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.

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air refuelling

Aviation; Air traffic control

A procedure used by the military to transfer fuel from one aircraft to another during flight.

abort

Aviation; Air traffic control

To terminate a planned aircraft manoeuvre.

(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 station along the route ...

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 stations within the ...

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 initiate responses ...

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 to a fixed area ...