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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 family of frequencies in the aeronautical mobile (R) service that contains two or more frequencies selected from different aeronautical mobile (R) bands and that is intended to permit communications at any time within the authorised area of use between aircraft stations and appropriate aeronautical stations.
Industry:Aviation
(1) Canada: That part of an instrument approach procedure (IAP) between the initial approach fix (IAF) or waypoint and the intermediate approach fix (IF) or waypoint during which the aircraft departs the en route phase of flight and manoeuvres to enter the intermediate segment.
(2) ICAO: That segment of an instrument approach procedure between the initial approach fix and the intermediate approach fix or, where applicable, the final approach fix or point.
Industry:Aviation
A unit that serves as a communications link into the NAV CANADA system for the dissemination of information and that monitors or supports the day-to-day operation of a community aerodrome radio station (CARS). The designated unit may have one or more CARS reporting to it.
Industry:Aviation
An expression commonly used to mean that an aircraft is on the final approach course or is aligned with a landing area.
Industry:Aviation
(1) Canada: That part of an instrument approach procedure (IAP) between the intermediate approach fix (IF) or waypoint and the final approach fix (FAF), waypoint or point, or between the end of a track reversal, racetrack or dead-reckoning track procedure and the FAF, waypoint or point, as appropriate. It is in this part of the procedure that aircraft configuration, speed and positioning adjustments are made for entry into the final approach segment.
(2) ICAO: That segment of an instrument approach procedure between either the intermediate approach fix and the final appproach fix or point, or between the end of a reversal, racetrack or dead reckoning track procedure and the final approach fix or point, as appropriate.
Industry:Aviation
A military ATC facility established to provide ATC service using radar-derived information.
Industry:Aviation
A separate radio frequency for use in direct communications that reduces frequency congestion by controlling the number of users on a particular frequency at one time.
Industry:Aviation
A system of control by surveillance and precision radar, consolidated into one specific military unit to provide radar traffic control service to IFR flights operating within a designated terminal control area (TCA).
Industry:Aviation
A frequency (for example 121.5 MHz) used for transmitting emergency information.
Industry:Aviation
The wind direction and speed as determined from a sample reading taken every second over a two-minute period.
Industry:Aviation
