- 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 transfer of the responsibility for providing ATC service from one ATC unit to another.
Industry:Aviation
Variable-intensity white lights located along the runway edges for the full length of the runway at 200-ft intervals, except at intersections with other runways. The units are lightweight and mounted in a frangible manner.
Industry:Aviation
The process of transferring radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another without interrupting radar service.
Industry:Aviation
Lights placed across the ends of a runway or landing strip to indicate its usable limits.
Industry:Aviation
(1) The general term that describes the change from one phase of flight or flight conditions to another, e.g. transition from en route flight to the approach or transition from instrument flight to visual flight.
(2) A published procedure used to connect the basic standard instrument departure (SID) to one or more en route airways or to connect one or more en route airways to the basic standard terminal arrival (STAR). More than one transition may be published in the associated SID or STAR.
(3) Other expression for: feeder route
Industry:Aviation
An apparatus used to determine visibility by measuring the transmission of light through the atmosphere. It is the measurement source for determining runway visual range (RVR).
Industry:Aviation
Lights provided at aerodromes where terrain precludes the installation of approach lights, or where extraneous non-aeronautical lights or the lack of daytime contrast reduces the effectiveness of approach lights.
Industry:Aviation
A receiver and transmitter that will generate a reply signal upon proper interrogation, the interrogation and reply being on different frequencies.
Industry:Aviation
A formation flight for which, through prior arrangement with ATC, the flight leader has received approval for formation dimensions other than standard ones.
Industry:Aviation
Turbulence that causes large, abrupt changes in altitude or attitude. It usually causes large variations in indicated airspeed (IAS). Aircraft may be momentarily out of control.
Industry:Aviation
