IS Definitions part 7 Flashcards
Special VFR flight
A VFR flight cleared by air traffic control to operate within a control zone in meteorological conditions below VMC.
Taxiing
Movement of an aircraft on the surface of an aerodrome under its own power, excluding takeoff and landing.
Taxiway
A defined path on land aerodrome established for the taxiing of aircraft and intended to provide a link between one part of the aerodrome
Aircraft stand taxilane
A portion of an apron designated as a taxiway and intended to provide access to aircraft stands only.
Apron taxiway
A portion of a taxiway system located on an apron and intended to provide a through taxi route across the apron.
Rapid exit taxiway
A taxiway connected to a runway at an acute angle designed to allow landing airplanes to turn off at higher speeds than are achieved on other exit taxiways thereby minimizing runway occupancy times.
Terminal Control Area
A terminal area normally established at the confluence of ATS routes in the vicinity of one or more major aerodromes.
Total estimated elapsed time
For IFR flights, the estimated time from takeoff required to arrive over that designated point, defined by reference to navigational aids, from which it is intended that an instrument approach procedure will commence.
For VFR flights, the estimated time from takeoff to arrive over the destination aerodrome.
Track
The projection on the earth’s surface of the path of an aircraft, the direction of which path at any point is usually expressed in degrees from north.
Traffic Avoidance Advice
Advice provided by an air traffic services unit specifying manouvrs to assist a pilot to avoid a collision.
Traffic information
Information issued by an air traffic services unit to alert a pilot to other known or observed air traffic which may be in proximity to the position or intended route of flight and to help the pilot avoid a collision.
Transition Altitude
The altitude at or below which the vertical position of an aircraft is controlled by reference to altitudes.
Unmanned free balloon
A non power driven, unmanned, lighter than air aircraft in free flight.
VFR
The symbol used to designate visual flight rules.
VFR flight
A flight conducted in accordance with the visual flight rules.
