- 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
An aircraft for which the radar blip or radar position symbol is seen and identified on a radar display.
Industry:Aviation
(1) An expression used to describe a NAVAID, a fix derived from a NAVAID, or a geographical location as expressed in latitude and longitude.
(2) ICAO: A specified geographical location used in defining an ATS route or the flight path of an aircraft and for other navigation and ATS purposes.
Industry:Aviation
Aircraft that are engaged in and identified as being part of an air refuelling mission or a military activity being conducted or to be conducted under the auspices of an altitude reservation approval (ALTRV APVL).
Industry:Aviation
In respect of a runway, the maximum horizontal distance for the direction of takeoff or landing, as measured by an automated visual landing distance system and reported by an ATC unit or an FSS, at which the runway, or the lights or markers delineating it, can be seen from a point above its centreline at a height corresponding to the average eye level of pilots at touchdown.
Industry:Aviation
To activate a specific mode, code or function on an aircraft transponder.
Industry:Aviation
A procedure in which an aircraft lands and then commences a takeoff without stopping.
Industry:Aviation
Any visual or electronic device, airborne or on the surface of the earth, that provides point-to-point guidance information or position data to aircraft in flight.
Industry:Aviation
A position within a sector from which ATS are provided. There may be one or more operating positions within a sector.
Industry:Aviation
A load-bearing area on which a helicopter may touch down or lift off.
Industry:Aviation
Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that is deposited on the earth's surface.
Industry:Aviation
