Air traffic control

Air traffic control

An in-airport service that facilitates the safe and orderly movement of aircrafts within and between airports, achieved by interpreting data from radar and weather devices, and by maintaining contact with pilots.

Industry: Aviation

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hold short

Aviation; Air traffic control

Instructions to hold at least 200 ft from the edge of a runway while awaiting permission to cross or proceed onto a runway.

land and hold short operations (lahso)

Aviation; Air traffic control

Operations that include simultaneous takeoffs and landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller to hold-short of the intersecting ...

Minister

Aviation; Air traffic control

Subject to paragraph (b) of the Aeronautics Act, (a) the Minister of Transport or such other Minister as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of the Aeronautics ...

disregard

Aviation; Air traffic control

An expression used in radiocommunication meaning "Ignore or consider that transmission as not sent."

forest fire—temporary flight restrictions

Aviation; Air traffic control

In the interest of safe and efficient fire fighting operations, the Minister may issue a NOTAM restricting flights over a forest fire area to aircraft operating at the request of the appropriate fire ...

James Brake Index (JBI)

Aviation; Air traffic control

An index that is used at Canadian military aerodromes to report the runway coefficient of friction. It is determined via a vehicle-mounted decelerometer with a scale that is graduated in increments ...