Air Traffic ANS✔✔ AT, Aircraft operating in the air or on an airport surface,
exclusive of loading ramps and parking areas.
Air Traffic Clearance ANS✔✔ 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. The
pilot-in-command of an aircraft may not deviate from the provisions of a
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) air traffic clearance
except in an emergency or unless an amended clearance has been
obtained.
Air Traffic Control ANS✔✔ ATC, A service operated by appropriate authority
to promote the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic.
Air Traffic Control Specialist ANS✔✔ ATCS, A person authorized to provide
air traffic control service.
Airway ANS✔✔ A Class E airspace area established in the form of a corridor,
the centerline of which is defined by radio navigational aids.
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Alert Area ANS✔✔ A type of Special Use Airspace which may contain high
volume of pilot training activities or an unusual type of aerial activity,
neither of which is hazardous to aircraft. Alert Areas are depicted on
aeronautical charts for the information of nonparticipating pilots. All
activities within an Alert Area are conducted in accordance with Federal
Aviation Regulations, and pilots of participating aircraft as well as pilots
transiting the area are equally responsible for collision avoidance.
Altimeter Setting ANS✔✔ The barometric pressure reading used to adjust a
pressure altimeter for variations in existing atmospheric pressure or to the
standard altimeter setting (29.92).
Altitude ANS✔✔ The height of a level, point or object measured in feet
Above Ground Level (AGL) or from Mean Sea Level (MSL).
Controlled Firing Area ANS✔✔ CFA, A type of Special Use Airspace wherein
activities are conducted under conditions so controlled as to eliminate
hazards to nonparticipating aircraft and to ensure the safety of persons and
property on the ground.
Coordinated Universal Time ANS✔✔ UTC, Time is given in Coordinated
Universal Time, the local standard time at the Prime Meridian at Greenwich,
England. Local Standard Time is based on each 15° of longitude.
Distance Measuring Equipment ANS✔✔ DME, Equipment (airborne and
ground) used to measure, in nautical miles, the slant range distance of an
aircraft from the DME navigational aid.
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Fix ANS✔✔ A geographical position determined by visual reference to the
surface, by reference to one or more radio NAVAIDs, by celestial plotting, or
by another navigational device.
Flight Level ANS✔✔ FL, A level of constant atmospheric pressure related to
a reference datum of 29.92 inches of mercury. Each is stated in three digits
that represent hundreds of feet. For example, flight level (FL) 250
represents a barometric altimeter indication of 25,000 feet.
Flight Plan ANS✔✔ Specified information relating to the intended flight of an
aircraft that is filed orally or in writing with an FSS or an ATC facility.
Flow Control ANS✔✔ Measures designed to adjust the flow of traffic into a
given airspace, along a given route, or bound for a given aerodrome
(airport) so as to ensure the most effective utilization of the airspace.
General Aviation ANS✔✔ GA, That portion of civil aviation which
encompasses all facets of aviation except air carriers holding a certificate of
public convenience and necessity from the Civil Aeronautics Board and large
aircraft commercial operators.
Global Positioning System ANS✔✔ GPS, A space-based radio positioning,
navigation, and time-transfer system. The system provides highly accurate
position and velocity information, and precise time, on a continuous global
basis, to an unlimited number of properly equipped users. The system is
unaffected by weather, and provides a worldwide common grid reference
system
Handoff ANS✔✔ An action taken to transfer the radar identification of an
aircraft from one controller to another if the aircraft will enter the receiving
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