Definitions

Question 1

Advisory Airspace

Answer 1

An Airspace of defined dimensions, or designated route, within which Air Traffic Advisory Service is available

Question 2

Advisory Route

Answer 2

A designated route along which Air Traffic Advisory Service is available

Question 3

Aerodrome

Answer 3

A defined area (including any buildings, installations and equipment) on land or water or on a fixed, off-shore or floating structure intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft

Question 4

Aerodrome Control Service

Answer 4

Air Traffic Control service for aerodrome traffic

Question 5

Aerodrome Control Tower

Answer 5

A unit established to provide air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic

Question 6

Aerodrome Traffic

Answer 6

All traffic on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome and all aircraft flying in the vicinity of an aerodrome. An aircraft operating in the vicinity of an earodrome includes, but is not limited to, aircraft entering or leaving an aerodrome traffic circuit

Question 7

Aerodrome Traffic Zone

Answer 7

Airspace of defined dimensions established around an aerodrome for the protection of aerodrome traffic

Question 8

Aircraft

Answer 8

Any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface

Question 9

Aircraft Identification

Answer 9

A group of letters, figures or a combination thereof which is either identical to, or the coded equivalent of, the aircraft call sign to be used in air-ground communications, and which is used to identify the aircraft in ground-ground air traffic services communications

Question 10

Air-Ground Communication

Answer 10

Two way communication between aircraft and stations or locations on the surface of the earth

Question 11

Air Navigation Service Provider

Answer 11

An organisation having applied for a certificate to provide such services

Question 12

Air Traffic

Answer 12

All aircraft in flight or operating on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome

Question 13

Air Traffic Advisory Service

Answer 13

A service provided within advisory airspace to ensure separation, in so far as practical, between aircraft which are operating on IFR flight plans

Question 14

Air Traffic Control Clearance

Answer 14

Authorisation for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an Air Traffic Control unit

Question 15

Air Traffic Control Instruction

Answer 15

Directives issued by air traffic control for the purpose of requiring a pilot to take a specific action

Question 16

Air Traffic Control Service

Answer 16

A service provided for the purpose of preventing collisions between aircraft, and on the manoeuvring area between aircraft and obstructions; and expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of traffic

Question 17

Radar Handover

Answer 17

Transfer of responsibility for the control of an aircraft between two controllers
using radar, following identification of the aircraft by both controllers

Question 18

Runway Visual Range (RVR)

Answer 18

The range over which the pilot of an aircraft on the centreline of a
runway can see the runway surface markings or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its
centreline