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FATO
- Usado para
- final approach and take-off area
- Definição1
- A defined area over which the final phase of the approach manoeuvre to hover or landing is completed and from which the take-off manoeuvre is commenced. Where the FATO is to be used by performance Class 1 helicopters, the defined area includes the rejected take-off area available.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIATION. Annex 8 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Airworthiness of aircraft. 11th ed. Montreal, 2010.
- Definição2
- A defined area over which the final phase of the approach maneuver to hover or landing is completed and from which the take-off maneuver is commenced and where the FATO is to be used by performance Class 1 helicopters, includes the rejected take-off area available (ICAO). A surface-level heliport shall have at least one FATO. A FATO may be located on or near a runway strip or a taxiway strip. The FATO should provide ground effect. The over-all length or width of the helicopter, whichever is greater, does not exceed 2/3 the smallest dimension of the FATO except in case of water heliports where it does not exceed 1/2 the width of FATO. For performance Class 1 helicopters, the dimensions of FATOs are not less than those which are indicated in flight manual of the helicopter.
- Fonte2
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição3
- The FATO is a defined heliport area over which the final approach to a hover or a departure is made.
- Fonte3
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Instrument procedures handbook: FAA-H-8261-1A. 2nd ed. Newcastle: ASA, 2007.
- Nota adicional1
- The touchdown and lift-off area (TLOF) where the helicopter is permitted to land is normally centered in the FATO. A safety area is provided around the FATO.
- Subárea1
- Air Traffic Control
- Related Term
- FNA
- Português
- área de aproximação final e de decolagem