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  2. Convention on International Civil Aviation - Wikipedia

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    The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations charged with coordinating international air travel. [2] The Convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, security, and ...

  3. Hosea Kutako International Airport - Wikipedia

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    The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) is in the planning stages of constructing a new airport complete with aerodrome classification of category 4F (of the International Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aerodrome Reference Code in terms of Annex 14 of ICAO). This new development would render the airport to accommodate multiple wide-bodied code F aircraft.

  4. Airport reference point - Wikipedia

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    Internationally, the rules governing the establishment of an aerodrome reference point are defined by the ICAO in section 2.2 of Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. They state that: 2.2.1 An aerodrome reference point shall be established for an aerodrome.

  5. International Civil Aviation Organization - Wikipedia

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    icao.int. Politics portal. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO / ˌaɪˈkeɪoʊ / eye-KAY-oh) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. [2]

  6. Visual approach slope indicator - Wikipedia

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    Simple VASIs are obsolete, having been deleted from ICAO Annex 14 in 1995, however T-VASIS and AT-VASIS are still specified. T-VASIS is defined as twenty light units symmetrically disposed about the runway centre line in the form of two wing bars of four light units each, with bisecting longitudinal lines of six lights".

  7. Standards and Recommended Practices - Wikipedia

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    Standards And Recommended Practices (SARPs) are technical specifications adopted by the Council of ICAO in accordance with Article 38 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation in order to achieve "the highest practicable degree of uniformity in regulations, standards, procedures and organization in relation to aircraft, personnel, airways and auxiliary services in all matters in which ...

  8. PANS-OPS - Wikipedia

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    PANS-OPS. PANS-OPS is an air traffic control acronym which stands for Procedures for A ir N avigation Services – Aircraft OPerationS. PANS-OPS are rules for designing instrument approach and departure procedures. Such procedures are used to allow aircraft to land and take off when instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) impose instrument ...

  9. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    ICAO: Non-discrete mode A code reserved use in mode S radar/ADS-B environment where the aircraft identification will be used to correlate the flight plan instead of the mode A code. [1] US: Used exclusively by ADS-B aircraft to inhibit mode 3A transmission. [3] US: Non-discrete code assignments in accordance with FAA Order JO 7110.65, 5-2.