Clouds







Clouds are the root signs of the air. When you can recognize and understand their significances the pilot can negotiate each flight with confidence. Although clouds are among the most spectacular features of our weather, they are rarely welcomed by aircrew. Clouds obscure surface features and aircraft and also envelope high ground and may be associated with severe turbulence and rain. The main difficulties are associated with thick clouds with very low base and particularly affect aircraft attempting to take-off or land. An experienced observer can sometimes judge from the appearance of clouds that a region of bad weather is moving faster or slower than originally expected, or some special hazard is developing.

Definition of Cloud

a. Cirrus Detached clouds of delicate and fibrous appearance, without shading, generally white in color and often of silky appearance.

b. Cirrostratus A thin whitish veil which dies not blurs the outline of the sun or moon. This type of cloud often gives rise to halves.

c. Cirrocumulus A corridor layer or patch composed of small white flacks, or very small globular masses without shadows and arranged in groups or lines, but more often in ripples like

d. Altocumulus A layer, or patches composed of lamina or rather flattened globular masses, the smallest elements of the regularly arranged layer being fairly small and thin, with or without shading. The elements may be arranged in groups. The clouds often resembles Cirrocumulus but on a larger scale.

e. Altostratus Striated or fibrous veil, more or less gray or bluish in color. The sun or moon shine through the cloud vaguely, as through ground glass, and may eventually be completely obscured by the cloud. Altostratus is like thick Cirrostratus but does not produce a halo.

f. Nimbostratus A low, amorphous, and rainy layer of dark gray cloud and nearly uniform appearance.

g. Stratus A uniform but usually shallow layer of cloud resembling fog but with its base above the general level.

h. Stratocumulus A layer or patches composed of globular masses or rolls. The smallest of the regularly arranged elements are fairly large, they are soft and gray with darker parts. The cloudlets are often arranged in groups, lines or waves, aligned in one or two directions and the rolls may be as close that their edges join.

i. Cumulus Thick cloud with vertical development, the upper surface is dome-shape while the base is nearly horizontal.

j. Cumulonimbus Thick cloud with develop the thunderstorm, lightning, strong wind and rain which is hazardous to aircraft flying.


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Airspace Reservation


Definition. The airspace located above an area on the surface of the land or water, designated and set apart by Executive Order of the President or by a state, commonwealth, or territory, over which the flight of aircraft is prohibited or restricted for the purpose of national defense or for other governmental purposes. These are future types of airspace which are reserved mainly for training purposes and can pose danger to other aircraft if not properly promulgated and regulated. This airspace is not controlled by air traffic control units. However certain regulations are laid down which must be complied with to ensure safety in those areas. These areas are as follows:-

a. Danger Area. An airspace of defined dimension within which activities dangerous to the flight of an aircraft may exist at specified time. Aircraft may operate in Danger Area at their own risks.

b. Restricted Area. Airspace of defined dimension, which the flight of an aircraft is restricted in accordance with certain specified conditions. For instances, prior permission may be required 24 hours before the flight take places or the aircraft may be required to contact an ATC unit before entering the area.

c. Prohibited Area. Airspace of defined dimension within which the flight of an aircraft is forbidden or not allowed at all times. Examples are over a palace, place of worship, army camp etc.

Division of airspace


For the purpose of Aviation, The international Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has divided the world into 8 regions as far as aviation concerned as follows:-

a. Middle East & South East Asia
b. Pacific
c. Caribbean
d. Africa
e. North America
f. South America
g. North Atlantic
h. Europe

The airspace within each of these regions has been further sub-divided into FIRs (Flight Information Region) where it has been determined that air traffic services will be provided in particular portion of the airspace or at particular airfields.

The Flight Information Region is an airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service is provided. The country accepting responsibility for providing air traffic services within this region of airspace shall do so in accordance with existing ICAO standards and practices.

The countries concerned in these regions shall name the authority responsibility for providing air traffic services.

Once an FIR has been designated, the state responsible for air traffic services must establish a Flight Information Centre (FIC) to provide Flight Information Service (FIS) and alerting service within this region. Usually this centre is located with an air traffic control unit.

Runway


Defination:-
A rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off aircraft.

Abbreviation:-
RWY

Colour of surface and markings:-
All runways pavement markings are to be white in colour. On white concrete pavement the markings are to be outline in black to improve their conspicuity.

Basic Standard Markings:-
Basically there are two types of aerodrome markings, permanent and temporary markings and it will classified either instrument runway or non instrument runway. List of a basic standard marking are as below:-

- Runway center line marking
- Runway side stripe marking
- Threshold marking

Runway Identification Number:-
Marked with double figures indication the magnetic heading of the runway. The Number tu be used is the whole number nearest to one tenth of the magnetic heading of the runway center line, e.g. when this method of numbering would give single digit, it is precede by the figure '0' e.g. runway with a magnetic heading 093 degrees would be marked as runway '09'. When two or more runway ends have numbers which may be orally confusing, the final figure of one number is to be altered to avoid the possibility of confusion. In such cases, the digit at reciprocal end of runway is also amended to maintain 180 degrees difference in bearing between the two ends. Each runway is marked by two numbers in white indicating the magnetic heading of the runway to the nearest 10 degrees. To eliminate ambiguity should a runway heading end in 5 degrees, the runway figure becomes the nearest one above e.g. a runway with a magnetic heading of 265 degrees become runway '27'.