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waypoint
Definição1
A specified geographical location used to define an area navigation route or the flight path of an aircraft employing area navigation. Waypoints are identified as either: fly-by waypoint and flyover waypoint.
Fonte1
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aeronautical Telecommunications. Volume I: radio navigation aids. 6th ed. Montreal, 2006.
Nota adicional1
Acronym in English: WPT.
Nota adicional2
Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
Contexto
Basic indicator shall represent the name of the first flown waypoint in an approach procedure, or the last flown waypoint in a departure procedure. The name shall consist of five alpha characters coded in accordance with bits b1 to b5 of International Alphabet No. 5.
Subárea1
Air Navigation
Related Term
checkpoint
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