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Above Ground Level (AGL) - ✔✔Height above the ground over which you're flying
Advisory Circular - ✔✔Type of publication offered by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA). Unless they're incorporated into a regulation by specific
reference, ACs are issued to inform the public of nonregulatory material and are not
binding.
Aeronautical Advisory Stations (UNICOM). - ✔✔Air to ground communication facility
employed at airports with a low volume of general aviation traffic and where no control
tower is active.
Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) - ✔✔Systematic mental approach to consistently
determine the best course of action in a given situation
Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) - ✔✔Federal Aviation Association (FAA)
official guide to basic flight information and Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures.
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,Aeronautical Knowledge Test. - ✔✔Federal Aviation Association (FAA) exam required
to become a Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) for a Small Unmanned Aircraft System
(sUAS).
Air Traffic Control (ATC). - ✔✔Responsible for providing the safe, orderly, and
expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of
traffic requires such a service.
Airmen's Meteorological Information (AIRMET) - ✔✔Weather advisory that contains
information about weather events that are potentially unsafe. Compared to SIGMETs,
AIRMETs cover less severe weather.
Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS - ✔✔Weather reporting system that
provides surface observations up to the minute via digitized voice broadcasts and
printed reports
Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS) - ✔✔Continuous broadcast of
recorded aeronautical information in busier airports. Contain essential information such
as weather information, active runways, available approaches, and NOTAM.
Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS). - ✔✔Weather reporting system that
consists of various sensors, a processor, a computer-generated voice subsystem, and a
transmitter to broadcast weather data on a minute-by-minute basis.
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, Aviation Area Forecast (FA) - ✔✔Encompasses the weather conditions over a large
regional area. Beneficial in verifying airport conditions at airports that do not have
terminal aerodrome forecasts.
Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR). - ✔✔Observation of current surface
weather reported in a standard international format. Issued hourly unless significant
weather changes have occurred.
B4UFly App - ✔✔Smartphone app from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) that
helps unmanned aircraft operators determine whether there are any restrictions or
requirements in effect at the location where they want to fly.
Center of Gravity (CG). - ✔✔The point at which your aircraft would perfectly balance if
it were suspended at that point.
Certificate of Waiver (CoW). - ✔✔Allows a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
operation to deviate from certain provisions of Part 107 as long as the FAA finds that
the proposed operation can be safely conducted under the terms of that Certificate of
Waiver.
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) - ✔✔Applies only to public operators
(government entities and organizations). Permits nationwide flights in Class G airspace
at or below 400 feet, self-certification of the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
pilot, and the option to obtain emergency COAs (e-COAs) under special circumstances.
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