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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The Precision Obstacle Free Zone – POFZ is a section of airspace above an area beginning at the runway threshold, at the threshold elevation, and centered on the extended runway centerline. The standard Precision Obstacle Free Zone – POFZ is 200 feet (60 meters) long and 800 feet (240 meters) wide. The POFZ must be [...]
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Posted in Airport Terms | Tagged Airports
To determine the allowable landing weight for a transport category airplane, the following details must be considered: • Airfield pressure altitude • Temperature • Headwind component • Runway length • Runway gradient or slope • Runway surface condition With these details, it is possible to establish the maximum allowable landing weight, which will be the [...]
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Posted in Airline Terms | Tagged Airports, Landing, Regulatory |
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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Posted in Airport Terms, ATC Terms | Tagged Airports, ATC, FAA, Navigation, Runway, Safety
Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) - A portion of an airport, specified in the airport security program, in which security measures specified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations are carried out. This area includes the secured area and may include other areas of the airport. Persons with unescorted access to this area are [...]
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Runway Protection Zone - RPZ is an area off the runway end to enhance the protection of people and property on the ground. RPZ’s function is to enhance the protection of people and property on the ground. This is achieved through airport owner control over RPZs. Such control includes clearing RPZ areas (and maintaining them clear) of incompatible objects and [...]
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, Airport Terms | Tagged Airports, FAA
Visual Docking Guidance Systems (VDGS), sometimes referred to as Nose-in Docking Guidance Systems or Stand Entry Guidance Systems (SEG), provide guidance where accurate aircraft parking is required. This is usually the case where Jetways /airbridges are used. The AGNIS VDGS currently in use in many major airports in the world include Azimuth Guidance for Nose-in Stands (AGNIS), supported [...]
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Posted in Airline Terms, Airport Terms | Tagged Aircraft, Airlines, Airports
FOD is any object that does not belong in or near airplanes and as a result, can injure airport or airline personnel and damage airplanes. Airports, airlines and airport tenants can reduce this cost by taking steps to prevent airport FOD. FOD includes a wide range of material, including loose hardware, pavement fragments, catering supplies, [...]
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Posted in Aircraft, Aircraft Powerplant Terms, Airline Terms, Airport Terms, Aviation Safety Terms, Military Aviation Terms, Video | Tagged Aircraft, Airlines, Airports, Military, Powerplant
ACO – is a FAA Acronym for: Office of Airports Compliance and Field Operations located in Washington DC Federal Aviation Administration Office of Airports Compliance and Field Operations (ACO) 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington DC 20591 Phone: (202) 267-3085 Fax: (202) 267-5257 The Airport Compliance Division oversees the Airport Compliance Program. The division holds primary [...]
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, Airport Terms | Tagged ACO, Acronym, Airports, FAA
An Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) uses materials of closely controlled strength and density placed at the end of a runway to stop or greatly slow an aircraft that overruns the runway. The best material found to date is a lightweight, crushable concrete. When an aircraft rolls into an EMAS arrestor bed, the tires of [...]
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Posted in Airport Terms, Aviation Safety Terms, FAA Terms | Tagged Airports, FAA, Runway, Safety
