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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automatic terminal information service (ATIS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The provision, throughout the day or a specified portion of the day, of current, routine information to arriving and departing aircraft by means of continuous and repetitive recorded broadcasts.

aerodrome beacon

Aviation; Air traffic control

A beacon used to indicate the location of an aerodrome from the air. Beacons may consist of either a rotating light source or a strobe light.

aerodrome advisory service (AAS)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The provision, by an FSS, of information pertinent to the arrival and departure phases of flight and for transit through a mandatory frequency (MF) area.

(1) A phase that begins when (a) following the uncertainty phase, the communication search has failed to reveal any news of the aircraft; (b) an aircraft has been cleared to land and fails to land ...

air traffic advisory service

Aviation; Air traffic control

ICAO: A service provided within advisory airspace to ensure separation, in so far as practical, between aircraft which are operating on IFR flight plans.