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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A runway served by visual aids and non-visual NAVAIDs that provide lateral and vertical guidance to the operating minima as specified in precision runway CAT I, precision runway CAT II and precision ...

répétez

Aviation; Air traffic control

An expression used to request a repetition of the last transmission.

piste en service

Aviation; Air traffic control

Any runway currently being used for takeoff or landing. When multiple runways are used, they are all considered runways in use.

reprenez navigation normale

Aviation; Air traffic control

Une expression utilisée par l'ATC pour conseiller un pilote pour reprendre sa propre responsabilité de navigation. Il est délivré à l'issue d'un vecteur ou lorsqu'un contact radar est perdu alors que ...

piste préférée

Aviation; Air traffic control

At an uncontrolled aerodrome, the most suitable operational runway, taking into consideration wind direction and speed, noise abatement restrictions, runway conditions, ground traffic, and any other ...

roger

Aviation; Air traffic control

An expression used in radiocommunication meaning "I have received all of your last transmission."

pistes parallèles

Aviation; Air traffic control

Two or more runways at the same airport whose centrelines are parallel. In addition to having a runway number, parallel runways are designated as "L" (left) and "R" (right) or, if three parallel ...