- 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 radiotelephony frequency assigned to an aircraft as a first choice for air-ground communication in a radiotelephony network.
Industry:Aviation
A containment value expressed as a distance in nautical miles from the intended position within which flights would be for at least 95 percent of the total flying time. For example, RNP 4 represents a navigation accuracy of ± 4 NM on a 95 percent containment basis.
Industry:Aviation
An ATC unit that provides ATC service to aircraft operating within or in the vicinity of a terminal control area (TCA).
Industry:Aviation
A projectile that contains its own propellant and that depends for its flight upon the reaction resulting from the release of a continuous jet of rapidly expanding gases.
Industry:Aviation
The unit from which the activated flight plan (FP) is forwarded to the destination unit.
Industry:Aviation
A power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors.
Industry:Aviation
The unit assigned an area of responsibility (AOR) in the VFR flight plan (FP) processing and alerting service.
Industry:Aviation
An atmospheric condition in which the rate of ice accumulation is such that de-icing or anti-icing equipment cannot reduce or control the hazard.
Industry:Aviation
An ATC unit that is in the process of transferring the responsibility for providing ATC service to an aircraft to the next ATC unit along the route of flight.
Industry:Aviation
The lowest height above the elevation of the relevant runway threshold or above the aerodrome elevation, as applicable, used in establishing compliance with appropriate obstacle clearance criteria.
Industry:Aviation
