PartsPart 1 – Definitions/Abbreviations

Part 21 – Certification Procedures for

Products/Parts

Part 43 – Maintenance, Preventative

Maintenance, Rebuilding, and

Alteration

Part 61 – Certifications: Pilots, Flight Instructors, Ground Instructors

Part 65 – Certification: Airmen Other than

Flight Crewmembers

PartsPart 91 – General Operating and Flight Rules

Part 97 – Standard Instrument Procedures

Part 119 – Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators

Part 121 – Air Carriers and Operators For Compensation or Hire

Part 135 – Operating Requirements: Commuter Compensation or Hire

Part 141 – Schools & Other Certificated Agencies

Part 145 – Repair Stations

PartsPart 175 – Hazardous Material Regulations

NTSB 830 – National Transportation Safety Board

Part 1

Definitions/Abbreviations

Generalities

Definitions• Administrator

– FAA or any person to whom he has delegated his authority in the matter concerned

• Air Carrier– Person who undertakes directly by lease, or

other arrangement, engage in air transportation

• Air Commerce– Interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce or

the transportation of mail by aircraft or any operation or navigation of aircraft within limits of any Federal airway or any operation or navigation of aircraft which directly affects, or may endanger safety in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce

Definitions• Air Traffic

– Aircraft operating in the air or on an airport surface, exclusive of loading ramps and parking areas

• Air Traffic Service (ATS)– Refers to a variety of airways including

• Jet routes• Area navigation (RNAV) routes,• Arrival and Departure routes.

• Air Transportation– Interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation

or the transportation of mail by aircraft

Definitions• Commercial Operator

– Person for compensation or hire engages in the carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier or foreign air carrier

• Category II Operations– Straight-in ILS approach to the runway under Cat

II ILS instrument approach procedure

• Category III Operations– ILS approach to, and landing on the runway

using a Cat III ILS instrument approach procedure

Definitions• Category IIIa Operations

– ILS approach and landing:• No DH, or a DH below 100 feet (30 meters), and• Controlling runway RVR NLT 700 feet (200 meters)

• Category IIIb Operations– ILS approach and landing

• No DH, or a DH below 50 feet (15 meters), and• Controlling runway RVR less than 700 feet (200

meters), but not less than 150 feet (50 meters)

• Category IIIc Operations– ILS approach and landing

• No DH limitation and • No RVR limitation

Definitions• Controlled Airspace

– Airspace of defined dimensions where air traffic control service is provided to IFR flight and to VFR flights in accordance with airspace class

• ETOPS• Flight Crew member

– A pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator assigned to duty in an aircraft during flight time

• Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD)– A flight simulator or a flight training device

Definitions• Flight time

– Pilot time commencing when an aircraft moves under its own power for purpose of flight and ends when aircraft comes to rest after landing

• Flight training device– Replica of instruments, equipment, panels,

controls in an open flight deck or an enclosed cockpit replica

• Foreign air carrier– Any person other than a citizen of the U.S. who

undertakes directly, by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation

Definitions• Foreign air commerce

– Carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or mail by aircraft, in commerce between the U.S. and any place outside thereof, such commerce moves wholly by aircraft or partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation

• Foreign air transportation– Carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a

common carrier for compensation or hire, mail by aircraft, in commerce between the U.S. and any place outside of the U.S., whether that commerce moves wholly by aircraft or partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation

Definitions• Full flight simulator (FFS)

• Replica of a specific type; or make, model, and series aircraft cockpit.

• Interstate air commerce– Carriage by aircraft of persons or property for

compensation or hire, mail by aircraft, in commerce between a place in any State of the U.S., and a place in any other State of the U.S.

• Interstate air transportation– Between place in a State and another place in

another State– Between places in the same State through the

airspace over any place outside that State– Between places in the same possession of U.S.

Definitions• Intrastate air transportation

– Carriage of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire, by aircraft capable of carrying 30 or more persons, wholly within the same State of the U.S.

• Medical certificate– Acceptable evidence of physical fitness on a

form prescribed by the Administrator

• Military Operations Area (MOA)– Airspace established outside Class A airspace to

separate or segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where activities are conducted

Definitions• Large Aircraft

– Aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds, maximum certificated takeoff weight

• Night– Time between end of evening civil twilight and

beginning of morning civil twilight, as published in the Air Almanac, converted to local time

• Overseas air commerce– Carriage by aircraft of persons or property for

compensation or hire, mail by aircraft, in commerce between a place in a State and any place in a territory or possession of the U.S.

Definitions• Overseas air transportation

– Carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire, mail by aircraft, in commerce:• Between a place in a State and a place in a possession

of the U.S.• Between a place in a possession of the U.S. and a place

in another possession of the U.S., whether that commerce moves wholly or partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation

• Pilotage– Navigation by visual references to landmarks

Definitions• Pilot in command

– Has final authority and responsibility for operation and safety of flight

– Has been designated as PIC before or during the flight

– Holds appropriate category, class, and type rating for conduct of the flight

• Prohibited area– Airspace designated under part 73 within which

no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the using agency

• Rating– Statement, as part of a certificate, sets forth

special conditions, privileges, or limitations

Definitions• Restricted area

– Airspace designated under Part 73 within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restriction

• Second in command– Pilot who is designated to be second in

command of an aircraft during flight time

• Small aircraft– Aircraft of 12,500 pounds or less, maximum

certificated takeoff weight

Definitions• Stopway

– Area beyond the takeoff runway, no less wide than the runway and centered upon the extended centerline of the runway, able to support the airplane during an aborted takeoff, without causing structural damage to the airplane, and designated by the airport authorities for use in decelerating the airplane during an aborted takeoff

• Warning area– Airspace of defined dimensions, extending from

3 NM outward from the coast of the U.S., that contains activity that may be hazardous to non-participating aircraft

Definitions• Precision approach

– Standard instrument approach procedure in which an electronic glide slope is provided, such as ILS and PAR

• Non-precision approach– Standard instrument approach procedure in

which no electronic glide slope is provided

• IFR Conditions– Weather conditions below the minimum for flight

under visual flight rules

• Special VFR Conditions– Meteorological conditions less than required for

basic VFR flight in controlled airspace and some aircraft are permitted flight under VFR

Abbreviations• ATC

– Air Traffic Control

• EFMS– Enhance Flight Vision System

• ETOPS– Extended Operations

• FSTD– Flight Simulation Training Device

• FTD– Flight Training Device

• ILS– Instrument Landing System

Abbreviations• LOC

– ILS Localizer

• MEA– Minimum en route IFR altitude

• MEL– Minimum Equipment List

• MOCA– Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude

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