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Aviation

Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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abort

Aviation; Air traffic control

To terminate a planned aircraft manoeuvre.

altimeter setting region

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) All low level airspace (LLA) within the Southern Domestic Airspace (SDA). (2) DND: A designated area within which aircraft shall use the altimeter setting of the nearest ...

average arrival interval (AAI)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The average number of minutes of longitudinal spacing required between arriving aircraft landing at an airport, based on the acceptance rate of the runway or runways.

aeronautical fixed telecommunications network (AFTN)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The integrated worldwide system of aeronautical fixed circuits provided, as part of the aeronautical fixed service, for the exchange of messages between the aeronautical fixed ...

asynchronous balanced mode (ABM)

Aviation; Air traffic control

ICAO: A balanced operational mode in which a data link connection has been established between two service access points. Either data link entity can send commands at any time and ...

altitude reservation

Aviation; Air traffic control

An airspace of defined dimensions within controlled airspace, reserved for the use of a civil or military agency during a specified period. An altitude reservation may be confined ...