Topic 3 - ICAO Annexes Flashcards
Scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and cargo flights
Commercial Air Transport
Aircraft is used for specialized services such as agriculture, photography, surveying, search and rescue, etc.
Aerial Work
All other civil flights, private or commercial
General Aviation
What is the meaning of SARP
Standards and Recommended Practices
Provide guidance to states on the content and structure of training programs, ensuring safe air navigation in accordance with the Convention’s objectives.
Training Manual
ICAO Annex 1 establishes _____ for the licensing of various aviation personnel, including flight crew members, air traffic controllers, maintenance technicians, and flight dispatchers.
Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP)
Aims to enhance aviation safety by educating states about human capabilities and limitations. It provides essential information and materials for designing effective training programs.
Human Factors Programme
Through this initiative, ICAO seeks to raise awareness among states about the significance of human factors in civil aviation operations, ultimately contributing to improved safety standards.
Human Factors Programme
The act of authorizing defined activities which should otherwise be prohibited due to the potentially serious results of such activities being performed improperly.
Licensing
Responsible for compliance with the rules of the air.
Pilot-in-command of an aircraft
Meaning the pilot primarily controls and navigates the aircraft using outside visual references.
VFR (Visual Flight Rules)
The aircraft is flown using only the instruments with no visual references to the outside world.
IFR (Instrument Flight Rules)
Flight in accordance with visual flight rules is permitted if a flight crew is able to remain clear of clouds by a distance of at least _____ horizontally and at least _____ vertically and to maintain a forward visibility of at least _____
1500m, 300m, 8km
An aircraft cannot be flown under VFR _____ or _____ except by special permission.
at night, above 6100 m
Balloons are classified as aircraft, but ____ can be flown only under specified conditions detailed in the Annex.
Unmanned Free Balloons
_____ must be complied with in weather conditions other than those mentioned for vfr
Instrument Flight Rules
MOST AIRLINERS FLY UNDER _____ AT ALL TIMES
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
The aircraft that has the right-of-way shall maintain its _____.
heading and speed
An aircraft which is being _____ has the right of way and the overtaking aircraft must remain clear by altering heading to the right.
overtaken
When two aircraft are approaching each other head on they must both alter heading to _____.
the right
When two aircraft are converging at approximately the same level, the _____ has the right of way
aircraft on the right
When two or more aircraft are approaching an airport for landing, the _____ has the right-of-way
aircraft at the lower altitude
By day and by night, a series of projectiles discharged from the ground at intervals of _____, each showing on bursting, red and green lights or stars will indicate to an unauthorized aircraft that it is flying in or about to enter a restricted, prohibited or danger area, and that the aircraft is to take such remedial action as may be necessary.
10 seconds
By day and by night, a series of projectiles discharged from the ground at intervals of 10 seconds, each showing on bursting, _____ will indicate to an unauthorized aircraft that it is flying in or about to enter a restricted, prohibited or danger area, and that the aircraft is to take such remedial action as may be necessary.
red and green lights or stars
By day and by night, a series of projectiles discharged from the ground at intervals of 10 seconds, each showing on bursting, red and green lights or stars will indicate to an _____ that it is flying in or about to enter a restricted, prohibited or danger area, and that the aircraft is to take such remedial action as may be necessary.
unauthorized aircraft
Acknowledgement by an aircraft during hours of daylight:
by rocking of aircraft’s wings
Acknowledgement by an aircraft during hours of darkness:
by flashing on and off twice the aircraft’s landing lights or by switching on and off twice its navigation lights
The objective of the meteorological service outlined in Annex 3 is to contribute to the _____, _____, and _____ of air navigation.
safety, efficiency, and regularity
Essential between those supplying meteorological information and those using it
Close liaison
At international aerodromes the meteorological information is normally supplied to aeronautical users by a _____
meteorological office
Telecommunications between the meteorological office and control towers or approach control offices should be such that the required points may normally be contacted within _____
15 seconds
Aerodrome reports are issued either _____ or _____
half-hourly or hourly
_____ are issued either half-hourly or hourly
Aerodrome reports
Aerodrome forecasts are issued every _____
3 or 6 hours
Aerodrome forecasts have a validity of _____
9 - 24 hours
Are prepared for some international aerodromes to meet requirements of landing aircraft.
Landing Forecast
Landing forecasts have a validity of _____
2 hours
The purpose of this system is to provide States and aviation users with standardized and high-quality forecasts on upper-air temperature, humidity and winds and on significant weather.
World Area Forecast System (WAFS)
What is the meaning of ISCS
INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
What is the meaning of SADIS
SATELLITE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Meaning of IAVW
International Airways Volcano Watch
Portrays the air traffic service system, radio navigation aids and other aeronautical information essential to en-route navigation under instrument flight rules
En-route Chart - ICAO
Provides a means of maintaining a continuous flight record of aircraft position and is sometimes produced to complement the more complex enroute charts.
Plotting Chart - ICAO
Provides pilots with information to facilitate the transition from en-route phase to final approach phase, as well as from take-off to en-route phases of the flight.
Area Chart - ICAO
Designed to provide the information to enable flight crews to monitor and cross-check altitudes assigned while under radar control.
Radar Minimum Altitude Chart - ICAO
provides the pilot with a graphic presentation of instrument approach procedures, and missed approach procedures to be followed should the crew be unable to carry out a landing.
Instrument Approach Chart - ICAO
illustrates the basic aerodrome layout and surrounding features easily recognizable from the air.
Visual Approach Chart - ICAO
provides an illustration of the aerodrome or heliport which allows the pilot to recognize significant features, rapidly clear the runway or heliport touchdown area after landing and follow taxiing instructions.
Aerodrome/Helicopter Chart - ICAO
intended to assist aircraft operators in making the complex take-off mass, distance and performance calculations required, including those covering emergency situations such as engine failure during takeoff.
Aerodrome Obstacle Chart - ICAO Types A, B, and C
provides basic requirements aimed at standardizing electronic aeronautical chart displays while not unduly limiting the development of this new cartographic technology
Electronic Aeronautical Chart Display - ICAO
International System of Units
SI units
SI unit is from the
“Système International d’Unités“
Meaning of CPGM
Conférence générale des poids et mesures
Part I of Annex 6
International Commercial Air Transport - Aeroplanes
Part II of Annex 6
International General Aviation - Aeroplanes
Part III of Annex 6
International Operations - Helicopters
manual on the regulation of international air transport
Doc 9626
part 4 of doc 9626
Freedoms of the Air
It sets standards for the use of letters, numbers and other graphic symbols to be used in the nationality and registration marks, and spells out where these characters will be located on different types of airborne vehicles, such as lighter-than-air aircraft and heavier-than-air aircraft.
ICAO Annex 7
Meaning of PANS
Procedures for Air Navigation Services
ATN
Aeronautical Telecommunication Network
AMSS
Aeronautical Mobile -Satellite Service
SSR
Secondary Surveillance Radar
AFTN
aeronautical fixed telecommunication network
SELCAL
selective calling system
ELT
emergency locator transmitter
ACAS
airborne collision avoidance systems
the aircraft fly from one radio aid to the next or by reference to self-contained airborne navigation equipment from which the pilot can determine the aircraft’s position at all times.
IFR (Instrument Flight Rules)
must remain clear of cloud and operate in visibility conditions which will permit the pilot to see and avoid other aircraft
VFR (Visual Flight Rules)
ATS
air traffic services
the overriding concern of international civil aviation and air traffic management contributes substantially to safety in aviation.
Safety
provided to aircraft operating in controlled airspace and to others known to the air traffic services unit.
Flight Information Service
Meaning of SIGMET
significant meteorological (SIGMET) information
Meaning of AIRMET
Airmen’s meteorological (airmet) information
automatically provided to all aircraft receiving air traffic control service and, as far as is practicable, to all other aircraft whose pilots have filed a flight plan or are otherwise known to air traffic services
Alerting Service
A situation wherein uncertainty exists as to the safety of an aircraft and its occupants
Uncertainty Phase (INCERFA)
A situation wherein apprehension exists as to the safety of an aircraft and its occupants
Alert Phase (ALERFA)
A situation wherein there is a reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger and require immediate assistance.
Distress Phase (DETRESFA)
an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft: in which a person is fatally or seriously injured
Accident
an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation.
Incident
used by atc and airline operations for flight planning. It also have the list of airport codes
ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators
ensure the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of international air navigation.
Aeronautical Information Services
Meaning of AIP
Aeronautical information publication
Meaning of NOTAM
notice to airmen
Meaning of PIB
pre-flight information bulletin
Meaning of AIRAC
Aeronautical information regulation and control
Annex 16 Volumes
Volume I - Aircraft Noise
Volime II - Aircraft Engine Emission
Volume III - Aircraft CO2 Emission
Volume IV - CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation)
Meaning of CORSIA
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
Dangerous Cargoes
explosive, corrosive, flammable, toxic and even radioactive
Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods By Air
Doc 9284
It is an integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety.
State Safety Programme (SSP)
It is a systematic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures.
Safety Management System (SMS)
