Source - Vi.potsdam.ny.us - Potsdam
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minimums.<br />
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) - Rules by which aircraft are operated without visual<br />
reference to the ground, <strong>us</strong>ually when cloud ceiling are less than 1,000 feet or visibility is less than 3<br />
miles.<br />
INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) - A system which provides in the aircraft, the lateral,<br />
longitudinal, and vertical guidance necessary for landing.<br />
INSTRUMENT OPERATION - A landing or takeoff conducted while operating on an instrument<br />
flight plan.<br />
INSTRUMENT RUNWAY - A runway equipped with electronic and visual navigation aids for<br />
which a precision or non-precision approach procedure having straight-in landing minimums has<br />
been established.<br />
INTEGRATED NOISE MODEL (INM) - A computer-based airport noise exposure modelling<br />
program.<br />
ITINERANT OPERATION - All aircraft arrivals and departures other than local operations.<br />
-L-<br />
LANDING MINIMUMS/IFR LANDING MINIMUMS - The minimum visibility prescribed for<br />
landing while <strong>us</strong>ing an instrument approach procedure.<br />
LARGE AIRCRAFT - A large aircraft is an aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg)<br />
maximum certificated takeoff weight.<br />
LAT - Latitude.<br />
LOC (LOCALIZER) - Part of ILS that provides course guidance to the runway.<br />
LOCAL OPERATION - Operations performed by aircraft which: a) operate in the local traffic<br />
pattern or within sight of the tower; b) are known to be departing for, or arriving from, flight in local<br />
practice areas located within a 20-mile radi<strong>us</strong> of the control tower; or c) execute simulated<br />
instrument approaches or low passes at the airport.<br />
LONG - Longitude.<br />
-M-<br />
MASTER PLAN - Long-range plan of airport development requirements.<br />
MGW - Maximum Gross Weight.<br />
MILITARY OPERATION - An operation by military aircraft.<br />
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