Airports 1
Two categories of airports
Towered and Untowered
Runways are referenced to the _____________. Taxiways are indicated by _______________.
Magnetic Heading, Letters
This ends at the boundary between territorial waters and international waters and extends upward toward the atmosphere
US Federal Airspace
Conditions that are visually insufficient for pilots to operate without instrumentation or the ability to see and avoid traffic
Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)
The point on the downwind leg directly opposite (and at a 90 degree angle to the runway) from the intended point of landing on the runway
Abeam
The way pilots at an Untowered Airport to talk to one another while in the pattern?
Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF)
Two types of airport lighting systems that help pilots maintain a safe descent angle (glideslope) during landing.
PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) and VASI (Visual Approach Slope Indicator)
Areas governed by various controlling agencies
Special Use Airspace
A set of rules that is more restrictive than VFR, that requires a pilot to be instrument certified.
This leg immediately follows take-off and maintains runway heading as you climb
Departure/Upwind Leg
The way pilots flying at night can distinguish between two different airports (one general aviation and the other military).
The rotating beacons are different.
Civil Land Airport: Flashes alternating white and green lights.
Military Airfield: two quick (dual-peaked) white flashes between the green flashes (two white, one green).
The color of taxiway center line lighting
Green
What a pilot files with the FAA when in controlled airspace and weather conditions are below VFR minimums (Instrument Meteorological Conditions, or IMC), and at all times in Class A airspace.
IFR Flight Plan
An FAA organization that provides flight sequencing, safe separation and direct communication to pilots.
Air Traffic Control (ATC)
This leg follows the departure leg and includes a 90 degree turn (generally to the left, for left hand patterns) and the pilot continues to climb
Crosswind leg
A designated area of land or water equipped with runways, buildings, and facilities where aircraft can regularly land, take off, refuel, and be serviced.
Airport
A pilot must stop and receive clearance from ATC at this airfield marking before proceeding onto any runway.
Instrument Hold Line
A pilot is not legally required to file which flight plan for standard domestic flights within the United States.
VFR (Visual Flight Rules) flight plan
The most minimal set of rules that allows pilots to fly on clear weather days. Pilots must be able to see and avoid traffic without assistance from ATC.
Visual Flight Rules (VFR)
Parallels the runway in the opposite direction of takeoff. Pilots maintain pattern altitude and speed.
Downwind Leg
The tall building where controllers manage ground and air traffic safety.
Air Traffic Control Tower (ATC)
This is a paved surface from a parking apron connecting to the runway.
Taxiway
Designated areas where specific activities must be confined, or where limitations are placed on aircraft operations.
Special Use Airspace
Sufficiently good weather conditions that allow a pilot to use visual references to navigate and avoid traffic.
Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC)
The leg after a 90 degree turn toward the runway. Pilots set flaps for landing and begin descent.
Base Leg