Operating Around Airports Key Terms and Definitions

Question 1

Above Ground Level (AGL)

Answer 1

above ground level.

Question 2

Aeronautical Advisory Communications Stations (UNICOM)

Answer 2

Completely automated weather, radio check capability and airport advisory information and will be published in the Airport/Facility Directory and approach charts

Question 3

Air Traffic Control (ATC)

Answer 3

The continuous broadcast of recorded non-control information in selected terminal areas.

Question 4

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)

Answer 4

The continuous broadcast of recorded non-control information in selected terminal areas.

Question 5

Base Leg

Answer 5

A short descending flight path at right angles to the approach end extended centerline of the landing runway.

Question 6

Chart Supplement U.S.

Answer 6

(formerly Airport/Facility Directory) provides the most comprehensive information on a given airport.

Question 7

Crosswind Leg

Answer 7

A short climbing flight path at right angles to the departure end of the runway.

Question 8

Downwind Leg

Answer 8

A long level flight path parallel to but in the opposite direction of the landing runway.

Question 9

Final Approach

Answer 9

A descending flight path in the direction of landing along the extended runway centerline from the base leg to the runway.

Question 10

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Answer 10

The United Nations agency for developing the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fostering planning and development of international civil air transport.

Question 11

Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC)

Answer 11

is a collaboration between FAA and Industry. It directly supports UAS integration into the airspace.

Question 12

Magnetic Variation

Answer 12

The angle between true north (TN) and magnetic north (MN).

Question 13

MULTICOM

Answer 13

A mobile service not open to public correspondence used to provide communications essential to conduct the activities being performed by or directed from private aircraft.

Question 14

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Answer 14

responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research.

Question 15

Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC)

Answer 15

A person who holds a remote pilot certificate with an sUAS rating and has the final authority and responsibility for the operation and safety of an sUAS operation conducted under part 107.

Question 16

Risk Management

Answer 16

The goal of risk management is to proactively identify safety-related hazards and mitigate the associated risks.

Question 17

Runway

Answer 17

A defined rectangular area on a land airport prepared for the landing and takeoff run of aircraft along its length.

Question 18

Runway Exclusion Zone

Answer 18

A rectangular area—

centered on the centerline of an active runway of an airport immediately around which the airspace is designated as class B, class C, or class D airspace at the surface under part 71 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and
the length of which extends parallel to the runway’s centerline to points that are 1 statute mile from each end of the runway and the width of which is ½ statute mile.

Question 19

Sectional Chart

Answer 19

Aeronautical chart. A map used in air navigation containing all or part of the following: topographic features, hazards and obstructions, navigation aids, navigation routes, designated airspace, and airports.

Question 20

True North (TN)

Answer 20

The direction along Earth’s surface towards the geographic North Pole.

Question 21

Upwind Leg

Answer 21

A flight path parallel to and in the direction of the landing runway. It is offset from the runway and opposite the downwind leg.