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KnowledgeCurrent airport aeronautical references and information resources such as the Chart Supplement, airport diagram, and Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs).
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- Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Air Masses
Areas of stagnation can be found in polar regions, tropical oceans, and dry deserts. Air masses are generally identified as polar or tropical based on temperature characteristics and maritime or continental based on moisture content. A continental polar air mass ... forms over a polar region and brings cool, dry air with it. Maritime tropical air masses form over warm tropical waters like the Caribbean Sea and bring warm, moist air. As the air mass moves from its source region…
- Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Atmospheric Stability
opposite is true of descending air; as atmospheric pressure increases, the temperature of descending air increases as it is compressed. Adiabatic heating and adiabatic cooling are terms used to describe this temperature change. The adiabatic process takes place ... upward and downward moving air. When air rises into an area of lower pressure, it expands to a larger volume. As the molecules of air expand, the temperature of the air lowers. As a result, when a parcel of air…
- Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions
mile ASOS—automated surface observing system B ASP—arrival sequencing program ASPH—asphalt ASQP—airline service quality performance ASR—airport surveillance radar ASTA—airport surface traffic automation ASV—airline schedule vendor AT—air traffic ATA—Air Transport Association of America ... ATAS—airspace and traffic advisory service ATC—air traffic control ATCAA—air traffic control assigned airspace ATCBI—air traffic control beacon indicator ATCCC—Air Traffic Control Command Center ATCO—Air Taxi Commercial Operator ATCRB—air traffic control radar beacon ATCRBS…
- Pilot/Controller Glossary › A
regulation, or in the pilot’s opinion, would place the aircraft in jeopardy. (See ATC INSTRUCTIONS.) (See ICAO term AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CLEARANCE.) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL- A service operated by appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly and expeditious flow ... air traffic. (See ICAO term AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE.) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CLEARANCE [ICAO]- Authorization for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an air traffic control unit. Note 1: For convenience, the term air traffic control clearance…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-1. Preflight Preparation
Pilots authorized by the FAA to use special instrument approach procedures must specifically request FDC NOTAM information for these procedures. Pilots who receive the information electronically will receive NOTAMs for special IAPs automatically. NOTE-Domestic Notices and International Notices ... pilot since the FSS specialist has no way of knowing whether the pilot has already checked the Federal NOTAM System (FNS) NOTAM Search website external links prior to calling. Airway NOTAMs, procedural NOTAMs, and NOTAMs that are general in nature…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
Niner Delta Delta is ten miles south, two thousand, landing Vero Beach. I have the automated weather, request airport advisory. (b) Outbound EXAMPLE-Vero Beach radio, Centurion Six Niner Delta Delta, ready to taxi to runway 22, VFR, departing ... southwest. I have the automated weather, request airport advisory. 3. Airport advisory service includes wind direction and velocity, favored or designated runway, altimeter setting, known airborne and ground traffic, NOTAMs, airport taxi routes, airport traffic pattern information, and instrument approach…