Glossary

Hold: Waypoint sequencing is disabled or suspended. A hold may be automatically or manually activated. This should not be confused with a “holding pattern.” Pressing the OBS/HLD key suspends waypoint sequencing.

IIAF: Initial Approach Fix.

Identifier: A name, typically abbreviated, assigned to a waypoint. The identifier may consist of numbers and alpha characters, up to six in length. For example, the airport identifier for Los Angeles International Airport is LAX.

IFAF: Initial and Final Approach fix. A combined Initial and Final approach Fix with no intermediate waypoints.

IFR: Instrument Flight Rules

Intersection (INT): A point defined by any combination of courses, radials, or bearings of two or more navigational aids.

KKnot (kt): A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour.

LLatitude (Lat): Any line circling the earth parallel to the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds north and south of the equator.

LFAC: Landing FACility.

Longitude (Lon): Any line from the north to the south pole, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a circle, east or west of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich, England).

MMA: Missed Approach Point. A code appended to a waypoint in the database that may not appear on a published map.

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