Draft EUG Master Plan Update, February 2010

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GLOSSARY APPENDIX A DEMAND AIR TAXI : Use of an aircraft operating under Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 135, passenger and cargo operations, including charter and excluding commuter air carrier. (FAA Census) DISPLACED THRESHOLD : A threshold that is located at a point on the runway other than the designated beginning of the runway. (AIM) DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (DME) : Equipment (airborne and ground) used to measure, in nautical miles, the slant range distance of an aircraft from the DME navigational aid. (AIM) FAR PART 77 : The part of the Federal Aviation Regulations that deals with objects affecting navigable airspace. FAR PART 77 SURFACES : Imaginary surfaces established with relation to each runway of an airport. There are five types of surfaces: (1) primary; (2) approach; (3) transitional; (4) horizontal; and (5) conical. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) : The United States government agency that is responsible for insuring the safe and efficient use of the nation's airspace. FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) : A business operating at an airport that provides aircraft services to the general public, including but not limited to sale of fuel and oil; aircraft sales, rental, maintenance, and repair; parking and tiedown or storage of aircraft; flight training; air taxi/charter operations; and specialty services, such as instrument and avionics maintenance, painting, overhaul, aerial application, aerial photography, aerial hoists, or pipeline patrol. FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) : FAA facilities which provide pilot briefings on weather, airports, altitudes, routes, and other flight planning information. FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP : A company or individual buys, or leases, a fractional interest in one aircraft just as they might acquire a partial interest in one condo unit. They can use their own aircraft or another similar or identical aircraft a certain number of hours or days per year. The economics of each situation differs depending on the number of people who will use the aircraft, the value of their time to the company, and the dollars saved in airline tickets, hotels, etc. GENERAL AVIATION : That portion of civil aviation which encompasses all facets of aviation except air carriers. (FAA Stats) GENERIC VISUAL GLIDE SLOPE INDICATOR (GVGI) : A generic term for the group of airport visual landing aids which includes Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI), Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI), and Pulsed Light Approach Slope Indicators (PLASI). When FAA funding pays for this equipment, whichever type receives the lowest bid price will be installed unless the airport owner wishes to pay the difference for a more expensive unit. GLIDE SLOPE : An electronic signal radiated by a component of an ILS to provide descent path guidance to approaching aircraft. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) : A relatively new navigational system which utilizes a network of satellites to determine a positional fix almost anywhere on or above the earth. Developed and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense, GPS has been made available to the civilian sector for surface, marine, and aerial navigational use. For aviation purposes, the current form of GPS guidance A-5 Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (February 2010)