PI.III.B.K1a
KnowledgeRoute planning, including consideration of:
Available navigational facilities
From the FAA library
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights
system availability, accuracy, and airworthiness standards. For additional information and guidance on RNAV equipment requirements see Advisory Circular (AC) 20-138 Airworthiness Approval of Positioning and Navigation Systems and AC 90-100 U.S. Terminal and En Route Area Navigation (RNAV ... Operations. 3. Pilots of aircraft equipped with latitude/longitude coordinate navigation capability, independent of VOR/TACAN references, may file for random RNAV using the following procedures: (a) File airport-to-airport flight plans prior to departure. (b) File the appropriate RNAV capability…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
flight. Aeronautical information includes visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions and related data. SDF. See simplified directional facility. Selective availability (SA). A satellite technology permitting the Department of Defense (DOD) to create…
- Chapter 3: Aircraft Construction › Chapter Summary › Navigation Instruments
navigation facility or fix. This group of instruments includes various types of course indicators, range indicators, glideslope indicators, and bearing pointers. Newer aircraft with more technologically advanced instrumentation provide blended information, giving the pilot more accurate positional information. Navigation instruments ... understanding of aircraft structures and controls can be gained through the use of flight simulation software or interactive programs available online through aviation organizations, such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Pilots are also encouraged to subscribe…
- Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
Feeder facilities. Used by ATC to direct aircraft to intervening fixes between the en route structure and the initial approach fix. Final approach. Part of an instrument approach procedure in which alignment and descent for landing are accomplished. Final approach ... Flight management system (FMS). Provides pilot and crew with highly accurate and automatic long-range navigation capability, blending available inputs from long- and short-range sensors. Flightpath. The line, course, or track along which an aircraft is flying…
- Chapter 10: IFR Flight › Approaches › Instrument Approaches to Civil Airports
approach procedures depend upon the facilities available at the terminal area, the type of instrument approach executed, and the existing weather conditions. The ATC facilities, NAVAIDs, and associated frequencies appropriate to each standard instrument approach are given on the approach ... facilities: Nondirectional beacon (NDB) Very-high frequency omnirange (VOR) 3. Very-high frequency omnirange with distance measuring equipment (VORTAC or VOR/DME) 4. Localizer (LOC) 5. Instrument landing system (ILS) 6. Localizer-type directional aid (LDA) 7. Simplified directional facility…
- Pilot/Controller Glossary › A
requirements for civil aircraft operations are specified in 14 CFR part 99. (Refer to AIM.) AIR NAVIGATION FACILITY- Any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including landing areas, lights…