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precision approach path indicator
Definição1
A system of lights arranged to provide visual descent guidance information during the approach to a runway.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aerodromes. Volume I: aerodrome design and operation. 6th ed. Montreal, 2013.
Fonte3
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
Nota adicional1
The PAPI system shall consist of a wing bar of four sharp transition multi-lamp (or paired single lamp) units equally spaced. The system shall be located on the left side of the runway unless it is physically impracticable to do so.
Nota adicional2
The wing bar of a PAPI shall be constructed and arranged in such a manner that a pilot making an approach will: a) when on or close to the approach slope, see the two units nearest the runway as red and the two units farthest from the runway as white; b) when above the approach slope, see the one unit nearest the runway as red and the three units farthest from the runway as white; and when further above the approach slope, see all the units as white; and c) when below the approach slope, see the three units nearest the runway as red and the unit farthest from the runway as white; and when further below the approach slope, see all the units as red.
Nota adicional3
Acronym in English: PAPI.
Related Term
precision approach runway
Português
indicador de trajetória de aproximação de precisão
Imagem

Localização do PAPI e do APAPI.

Localização do PAPI e do APAPI.

Fonte: AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE AVIAÇÃO CIVIL (Brasil). Regulamento Brasileiro de Aviação Civil: RBAC n. 154: projeto de aeródromos. Brasília, 2009. Disponível em: http://pergamum.anac.gov.br/arquivos/RBAC154EMD00.PDF. Acesso em: 20 fevereiro 2020.