Military Operations Area (MOA) – Airspace established outside positive control area to separate/segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted. MOA’s are established to contain certain military activities such as air combat maneuvers, air intercepts, acrobatics, etc From the FAA AIM: MOAs consist of airspace of defined [...]
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast – In (ADS-B – In) – is the receipt, processing, and display of other aircraft’s ADS-B transmissions. ADS-B In is necessary to utilize airborne applications and refers to an aircraft’s ability to receive ADS-B information, such as ADS-B messages from other aircraft or Traffic Information Services-Broadcast (TIS-B), Automatic Dependent Surveillance – [...]
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B Out) – ADS-B Out refers to an aircraft broadcasting own-ship information such as the transmission of an aircraft’s position, altitude, velocity, and other information to other aircraft and ATC ground based surveillance systems.
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast ADS-B is a next generation surveillance technology incorporating both air and ground aspects that provide air traffic control (ATC) with a more accurate picture of the aircraft’s three-dimensional position in the en route, terminal, approach and surface environments. The aircraft provides the airborne portion in the form of a broadcast of [...]
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Apron – Means that part of an airport, other than the maneuvering area (by ICAO) intended to accommodate the loading and unloading of passengers and cargo, the refueling, servicing, maintenance and parking of aircraft, and any movement of aircraft, vehicles and pedestrians necessary for such purposes. Vehicles, aircraft and people using the apron are referred [...]
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A Midair Collision is an airborne collision between two aircraft. A near midair collision (NMAC) is defined as an incident associated with the operation of an aircraft in which a possibility of collision occurs as a result of proximity of less than 500 feet to another aircraft, or a report is received from a pilot [...]
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Runway Status Lights are an Airport system that warns pilots and surface vehicles if it is unsafe to cross or enter a runway via a series of red lights embedded in the pavement.
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Air route surveillance radar (ARSR) – Air route traffic control center (ARTCC) radar used primarily to detect and display an aircraft s position while en route between terminal areas.
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The United States has the following designated Radio Frequencies set aside for the Aeronautical Radio spectrum
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RCLT is a FAA Acronym for: RCL (Radio Communications Link) Terminal which is generally used by air traffic control to provide and extend radio communication across the National Airspace System. List of Aeronautical Radio Frequencies in the United States
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