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  2. Aeronautical chart conventions (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The size of each sectional is designed to be "arm's width" when completely unfolded. The "northern" half of the section is on one side of the chart, and the "southern" on the reverse. The edges between north and south are designed with a calibrated overlap that permits plotting extensions of course lines from one side to the other, once the ...

  3. Runway - Wikipedia

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    While methods for identifying the relocated threshold vary, a common way for the relocated threshold to be marked is a ten-foot-wide white bar across the width of the runway. [31] Clearway is an area beyond the paved runway, aligned with the runway centerline and under the control of the airport authorities. This area is not less than 500 ft ...

  4. Runway safety area - Wikipedia

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    A runway safety area (RSA) or runway end safety area (RESA, if at the end of the runway) is defined as "the surface surrounding the runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, [1] overshoot, or excursion from the runway." [2] Past standards called for the RSA to extend only 60m (200 ...

  5. List of longest runways - Wikipedia

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    ^D Paved runway 14R/32L, closed (length approximate) ^E Unpaved runway located on Rosamond Lake and not marked on the Federal Aviation Administration airport diagram. [14] ^F Paved runway 14/32, closed (new 4,500 m (14,800 ft) runway constructed)

  6. DAFIF - Wikipedia

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    DAFIF diagram of Ottawa International Airport. The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File or DAFIF (/ ˈ d eɪ f ɪ f /) is a comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data, and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the United States.

  7. Airport reference point - Wikipedia

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    Airport reference point of the defunct Berlin Tempelhof Airport Airport reference point of the defunct Berlin Tempelhof Airport. An aerodrome reference point [1] (ARP), in some countries airport reference point, [2] is the designated geographical location of an aerodrome. [3]

  8. Runway visual range - Wikipedia

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    A pilot's view of Lisbon Airport's runway 21 in fog; runway visual range is about 200 m (660 ft). In aviation, the runway visual range (RVR) is the distance over which a pilot of an aircraft on the centreline of the runway can see the runway surface markings delineating the runway or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its centre line.

  9. Plymouth Municipal Airport (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    Runway 15/33 information [4] Dimensions: 4350 x 75 ft. / 1326 x 23 m Surface: Asphalt, in good condition Weight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 60.0 Double wheel: 85.0 Double tandem: 155.0 Runway edge lights: Medium intensity Runway 15 Runway 33 Latitude: 41-54.732080N 41-54.275500N Longitude: 070-43.805838W 070-43.066833W Elevation (MSL) 144.9 ...