Unit 6: P3, P4 and M2
Aviation Geography and Terminology
Contents
P3 Explain how to calculate Elapsed flying times,
giving accurate examples.
P4 Provide air travel information using aviation
terminology for given situations.
M2 Explain the consequences of providing
inaccurate or insufficient air travel information.
P3 Explain how to calculate Elapsed flying times, giving
accurate examples.
Time Zones and International Date Line
The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on Earth's surface
defining the boundary between one day and the next. The dateline runs
from the North Pole to the South Pole and marks the divide between the
Western and Eastern Hemisphere. It is not straight but zigzags to avoid
political and country borders and to not cut some countries in half. When
you cross the International Date Line from west to east, you subtract a
day, and if you cross the line from east to west, you add a day. Depending
on which time zone the country follows, the time difference on either side
of the line is not always 24 hours. For example, if you travel the 1061 kms
(659 miles) across the dateline from Baker Island to Tokelau you must add
25 hours, or 1 day and 1 hour. 0
Greenwich Mean Time and Daylight-saving time
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Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of setting the clocks forward,
one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again
in the fall, to make better use of natural daylight.
Greenwich Mean Time or GMT is clock time at the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich, London. It is the same all year round and is not affected by
summertime (Daylight Saving Time) clock changes. When the sun is at its
highest point exactly above the Prime Meridian, it is 1200 noon at
Greenwich. GMT is also a time zone, used by the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) when Daylight Saving Time is not in use,
from October to March. The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or
Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every Time Zone of
the time zone map. GMT is still widely used as the standard time against
which all the other time zones in the world are referenced.
Elapsed Flying time
Elapsed flying time is used to avoid the confusion between 12am and
12pm.
Local time Greenwich Mean time
Departure 2nd October +1
Madrid 1530 1430
Arrival 2nd October -5
Miami 1850 2350
Elapsed flying time 9 hours 20 minutes
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/current-number-time-zones.html
Local Time Greenwich Mean Time
Departure 21st May +5:30
Bombay 1130 0600
Arrival 21st May +3
Nairobi 1440 1140
Elapsed flying time 5 Hours 40 minutes
Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Dilip Desai
Aviation Geography and Terminology
Contents
P3 Explain how to calculate Elapsed flying times,
giving accurate examples.
P4 Provide air travel information using aviation
terminology for given situations.
M2 Explain the consequences of providing
inaccurate or insufficient air travel information.
P3 Explain how to calculate Elapsed flying times, giving
accurate examples.
Time Zones and International Date Line
The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on Earth's surface
defining the boundary between one day and the next. The dateline runs
from the North Pole to the South Pole and marks the divide between the
Western and Eastern Hemisphere. It is not straight but zigzags to avoid
political and country borders and to not cut some countries in half. When
you cross the International Date Line from west to east, you subtract a
day, and if you cross the line from east to west, you add a day. Depending
on which time zone the country follows, the time difference on either side
of the line is not always 24 hours. For example, if you travel the 1061 kms
(659 miles) across the dateline from Baker Island to Tokelau you must add
25 hours, or 1 day and 1 hour. 0
Greenwich Mean Time and Daylight-saving time
Kenocia Fernandes 244890
Dilip Desai
, Unit 6: P3, P4 and M2
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of setting the clocks forward,
one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again
in the fall, to make better use of natural daylight.
Greenwich Mean Time or GMT is clock time at the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich, London. It is the same all year round and is not affected by
summertime (Daylight Saving Time) clock changes. When the sun is at its
highest point exactly above the Prime Meridian, it is 1200 noon at
Greenwich. GMT is also a time zone, used by the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) when Daylight Saving Time is not in use,
from October to March. The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or
Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every Time Zone of
the time zone map. GMT is still widely used as the standard time against
which all the other time zones in the world are referenced.
Elapsed Flying time
Elapsed flying time is used to avoid the confusion between 12am and
12pm.
Local time Greenwich Mean time
Departure 2nd October +1
Madrid 1530 1430
Arrival 2nd October -5
Miami 1850 2350
Elapsed flying time 9 hours 20 minutes
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/current-number-time-zones.html
Local Time Greenwich Mean Time
Departure 21st May +5:30
Bombay 1130 0600
Arrival 21st May +3
Nairobi 1440 1140
Elapsed flying time 5 Hours 40 minutes
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