Appendix I

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAF

Final Approach Fix

FCC

Federal Communication Commission

FPL

flight plan

fpm

feet per minute

FSS

Flight Service Station

ft

foot/feet

gal

gallon(s)

geodetic altitude

GPS calculated altitude

Glide Ratio, G/R

The estimated distance an aircraft will move forward for

 

any given amount of lost altitude.

GND

ground

gph

gallons per hour

GPS

Global Positioning System

Grid MORA

Grid Minimum Off-Route Altitude; one degree latitude

 

by one degree longitude in size and clears the highest

 

elevation reference point in the grid by 1000 feet for all

 

areas of the grid

Ground-Based

Provides ADS-R, TIS-B and FIS-B broadcasts to ADS-B

Transceiver

participating aircraft.

Groundspeed

The velocity that the aircraft is travelling relative to a

 

ground position.

Ground Track

see Track

GS

Ground speed

Heading

The direction an aircraft is pointed, based upon indications

 

from a magnetic compass or a properly set directional

 

gyro.

Hg

mercury

hPa

hectopascal

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