Relationship between Airport Technical Services and Airline Operation 's Safety and Efficiency
Table of Contents
Table of Contents II
List of Figures III
executive summary IV
1 introduction 1
2 literature review 2
3 methodology 4
4 airport technical services 7
4.1 aeronautical information service 7 4.2 telecommunications service 11 4.2.1 Fixed Services 4.2.2 Mobile Services 4.2.3 Radio Navigation Services 4.2.4 Broadcast Services 4.3 meteorological services 19 4.3.1 Reports of Surface Weather 4.3.2 Aerodrome Forecast 4.3.3 Significant Meteorological Phenomenon 4.3.4 Charts and Prognostications 4.3.5 Weather Instruments 4.4 air traffic control service 27 4.4.1 Results and Discussion 4.5 relationship between airport technical services 31
5 Conclusion 32
6 References 33
7 illustration list 36
8 appendices 37
List of Figures
This is the complete listing of all the figures used throughout the report.
Figure 1 Mobile Services provided by the Airport 13
Figure 2 VOR Ground Station with DME equipment 14
Figure 3 Instrument Landing System with glideslope capability 16
Figure 4 GPS Satellite Simulated Orbit 17
Figure 5 TAF code for Albury Airport 20
Figure 6 Detail of the TAF decode 20
Figure 7 Explanation for the SIGMET report 22
Figure 8 Tabular form of winds and temperatures 23
Figure 9 Significant weather prognostic chart 24
Figure 10 Anemometer 25
Figure 11 Stevenson screen 25
Figure 12 Ceilometer 25
Figure 13 Terminal Doppler Weather Radar 26
Figure 14 Interaction of Airport Technical Services 31
introduction
Airports and airlines have an inextricable de facto relationship: the two exist to complement each other, and one cannot survive without the other. Over the century the interaction between the two can be identified as airports supplying services to
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