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  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › O

    runway OFZ is the airspace above a surface whose elevation at any point is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway centerline. The runway OFZ extends 200 feet beyond each end of the runway ... width is as follows: 1. For runways serving large airplanes, the greater of: (a) 400 feet, or (b) 180 feet, plus the wingspan of the most demanding airplane, plus 20 feet per 1,000 feet of airport elevation…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-21. Missed Approach

    predicated on the missed approach being initiated at the decision altitude/decision height (DA/DH) or at the missed approach point and not lower than minimum descent altitude (MDA). A climb gradient of at least 200 feet per nautical mile is required ... except for Copter approaches, where a climb of at least 400 feet per nautical mile is required), unless a higher climb gradient is published in the notes section of the approach procedure chart. When higher than standard climb gradients…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › I

    approach procedure which provides for approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 200 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,800 feet.- 2. Special Authorization Category I. An ILS approach procedure which provides ... approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 150 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,400 feet, HUD to DH. 3. Category II. An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach…

  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Aircraft Design Characteristics › Longitudinal Stability (Pitching)

    level flight. The line CG-CL-T represents the aircraft’s longitudinal axis from the CG to a point T on the horizontal stabilizer. Most aircraft are designed so that the wing’s CL is to the rear ... This makes the aircraft “nose heavy” and requires that there be a slight downward force on the horizontal stabilizer in order to balance the aircraft and keep the nose from continually pitching downward. Compensation for this nose heaviness is provided…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 2. Barometric Altimeter Errors and Setting Procedures › 7-2-3. Altimeter Errors

    Service Center contact information can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/mission_support/sc. 2. At or above 18,000 feet MSL. All operators will set 29.92 “Hg. (standard setting) in the barometric altimeter. The lowest usable flight level is determined ... When the minimum altitude per 14 CFR section 91.159 and 14 CFR section 91.177 is above 18,000 feet MSL, the lowest usable flight level must be the flight level equivalent of the minimum altitude plus the number of feet…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-16. Simultaneous Close Parallel PRM Approaches and Simultaneous Offset Instrument A…

    NOTESAP The stabilized approach point is a design point along the extended centerline of the intended land ing runway on the glide slope/glide path at 500 feet above the runway threshold elevation. It is used to verify a sufficient distance ... visual maneuver after the offset course ap proach DA to permit the pilots to conform to approved, stabilized approach criteria. The SAP is not published on the IAP. Offset The point along the LDA, or other offset course, where…