ATC BASICS- BASIC NAVIGATION
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Parallels and meridians are divided into - ANSWER Degrees, Mins, Seconds
What goes first, Longitude or latitude? - ANSWER Latitude always before longitude
True or False
Parallels of latitude are used for measuring degrees of latitude north and south of the
equator - ANSWER True
Which reference line is used to measure north-south distances? - ANSWER Equator
How many minutes are there in 1 degree of latitude - ANSWER 60
A series of circles parallel to the equator - ANSWER Parallels of latitude
Shortest distance between two points on a sphere - ANSWER Great circle route
What measures angular distance east and west of the Prime Meridian - ANSWER
Longitudinal lines
The unit of measurement that equals 1 NM is _____ SM. - ANSWER 1.15 SM
A time zone is established for every _____ degrees of _______ - ANSWER 15 degrees
of longitudinal
1 SM is equal to ______ NM - ANSWER 0.87 NM
How many standard time zones are there - ANSWER 24
True or false
Wind effects true airspeed (TAS) - ANSWER FALSE
True or false
Wind effects ground speed (GS) - ANSWER TRUE
What is wind - ANSWER Wind is a mass of air moving over the Earth's surface in a
definite direction.
What is Drift angle - ANSWER is what any free object will do as the air moves
downwind with the speed of the wind.
What is Track - ANSWER is the actual path that the aircraft has flown over the Earth's
surface.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Parallels and meridians are divided into - ANSWER Degrees, Mins, Seconds
What goes first, Longitude or latitude? - ANSWER Latitude always before longitude
True or False
Parallels of latitude are used for measuring degrees of latitude north and south of the
equator - ANSWER True
Which reference line is used to measure north-south distances? - ANSWER Equator
How many minutes are there in 1 degree of latitude - ANSWER 60
A series of circles parallel to the equator - ANSWER Parallels of latitude
Shortest distance between two points on a sphere - ANSWER Great circle route
What measures angular distance east and west of the Prime Meridian - ANSWER
Longitudinal lines
The unit of measurement that equals 1 NM is _____ SM. - ANSWER 1.15 SM
A time zone is established for every _____ degrees of _______ - ANSWER 15 degrees
of longitudinal
1 SM is equal to ______ NM - ANSWER 0.87 NM
How many standard time zones are there - ANSWER 24
True or false
Wind effects true airspeed (TAS) - ANSWER FALSE
True or false
Wind effects ground speed (GS) - ANSWER TRUE
What is wind - ANSWER Wind is a mass of air moving over the Earth's surface in a
definite direction.
What is Drift angle - ANSWER is what any free object will do as the air moves
downwind with the speed of the wind.
What is Track - ANSWER is the actual path that the aircraft has flown over the Earth's
surface.
