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runway turn pad
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- turn-around area
- Definição1
- A defined area on a land aerodrome adjacent to a runway for the purpose of completing a 180-degree turn on a runway.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Circular 305: operation of new larger aeroplanes at existing aerodromes. Montreal, 2004. (Cir. 305-AN/177)
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: aerodromes: volume 1: aerodrome design and operation. 8th ed. Montreal, 2018. (Annex 14).
- Nota Adicional1
- Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
- Contexto
- 4.14 At aerodromes with runways narrower than 60 m, operators should also take into account the possibility that certain NLAs may not be able to make a 180-degree turn on such a runway. When there is no proper taxiway to the end of the runway, the provision of a suitable runway turn pad is recommended.
- Shoulders for taxiways, runway turn pads, holding bays and aprons and other non-load-bearing surfaces which cannot readily be distinguished from load-bearing surfaces and which, if used by aircraft, might result in damage to the aircraft shall have the boundary between such areas and the load-bearing surface marked by a taxi side stripe marking.
- Subárea
- Airport Infrastructure
- Related Term
- apron
- final approach and take-off area
- landing area
- maneuvering area
- movement area
- Français
- aire de demi-tour sur piste
- Sinônimos
- turn-around area