Airport

Airport

A station, usually consisting of buildings, airfields and runways, used to provide a place for aircraft to take off and land as well as to house commercial services for passengers and on-board staff.

Industry: Aviation

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airfile

Aviation; Air traffic control

Flight plan (FP) or flight itinerary (FI) information filed from an aircraft in flight.

airship

Aviation; Air traffic control

A power-driven lighter-than-air aircraft.

air sovereignty test (SUADE)

Aviation; Air traffic control

A flight that is designed to test the detection, identification and reporting functions of the air defence forces (aerospace defence control facility (ADCF) and interceptor or fighter units).

airport surface detection equipment (ASDE)

Aviation; Air traffic control

Radar equipment specifically designed to detect all principal features on the surface of an airport, including aircraft and vehicular traffic, and to present the entire image on a radar indicator ...

air navigation facility

Aviation; Air traffic control

Any facility used, available for use, or designed for use as a NAVAID, including landing areas, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signalling, for ...

automatic direction finder (ADF)

An aircraft radio navigation system that senses and indicates the direction to a LF/MF non-directional beacon (NDB) ground transmitter. Direction is indicated to the pilot as a magnetic bearing or as ...