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  2. Holding (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Inbound and outbound leg. The entry to a holding pattern is often the hardest part for a novice pilot to grasp, and determining and executing the proper entry while simultaneously controlling the aircraft, navigating and communicating with ATC requires practice. There are three standard types of entries: direct, parallel, and offset (teardrop).

  3. Flight number - Wikipedia

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    Flight numbers on a split-flap display (Frankfurt airport) In the aviation industry, a flight number or flight designator is a code for an airline service consisting of two-character airline designator and a 1 to 4 digit number. [1] For example, QF9 is a Qantas Airways service from Perth, Australia to London Heathrow.

  4. Aviation in the New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of airspace above the metropolitan area is controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and split into complex sectors that organize the flow of inbound and outbound flights to and from the area's many airports, as well as transitory air traffic between neighboring regions.

  5. Direct flight - Wikipedia

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    A direct flight in the aviation industry is any flight between two points by an airline with no change in flight numbers, which may include one or more stops at an intermediate point(s). [1] A stop may either be to get new passengers (or allow some to disembark) or a technical stop over (i.e., for refuelling).

  6. UPS Airlines - Wikipedia

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    With approximately 251 inbound and outbound flights daily, the service area for Worldport is over 200 countries worldwide. [37] Approximately each hour, the facility handles 416,000 individual packages. [37]

  7. AirNav Systems - Wikipedia

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    The Airport View tool displays the live inbound (arrivals) and outbound flight traffic (departures) of a single airport within a single window. It is an excellent secondary tracking resource for Air Traffic Controllers and plane spotters.

  8. Flight information display system - Wikipedia

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    A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or monitors in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time.

  9. Instrument approach - Wikipedia

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    An "approach plate" depicting an instrument approach procedure for an ILS approach to Tacoma Narrows Airport in the United StatesIn aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point ...