Aerocivil Colombia air traffic controller CTA foundations flashcards
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- Clearance limit
- The point to which an aircraft is authorized to proceed under the stated clearance, distinguished from an expectation or an entire filed route.
- Transfer of communication
- A change in the communication relationship or frequency, which must not automatically be treated as completion of the separately defined transfer of control.
- Transfer of control
- The transfer of control responsibility under the applicable procedure or agreement, requiring its actual conditions rather than inferred solely from a frequency change.
- Flight progress information
- Recorded current and planned traffic information that supports monitoring and coordination but must be kept consistent with actual clearances and changes.
- Primary surveillance radar
- A surveillance method detecting reflected energy from targets, distinguished from systems requiring a cooperative coded aircraft transponder response.
- Secondary surveillance radar
- A cooperative surveillance method using aircraft equipment replies, with the available identity and altitude information depending on the mode and installation.
- Multilateration
- A position-estimation technique using differences in signal arrival times at appropriately located receivers, requiring suitable geometry, timing and cooperative transmissions.
- ADS-B
- Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast, involving information broadcast from onboard systems rather than the same interrogation sequence as conventional secondary radar.
- Source dependency
- A relationship in which multiple displayed values rely on a shared sensor, data input or power source, limiting their independence as cross-checks.
- Expectation bias
- Interpreting an observation or message according to the expected result, potentially allowing a clearance-readback discrepancy to remain unnoticed.
- Channelized attention
- Concentration on one task or problem that causes other relevant information to be neglected, including other traffic during an emergency.
- Team resource management
- Development and use of coordination, communication, teamwork and decision skills to manage available resources and reduce operational error.
- Shared situation picture
- A sufficiently consistent understanding of current traffic, constraints, changes and pending actions among the people responsible for coordinated work.
- Observed report
- A weather report describing observed conditions at a specified place and time, distinguished from a forecast of later conditions.
- Runway visual range
- A runway-related visibility measure using its defined reporting convention, distinct from a general prevailing visibility value for the aerodrome.
- Wind shear
- A change of wind speed or direction over distance, potentially producing rapid aircraft-performance changes near terrain or during approach and departure.
- Density altitude
- Pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature in the usual teaching definition, used to relate atmospheric density with aircraft-performance effects.
- VOR radial
- A bearing extending from a VOR station in its specified reference, distinct from the aircraft's heading or a guarantee of its actual tracking direction.
- Slant range
- The direct spatial distance between aircraft and facility, differing from horizontal ground distance when vertical separation is significant.
- Navigation integrity
- Confidence-related information about the trustworthiness of navigation data for an intended use, not merely a plausible coordinate or a centered indication.