- 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
The assignment by ATC of Mach number values to aircraft that are in level flight, climbing or descending, to ensure that longitudinal separation is maintained.
Industry:Aviation
A computer-based system provided by a vendor to pilots or other operational personnel. DUATS supplies the aviation weather and NOTAM information necessary for pre-flight planning via computer terminals or personal computers owned by the vendor or users.
Industry:Aviation
An aircraft operated in accordance with instrument flight rules (IFR).
Industry:Aviation
The lowest IFR altitude established for use in a specific airspace. Depending on the airspace concerned, the minimum IFR altitude may be a minimum obstacle clearance altitude (MOCA), a minimum en route altitude (MEA), a minimum sector altitude (MSA), a minimum vectoring altitude (MVA), a safe altitude 100 NM, an area minimum altitude (AMA), a transition altitude or a missed approach altitude. The minimum IFR altitude provides obstacle clearance but may or may not be within controlled airspace.
Industry:Aviation
The angle between a straight line representing the mean of the ILS glide path (GP) and the horizontal.
Industry:Aviation
An automatic terminal information service (ATIS) provided by data link.
Industry:Aviation
Instructions to hold at least 200 ft from the edge of a runway while awaiting permission to cross or proceed onto a runway.
Industry:Aviation
Operations that include simultaneous takeoffs and landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller to hold-short of the intersecting runway/taxiway or designated hold-short point.
Note: This term replaces the term Simultaneous Intersecting Runway Operations (SIRO).
Industry:Aviation
An expression used in radiocommunication to indicate the time at which it is expected that an aircraft will be cleared to commence approach for a landing.
Industry:Aviation
An expression used in radiocommunication to indicate the time at which it is expected that an aircraft will be cleared to commence approach for a landing.
Industry:Aviation
