Charts Flashcards
SID
Standard Instrument Departures
- Typically RNAV 1
DP
Departure procedure
Typically RNAV 1
STAR
Standard Terminal Arrival
- Typically RNAV 1
NoPT
No Procedure Turn Required (Authorized)
CPT
Clearance Prior to Taxi
TDZE
Touchdown Zone Elevation
TCH
Threshold Crossing Height
Theoretical height above the runway threshold at which the aircraft’s glideslope antenna would be if the aircraft maintains the trajectory established by the ILS
RAIL
Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
RCLS
Runway Centerline Lights
HIRL
High Intensity Runway Lights
ALSF-1
Approach Lighting System with Sequence Flashing Lights, Category 1 Configuration
NDB
Non-Directional Radio Beacon
- <18,000’
- Non-precision
- Automatic Direciton Finder used to monitor NDB’s
DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
- May be collocated with other components
ILS
Instrument Landing System
- Exact alignment and descent of an aircraft on final approach to a runway
What is a compass locator?
NDB coupled with a marker beacon
-Locator Middle Marker (LMM) (Middle compass locator)
-Locator Outer Marker (LOM)(Outer Compass Locator)
LDA
Localizer-type directional aid
- localizer not aligned with the runway. may or may not have glidescope
Aircraft Approach Category
A grouping of aircraft based on 1.3 times the stall speed, in landing configuration, at max gross landing weight.
WAAS
Wide area augmentation system
FMS
Flight management system
RNP
Required navigation performance
RNAV 2
Used for en route operations
NAT HLA
North Atlantic High Level Airspace
FL285 to FL420
REIL
Runway end identifier lights
On or near the threshold
RCLM
Runway Centerline Marking
EMAS
Engineered Materials Arresting System
- Designed to crush under the weight of aircraft.
- Marked with yellow chevrons
ATIS
Automatic Terminal Information Service
- Broadcast is magnetic north
Radar
Radio Detection and Ranging
ADS-B
Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast
- Improves surveillance for air-to-air and air-to-ground in areas where radar is ineffective
WSP
Weather System Processor
- Windshear and microburst warnings
- Depicts 6 levels of precipitation gust fronts, and storm movement
What does primary radar rely on?
Reflection from an interrogator
What does a transponder rely on?
Signals from an interrogator
ATCRBS
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
How does the radarscope work?
Primary radar and ATCRBS
FICON
Field conditions and braking action
APV
Approach with Vertical Guidance
Parallel ILS Approaches (Dependent)
- Staggered
- Runways much be separated by at least 2,500’
Staggered Parallel ILS Approached (Independent)
Runway centerlines must be separated by 4,300’ - 9,000’
Simultaneous Close Parallel
- Requires PRM
- Runway centerlines 3,000’ - 4,300’
SOIA
Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach
- ILS/PRM on one runway, LDA/PRM with glidescope to adjacent runway
-Runways spaced 750’ - 3,000’
Visual Approach
- Must have either airport or the preceding aircraft in sight
- Reported weather must be VMC
(VMC ≠ VFR)
Contact Approach
Pilots clear of clouds and with 1 mile flight visibility may request ATC authorization for contact approach
EWINS
Enhanced Weather Information System
- FAA approved proprietary system for tracking, evaluating, reporting, and forecasting the presence or lack of adverse weather phenomena
- Authorized to produce flight movement forecasts
TWIP
Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
- Transmits terminal weather to cockpit via ACARS
Airport elevation
Highest point of an airport’s usable runways measured in MSL
DME Fix
Geographical position determined by reference to a navigational aid which provides distance and azimuth
Glideslope Intercept Altitude
- Minimum altitude to intercept the glideslope/path on a precision approach.
- Lightning bolt symbol
Final Approach Fix
- Fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed, beginning of the final approach segment.
- Maltese cross
Maximum Authorized Altitude (MAA)
- Maximum usable altitude or flight level for an airspace structure or route segment.
- Below FL450 due to VOR interference or military requirements
Minimum En Route IFR Altitude (MEA)
Lowest published altitude between radio fixes which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage and meets obstacle clearance requirements (1000’ or 2000’ in mountainous terrain)
Minimum Crossing Altitude (MCA)
Lowest altitude at certain fixes at which an aircraft must cross when proceeding in the direction of a higher minimum en route IFR altitude
Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude (MOCA)
- Lowest published altitude in effect between radio fixes which meets obstacle clearance requirements for the entire route segment and which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage only within 22 nm of a VOR
- Depicted with an * on government charts. With a ‘T’ on Jeppesen charts.
Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)
- Lowest altitude required to receive adequate signals from an off-route navaid to determine specific fixes
- If using DME, MRA does not apply
Missed Approach Point (MAP)
Point prescribed in each instrument approach procedure at which a missed approach procedure shall be executed if the required visual reference does not exist
Off Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude (OROCA)
Highest possible elevation including both terrain and other vertical obstructions. Does not provide for navaid signal coverage
Transition
General term that describes the change from one phase of flight or flight condition to another. Used to get off and off the en route structure
What are the types of NAVAID systems?
DME/DME DME/DME/IRU, and GPS
What is a requirement of the Q-Route structure?
RNP-2 or better. Described as RNAV 2
LNAV
Lateral Navigation
VNAV
Vertical Navigation
LP
Localizer performance
True or False:
GPS and WAAS allows us to use LPV and LP can be used to compute LANDING MINIMUMS
True
True or False:
LPV and LP can be used to compute alternate minimums
False, LNAV only for alternate minimums
Where can you find preferred routes?
FAA ATC comand center website, Jeppessen manual
What are the phases of an approach?
- Initial
- Intermediate
- Final
- Missed
LPV
Localizer performance with vertical guidance
