- Industry: Government
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Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
A motorless heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift from surfaces that remain fixed in flight, designed to carry not more than two persons and having a launch weight of 100 lb or less.
Industry:Aviation
Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain, coded, or secret language and prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
Industry:Aviation
A defined area over which the final phase of a helicopter approach manoeuvre to hover or to land is completed and from which the take-off manoeuvre is commenced.
Note ICAO: Where the FATO is to be used by performance Class 1
Industry:Aviation
A method of time-regulating arrival traffic flow into a terminal area so as not to exceed a predetermined terminal acceptance rate.
Industry:Aviation
The part of a movement area intended for the landing or takeoff of aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
The operational condition of certain aircraft navigation guidance equipment that supports flight operations in the final approach and runway regions.
Industry:Aviation
The part of an aerodrome, other than an apron, that is intended to be used for the takeoff and landing of aircraft and for the movement of aircraft associated with takeoff and landing.
Industry:Aviation
The estimating or determining of position by advancing an earlier known position by the application of direction, time and speed data.
Industry:Aviation
An area determined by considering the position indication errors applicable to a particular type of fix.
Industry:Aviation
An electronic navigational system by which hyperbolic lines of position are determined by measuring the difference in the time of reception of synchronised pulse signals from two fixed transmitters. LORAN A operates in the 1750–1950 kHz frequency band. LORAN C and D operate in the 90–110 kHz frequency band.
Industry:Aviation
