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Hangar Area - Answer: Area adjoining a facility that is used to
store and/or repair aircraft. For the
purpose of these Regulations, is considered part of the
Secured Area.
ID Badging Office - Answer: The location where Airport Access Control
System Airport ID Badges are issued. The
O'Hare Office is located on the l o w e r l e v
e l of Terminal 3 near Elevator Center 6. The
Midway Office is located at the CDA Security
Office, 5221 W. 55th St., on the 2nd floor.
Non-movement
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,Area - Answer: An area where Aircraft, and Ground Vehicle
movement is at the operator's discretion
without contact with air traffic control. These
areas include, but are not limited to, airport
service roads, ramps and baggage make-up
areas.
Notice to Airmen
(NOTAM) - Answer: A notice containing information concerning
the establishment, condition or change in
any aeronautical facility, service, procedure
or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is
essential to personnel concerned with flight
operations.
O'Hare
Communication
Center (OCC) - Answer: Coordinates and dispatches
public safety and security
assets at O'Hare Airport.
Operator - Answer: Any person who is in physical control of an
Aircraft or a Ground Vehicle, and includes
but is not limited to employees,transient
delivery persons,or persons being escorted
within a security perimeter.
owner - Answer: For the purpose of these Regulations (1) any person who holds the legal title
of an Aircraft or Ground Vehicle, or (2) is the conditional vendee or lessee of
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,an Aircraft or Ground Vehicle that is the subject of a conditional sale or lease
with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the
agreement, and with the immediate right of possession vested in the
conditional vendee or lessee, or (3) is in possession of an Aircraft or Ground
Vehicle on the Airport, or (4) a mortgagor of an Aircraft or Ground Vehicle
entitled to possession.
Person - Answer: Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
company, association, joint stock association, or
governmental authority. It includes any trustee,
committee, receiver, assignee, successor, or similar
representative of any of them, or any employee.
Power Back - Answer: A procedure where an Aircraft backs
up under guidance of ground
personnel, under its own power, using
reverse engine thrust (pe r f o r m e d
a t O'Hare only).
Push Back - Answer: A procedure where an Aircraft
is moved backward by a tug
or other specially designed
vehicle.
Ramp - Answer: A defined area of the airport intended to
accommodate Aircraft for purposes of
loading or unloading passengers,cargo or
mail, refueling, parking or maintenance, also
called a Non-Movement area.
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, Rotating/Flashing
Beacon Lights - Answer: Yellow or amber rotating lights inside of a
dome that can be seen from a 360- degree
visibility from dawn to dusk. These lights are
fixed on top of a vehicle roof or located on
the dashboard of a vehicle.
Runway - Answer: The portion of the movement
area intended for takeoff and
landing of aircraft.
Runway
Incursion - Answer: Any occurrence at an airport/aerodrome
involving the incorrect presence of an
aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected
area of a surface designated for the landing
and takeoff of aircraft.
Safety Area - Answer: A designated area next to the edges
of a Runway or Taxiway intended to
reduce the risk of damage to an
Aircraft inadvertently leaving the
Runway or Taxiway.
Secured Area - Answer: A portion of an airport, specified in the Airport Security Program in
which
certain security measures specified in of 49 CFR Part 1542 Chapter XII are
carried out. This area is where aircraft operators and foreign air carriers, that
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