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What does enroute mean for flights?
Enroute: An aircraft that is on its way to its destination. Air Route: A specific route that an aircraft takes, just like a car route, taking specific highways and roads to get to your destination. Planes do not go a straight line from their origin to destination. Airway: A highway in the sky.
What does minimum enroute altitude guarantee?
Put simply, the MEA is the lowest altitude to be flown in an airspace structure which assures: reception of navigation aids necessary to navigate accurately along the required route, two-way communication with air traffic control, safe clearance from obstacles within the sector, and.
What is the difference between a jet route and an airway?
Jet routes are at much higher altitudes and intended for jet planes with higher service ceilings. Airways are for smaller, slower aircraft that cannot easily reach the altitude of jet routes.
Is a feeder route part of an approach?
A feeder route is a route depicted on IAP charts to designate courses for aircraft to proceed from the en route structure to the IAF. Feeder routes, also referred to as approach transitions, technically are not considered approach segments but are an integral part of many IAPs.
What is the primary means for routing IFR aircraft?
The primary means for routing aircraft operating under IFR is the Federal Airways System. The airspace of a Federal airway has a floor of 1,200 feet AGL, unless otherwise specified. A Federal airway does not include the airspace of a prohibited area.
What does Mora stand for in aviation?
minimum off-route altitudes
There are two types of minimum off-route altitudes (MORAs): the route MORA and the grid MORA. MORAs give at least 1,000 feet altitude clearance above terrain, and 2,000 feet in mountainous (an area of changing terrain where the changes of terrain elevation exceed 3000 feet within a distance of 10NM) terrain.
What is the difference between Mora and Oroca?
MORA (minimum off-route altitude). The OROCA (minimum off route obstruction clearance altitude) on the U.S. government’s IFR en route charts serves the same purpose, except clearances are 1,000 feet in non-mountainous areas and 2,000 feet in designated mountainous areas.