevation. A DA(H) of 1440 ft (200 ft is a Decision
Altitude of 1440 ft and a Decision Height of 200 ft.
CONTROL AREA (ICAO)
A controlled airspace
extending upwards from a specified limit above the
earth.
CONTROLLED AIRSPACE
An airspace of
defined dimensions within which air traffic control
service is provided to IFR flights and to VFR flights
in accordance with the airspace classification.
NOTE: Controlled airspace is a generic term which
covers ATS airspace Classes “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, and
“E”.
CONTROL ZONE (ICAO)
A controlled airspace
extending upwards from the surface of the earth to
a specified upper limit.
COURSE
a. The intended direction of flight in the horizontal
plane measured in degrees from north.
b. The ILS localizer signal pattern usually specified
as front course or back course.
DIRECT ROUTE
A requested route published
on a Jeppesen Enroute or Area chart to assist
pilots who have previous knowledge of acceptance
of these routes by ATC.
DISPLACED THRESHOLD
A threshold that is
located at a point on the runway other than the
designated beginning of the runway.
FEEDER ROUTE
Routes depicted on instrument
approach procedure charts to designate routes for
aircraft to proceed from the enroute structure to the
initial approach fix (IAF).
FINAL APPROACH FIX OR POINT (FAP)
(ICAO)
That fix or point of an instrument approach
procedure where the final approach segment commences.
FINAL APPROACH COURSE
A published course, a straight line extension of a localizer, a final
approach radial/bearing, or a runway centerline all
without regard to distance.
FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (FIR, UIR)
An
airspace of defined dimensions within which Flight
Information Service and Alerting Service are provided.
FINAL APPROACH (ICAO)
That part of an instrument
approach procedure which commences at the
specified final approach fix or point, or where such a
fix or point is not specified,
a. at the end of the last procedure turn, base turn
or inbound turn of a racetrack procedure, if specified;
or
b. at the point of interception of the last track specified
in the approach procedure; and ends at a
point in the vicinity of an aerodrome from which:
1. a landing can be made; or
2. a missed approach procedure is initiated.
FINAL APPROACH FIX (FAF)
The fix from
which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed
and which identifies the beginning of the final
approach segment.
GLIDE PATH (ICAO)
A descent profile determined
for vertical guidance during a final approach.
GLIDE SLOPE (GS) (USA)
Provides vertical guidance
for aircraft during approach and landing
GLIDE SLOPE / GLIDE PATH INTERCEPT ALTITUDE
The minimum altitude to intercept the glide
slope/path on a precision approach.
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
A
space-based radio positioning, navigation, and
time-transfer system.
HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY / TURNOFF (HST)
A long
radius taxiway designed and provided with lighting or
marking to define the path of an aircraft, traveling at
high speed (up to 60 knots), from the runway center
to a point on the center of a taxiway.
HOLD / HOLDING PROCEDURE
A predetermined
maneuver which keeps aircraft within a
specified airspace while awaiting further clearance
from air traffic control.
GRID MINIMUM OFFROUTE ALTITUDE (Grid
MORA)
An altitude derived by Jeppesen or provided
by State Authorities. The Grid MORA altitude
provides terrain and man-made structure clearance
within the section outlined by latitude and longitude
lines. MORA does not provide for navaid signal coverage
or communication coverage.
ILS CATEGORIES (ICAO)ILS Category I
ILS Category I — An ILS approach procedure
which provides for an approach to a decision
height not lower than 200 feet (60m) and a visibility
not less than 2400 feet (800m) or a runway
visual range not less than 1800 feet (550m).
ILS Category II (Special authorization required)
An ILS approach procedure which provides
for an approach to a decision height lower than
200 feet (60m) but not lower than 100 feet (30m)
and a runway visual range not less than 1200
feet (350m).
ILS Category III (Special authorization required)IIIA
An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach with either a decision
height lower than 100 feet (30m) or with no
decision height and with a runway visual
range of not less than 700 feet (200m).
IIIB
An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach with either a decision
height lower than 50 feet (15m) or with no
decision height and with a runway visual
range of less than 700 feet (200m) but not
less than 150 feet (50m).
IIIC
An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach with no decision
height and no runway visual range limitations.
HEIGHT ABOVE AIRPORT (HAA)
The height of
the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) above the published
airport elevation. This is published in conjunction
with circling minimums.
HEIGHTABOVE TOUCHDOWN (HAT)
The height
of the Decision Height or Minimum Descent Altitude
above the highest runway elevation in the touchdown
ILS CATEGORIES (USA)ILS Category I
An ILS approach procedure
which provides for approach to a height above
touchdown of not less than 200 feet and with
runway visual range of not less than 1800 feet.
ILS Category II
An ILS approach procedure
which provides for approach to a height above
touchdown of not less than 100 feet and with
runway visual range of not less than 1200 feet.
ILS Category IIIA
IIIA — An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach without a decision
height minimum and with runway visual
range of not less than 700 feet.
IIIB
An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach without a decision
height minimum and with runway visual
range of not less than 150 feet.
IIIC
An ILS approach procedure which
provides for approach without a decision
height minimum and without runway visual
range minimum.
INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE PROCEDURE (DP)
(USA)
A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR)
air traffic control departure procedure printed for pilot
use in graphic and/or textual form. DPs provide transition
from the terminal to the appropriate enroute
structure.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ICAO)
Any airport
designated by the Contracting State in whose territory
it is situated as an airport of entry and departure for
international air traffic, where the formalities incident
to customs, immigration, public health, animal and
plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried
out.
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION
(ICAO)
A specialized agency of the United
Nations whose objective is to develop the principles
and techniques of international air navigation and to
foster planning and development of international civil
air transport.
LAND AND HOLD SHORT OPERATIONS
Operations
which include simultaneous takeoffs and
landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing
aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller
to hold short of the intersecting runway / taxiway
or designated hold short point. Pilots are expected
to promptly inform the controller if the hold short
clearance cannot be accepted.
MAGNETIC VARIATION
The orientation of a horizontal
magnetic compass with respect to true north.
Because there is a continuous small change of direction
of lines of magnetic force over the surface of the
earth, magnetic variation at most locations is not constant
over long periods of time.
MANDATORY ALTITUDE
An altitude depicted on
an instrument approach procedure chart requiring the
aircraft to maintain altitude at the depicted value.
MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED ALTITUDE (MAA)
A
published altitude representing the maximum usable
altitude or flight level for an airspace structure or route
segment.
MINIMUM OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE ALTITUDE
(MOCA)
The lowest published altitude in
effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off airway
routes, or route segments which meets obstacle
clearance requirements for the entire route segment
and in the USA assures acceptable navigational signal
coverage only within 22 nautical miles of a VOR.
MINIMUM OFF-ROUTE ALTITUDE (MORA)
This
is an altitude derived by Jeppesen. The MORA
provides known obstruction clearance 10 NM either
side of the route centerline including a 10 NM radius
beyond the radio fix reporting or mileage break defining
the route segment. For terrain and man-made
structure clearance refer to Grid MORA.
MINIMUM RECEPTION ALTITUDE (MRA)
The
lowest altitude at which an intersection can be determined.
MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE (MSA)
Altitude
depicted on an instrument approach chart and identified
as the minimum safe altitude which provides
1000 feet of obstacle clearance within a 25 NM radius
from the navigational facility upon which the MSA is
predicated. If the radius limit is other than 25 NM,
it is stated. This altitude is for EMERGENCY USE
ONLY and does not necessarily guarantee navaid
reception. When the MSA is divided into sectors, with
each sector a different altitude, the altitudes in these
sectors are referred to as “minimum sector altitudes”.
MINIMUM SECTOR ALTITUDE (MSA)
(ICAO)
The lowest altitude that may be
used under emergency conditions that provides
a minimum clearance of 300 meters (1000 feet)
above all obstacles within a sector of a circle of 46
kilometers (25 NM) centered on a navigational aid.
MINIMUM CROSSING ALTITUDE (MCA)
The
lowest altitude at certain fixes at which an aircraft
must cross when proceeding in the direction of a
higher minimum enroute IFR altitude (MEA).
MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE/HEIGHT (MDA/H)
(ICAO)
A specified altitude or height in a non-precision
approach or circling approach below which
descent may not be made without visual reference.
MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA)
(USA)
The lowest altitude, expressed in
feet above mean sea level, to which descent is
authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land
maneuvering in execution of a standard instrument
approach procedure where no electronic glide slope
is provided.
MINIMUM ENROUTE IFR ALTITUDE (MEA)
The
lowest published altitude between radio fixes that
meets obstacle clearance requirements between
those fixes and in many countries assures acceptable
navigational signal coverage. The MEA applies
to the entire width of the airway, segment, or route
between the radio fixes defining the airway, segment,
or route.
MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE (MVA)
The
lowest MSL altitude at which an IFR aircraft will be
vectored by a radar controller, except as otherwise
authorized for radar approaches, departures and
missed approaches.
MISSED APPROACH
A maneuver conducted by a pilot when an
instrument approach cannot be completed
to a landing.
MISSED APPROACH POINT (MAP) (ICAO)
That
point in an instrument approach procedure at or
before which the prescribed missed approach procedure
must be initiated in order to ensure that the
minimum obstacle clearance is not infringed.
MISSED APPROACH POINT (MAP) (USA)
A
point prescribed in each instrument approach procedure
at which a missed approach procedure shall
be executed if the required visual reference does not
exist.
NON-PRECISION APPROACH PROCEDURE
A
standard instrument approach procedure in which no
electronic glideslope is provided; e.g., VOR, TACAN,
NDB, LOC, ASR, LDA, or SDF approaches.
OBSTACLE CLEARANCE ALTITUDE (HEIGHT)
OCA(H) (ICAO)
The lowest altitude (OCA), or
alternatively the lowest height above the elevation
of the relevant runway threshold or above the
aerodrome elevation as applicable (OCH), used in
establishing compliance with the appropriate obstacle
clearance criteria.
PROCEDURE TURN (PT) (USA)
The maneuver
prescribed when it is necessary to reverse direction
to establish an aircraft on the intermediate approach
segment or final approach course.
PROCEDURE TURN INBOUND
That point of
a procedure turn maneuver where course reversal
has been completed and an aircraft is established
inbound on the intermediate approach segment or
final approach course.
RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS (USA)
Lights used
to outline the edges of runways during periods
of darkness or restricted visibility conditions.
RADAR WEATHER ECHO INTENSITY LEVELS
Level 1.
Level 2.
Level 3.
Level 4.
Level 5.
Level 6.
WEAK
MODERATE
STRONG
VERY STRONG
INTENSE
EXTREME
RADIO ALTIMETER / RADAR ALTIMETER
Aircraft
equipment which makes use of the reflection of
radio waves from the ground to determine the height
of the aircraft above the surface.
REDUCED VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMUMS
(RVSM)
A reduction in the vertical separation
between flight levels 290 – 410 from 2000 to 1000
feet.
REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE
(RNP)
A statement of navigation position accuracy
necessary for operation within a defined airspace.
RNP is performance-based and not dependent on a
specific piece of equipment.
SIDESTEP MANEUVER
A visual maneuver
accomplished by a pilot at the completion of an
instrument approach to permit a straight-in landing
on a parallel runway not more than 1200 feet to either
side of the runway to which the instrument approach
was conducted.
Initial Approach
The segment between the
initial approach fix and the intermediate fix or
the point where the aircraft is established on the
intermediate course or final course.
Intermediate Approach
The segment
between the intermediate fix or point and the
final approach fix.
Final Approach
The segment between the
final approach fix or point and the runway, airport
or missed approach point.
Missed Approach
The segment between the
missed approach point, or point of arrival at decision
height, and the missed approach fix at the
prescribed altitude.
SELECTIVE CALL SYSTEM (SELCAL)
A system
which permits the selective calling of individual aircraft
over radiotelephone channels linking a ground
station with the aircraft.
STANDARD INSTRUMENT ARRIVAL (STAR)
(ICAO)
A designated instrument flight rule (IFR)
arrival route linking a significant point, normally on
an ATS route, with a point from which a published
instrument approach procedure can be commenced.
STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE (SID)
(ICAO)
A designated instrument flight rule (IFR)
departure route linking the aerodrome or a specified
runway of the aerodrome with a specified point,
normally on a designated ATS route, at which the
enroute phase of a flight commences.
STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE (SID)
(USA)
A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR)
air traffic control departure procedure printed for pilot
use in graphic and/or textual form. SIDs provide transition
from the terminal to the appropriate enroute
structure.
STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL ROUTE (STAR)
(USA)
A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR) air
traffic control arrival procedure published for pilot use
in graphic and/or textual form. STARs provide transition
from the enroute structure to an outer fix or an
instrument approach fix/arrival waypoint in the terminal
area.
TAKE-OFFRUN AVAILABLE (TORA) (ICAO)
The
length of runway declared available and suitable for
the ground run of an airplane taking off.
TERMINAL CONTROL AREA (ICAO)
A control
area normally established at the confluence of ATS
routes in the vicinity of one or more major aerodromes.
STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL ROUTE (STAR)
(USA)
A preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR) air
traffic control arrival procedure published for pilot use
in graphic and/or textual form.
TAKE-OFF DISTANCE AVAILABLE (TODA)
(ICAO)
The length of the takeoff run available
plus the length of the clearway, if provided.
VISIBILITY (ICAO)
The ability, as determined by
atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance,
to see and identify prominent unlighted objects
by day and prominent lighted objects by night.
Flight Visibility
The visibility forward from the
cockpit of an aircraft in flight.
Ground Visibility
The visibility at an aerodrome
as reported by an accredited observer.
Runway Visual Range (RVR)
The range over
which the pilot of an aircraft on the centerline of
a runway can see the runway surface markings
or the lights delineating the runway or identifying
VISIBILITY (USA)
The ability, as determined by
atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance,
to see and identify prominent unlighted objects
by day and prominent lighted objects by night.
THRESHOLD
The beginning of that portion of the
runway usable for landing.
THRESHOLD CROSSING HEIGHT
The theoretical
height above the runway threshold at which the
aircraft’s glideslope antenna would be if the aircraft
maintains the trajectory established by the mean ILS
glideslope or MLS glidepath.
TOUCHDOWN ZONE ELEVATION (TDZE)
The
highest elevation in the first 3000 feet of the landing
surface.
TRANSITION ALTITUDE (QNH)
The altitude in
the vicinity of an airport at or below which the vertical
position of an aircraft is controlled by reference to
altitudes (MSL).
TRANSITION HEIGHT (QFE)
The height in the
vicinity of an airport at or below which the vertical
position of an aircraft is expressed in height above
the airport reference datum.
Runway Visual Range (RVR)
An instrumentally
derived value, based on standard
calibrations, that represents the horizontal distance
a pilot will see down the runway from
the approach end
VISUAL APPROACH (USA)
An approach conducted
on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan
which authorizes the pilot to proceed visually and
clear of clouds to the airport.
VISUAL DESCENT POINT (VDP)
A defined point
on the final approach course of a non-precision
straight-in approach procedure from which normal
descent from the MDA to the runway touchdown
point may be commenced, provided the approach
threshold of that runway, or approach lights, or other
markings identifiable with the approach end of that
runway are clearly visible to the pilot.
ACARS
Airborne Communications
Addressing and Reporting System
ARINC
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
ARTCC
Air Route Traffic Control Center
ASDA
Accelerate Stop Distance Available
ADIZ
Air Defense Identification Zone
DECMSND
Decommissioned
DISPL
THRESH
Displaced Threshold
CFIT
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
ETOPS
Extended Range Operation with
two-engine airplanes
HIALS
High Intensity Approach Light
System
HIRL
High Intensity Runway Edge Lights
HIWAS
Hazardous Inflight Weather
Advisory Service
FMC
Flight Management Computer
FMS
Flight Management System
INDEFLY
Indefinitely
MALS
Medium Intensity Approach Light
System
MALSF
Medium Intensity Approach Light
System with Sequenced Flashing
Lights
MALSR
Medium Intensity Approach Light
System with Runway Alignment
Indicator Lights
LAHSO
Land and Hold Short Operations
MIALS
Medium Intensity Approach Light
System
LLWAS
Low Level Wind Shear Alert
System
MIRL
Medium Intensity Runway Edge
Lights
MNPS
Minimum Navigation Performance
Specifications
PAPI
Precision Approach Path Indicator
PLASI
Pulsating Visual Approach Slope
Indicator
OCNL
Occasional
RAIL
Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
RAIM
Receiver Autonomous Integrity
Monitoring
REIL
Runway End Identifier Lights
RNP
Required Navigation Performance
SID
Standard Instrument Departure
RVR
Runway Visual Range
RVSM
Reduced Vertical Separation
Minimum
STAR
Standard Terminal Arrival Route
(USA)
SATCOM
Satellite voice air-ground calling
TCA
Terminal Control Area
TCAS
Traffic Alert and Collision
Avoidance System
TCH
Threshold Crossing Height
TDZE
Touchdown Zone Elevation
UTA
Upper Control Area
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
VASI
Visual Approach Slope Indicator
VDP
Visual Descent Point
VMC
Visual Meteorological Conditions
VNAV
Vertical Navigation
VOLMET
Meteorological Information for
Aircraft in Flight
TODA
Take-off Distance Available
TORA
Take-off Run Available
TRACON
Terminal Radar Approach Control
Z
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
U
Unspecified
UNCT’L
Uncontrolled