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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seuil décalé

Aviation; Air traffic control

Un seuil ne pas situé à l'extrémité d'une piste.

avertissement d'altitude minimale de sécurité (MSAW)

Aviation; Air traffic control

Une fonction d'un certain Cat automatisée des systèmes qui est conçu pour les contrôleurs de l'alerte radar existant ou dans l'attente de pénétrations d'une altitude minimale de sécurité qui est ...

distance d'atterrissage utilisable (LDA)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The length of runway that is declared available and suitable for the ground run of an aircraft landing.

étape vent arrière

Aviation; Air traffic control

A flight path parallel to the landing runway (or landing path) in the direction opposite to landing. The downwind leg normally extends between the crosswind leg and the base leg.

(1) Canada : Que le cadre d'une procédure approche aux instruments (IAP) dès que l'avion (une) termine le dernier virage conventionnel ou la base tourne, où l'on est spécifié ; (b) traverse le repère ...

turbulence modérée

Aviation; Air traffic control

Turbulence that causes changes in altitude or attitude, but in which the aircraft remains in control at all times, and that usually causes variations in indicated airspeed (IAS) (this could be ...