English Glossary

Teacher: Integrants:
-Amarilis Álvarez. –Luis Perez.
-Emily Gonzalez.
-Brenny Soto
5° OTA
Group N° 2

Maracay, November 2019

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AERONAUTICAL BROAD CASTING SERVICE: Broad casting service dedicated to
the transmission of information related to air navigation.

AFTN COMUNICATIONS CENTER: Aftn station whose primary function is the aftn
traffic retransmission of other aftn stations connected to it.

AIRPLANE: is a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that
of the air it displaces.

AERONAUTICAL MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE: Mobile satellite service in which

mobile earth stations are located on board aircraft; also can be considered included in this
service the Stations of boat or rescue device and the Radio beacon stations for the location
of claims.

AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION SERVICE: It is the one destined to the

aircrafts and to their exploitation in safety conditions. This service includes: Radio
determination: determination of the position, speed or other characteristics of an object, or
obtaining information related to these parameters through the propagation properties of
radio waves and Radio navigation: radio determination used for navigation purposes,
including to indicate the presence of obstacles.

ASHTAM: is a special series NOTAM notifying by means of a specific format change in

activity of a volcano, a volcanic eruption and/or volcanic ash cloud that is of significance
of aircraft operations

C
CIRCUIT: communication system that includes all direct channels of the aftn between
two points.

COMPETENT ATS AUTHORITY: is the appropriate authority designated by the state

responsible for providing air traffic service in the air space in question.
 COMPETENT AUTHORITY:

A)as for flights over the high sea: is the appropriate authority of the state of registration

B)As for flights that are not high sea: the appropriate authority of the state that has
sovereignty over the over flew territory.

D
DATABASE: one or more structured data files so that data can be extracted from the files
for appropriate applications and up dated.

A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can be easily accessed,

managed and up dated.

E
EMERGENCY PHASE: generic expression that means , as the case maybe, uncertainty
phase, alert phase or danger phase.

F
FLIGHT LEVEL : Constant atmospheric pressure surface related to a certain pressure
reference, 1,013.2 hectopascals (hPa), separated from other analogous surfaces by certain
pressure ranges.

FLIGHT PLAN PRESENTED (FPL): Flight plan, as presented to the ATS unit by the
pilot or his designated representative, without any subsequent changes.
FRECUENCY CHANNEL: continuous portion of the frequency spectrum suitable for
transmission, in which a particular type of emission is used.

G
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION: Coordinate set (latitude and longitude)in relation to the
mathematical reference ellipsoid that defines the location of a point on the Earth's Surface

L
LEVEL: Generic term referring to the vertical position of an aircraft in flight, which means
either height, altitude or flight level.

M
MESSAGE FIELD: as signed part of a message that contains specified data elements.

P
PRECISION: The smallest difference that can be distinguished with confidence through a
measurement process.

Q
QUALITY: are all the characteristics of an entity that refers to it’s ability to meet
established and implicit needs
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REPETITIVE FLIGHT PLAN (RPL): Flight plan related to each of the regular flights
that are frequently carried out with identical basic characteristics, presented by the Operators
for the Air Traffic Services (ATS) units to keep and use repeatedly.

RESERVED AERONAUTICAL MOBILE SERVICE (R): Aeronautical Mobile Service

reserved for aeronautical communications related to the safety and regularity of flights,
mainly on national or international civil aviation routes.

RESERVED AERONAUTICAL MOBILE SERVICE (R) SATELLITE: Aeronautical

Mobile Satellite Service reserved for communications related to the safety and regularity of
flights, mainly on national or international civil aviation routes.

S
SEARCH: operation normally coordinated by a rescue coordination center or rescue sub-
center, in which the personnel and facilities available are used to locate people in danger.

SIGMET INFORMATION: Information issued by a meteorological surveillance office,

regarding the actual or expected existence of specified road weather phenomena, which
may affect the safety of aircraft operations.

U
UNCERTAINTY PHASE: situation in which there Is doubt about the safety of the aircraft
and its occupants