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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.
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line up and wait
Aviation; Air traffic control
ICAO and Canada: Expression used in radiocommunications to instruct a pilot to enter the runway intended for takeoff and to wait. Note: Used in conjunction with a runway, and the reason for the ...
localizer type directional aid (LDA)
Aviation; Air traffic control
U.S.: A NAVAID used for nonprecision (sic) instrument approaches with utility and accuracy comparable to a localizer but which is not a part of a complete instrument landing system (ILS) and is not ...
intermediate approach waypoint (IWP)
Aviation; Air traffic control
The waypoint at which an aircraft enters the intermediate approach segment of an instrument approach procedure (IAP).
