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  2. Flight plan - Wikipedia

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    They generally include basic information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time en route, alternate airports in case of bad weather, type of flight (whether instrument flight rules [IFR] or visual flight rules [VFR]), the pilot's information, number of people on board, and information about the aircraft itself. In most countries ...

  3. Estimated time of arrival - Wikipedia

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    Accurate and timely estimations of times of arrival are important in several application areas: In air traffic control arrival sequencing and scheduling, where scheduling aircraft arrival according to the first-come-first-served order of ETA at the runway minimizes delays. [4][5] In airport gate assignment methods, to optimize gate utilization.

  4. Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Scholars vary on the estimated size of the Indigenous population in what is now Canada prior to colonization and on the effects of European contact. [26] During the late 15th century is estimated to have been between 200,000 [27] and two million, [28] with a figure of 500,000 currently accepted by Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Health ...

  5. ETA (song) - Wikipedia

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    Background and composition. NewJeans first unveiled "ETA" during their Bunnies Camp fan meeting concert in Seoul on July 1–2, 2023. [2] ". ETA", which stands for "estimated time of arrival", is an upbeat Baltimore club [3] track that utilizes funky, choppy air horns and scurried drum breaks while at the same time consisting of a "mellow ...

  6. Automatic identification system - Wikipedia

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    A graphical display of AIS data on board a ship. The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS). When satellites are used to receive AIS signatures, the term Satellite-AIS (S-AIS) is used. AIS information supplements marine radar, which ...

  7. Flight computer - Wikipedia

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    In the air, the flight computer can be used to calculate ground speed, estimated fuel burn and updated estimated time of arrival. The back is designed for wind correction calculations, i.e., determining how much the wind is affecting one's speed and course. One of the most useful parts of the E6B, is the technique of finding distance over time.

  8. North Atlantic Tracks - Wikipedia

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    North Atlantic Tracks for the westbound crossing of February 24, 2017, with the new RLAT Tracks shown in blue. The North Atlantic Tracks, officially titled the North Atlantic Organised Track System (NAT-OTS), are a structured set of transatlantic flight routes that stretch from eastern North America to western Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, within the North Atlantic airspace region.

  9. Kendall's notation - Wikipedia

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    In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, Kendall's notation (or sometimes Kendall notation) is the standard system used to describe and classify a queueing node. D. G. Kendall proposed describing queueing models using three factors written A/S/ c in 1953 [1] where A denotes the time between arrivals to the ...