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means of repetitive broadcasts on a discrete aerodrome frequency, provides current and routine information for aircraft arriving at, or departing from, the aerodrome.
accurate QNH has the same meaning as in section 10.06.
Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
additional fuel means the supplementary amount of fuel required to allow an aircraft that suffers engine failure, or loss of pressurisation at the most critical point along the route, whichever results in the greater subsequent fuel consumption, to:
(a) proceed to an alternate aerodrome (or, for a rotorcraft, a suitable rotorcraft landing site); and
       Note   For a rotorcraft, an alternate rotorcraft landing site would constitute the alternate aerodrome.
(b) fly for 15 minutes at the holding speed for the aircraft at 1 500 ft above the aerodrome elevation in ISA conditions; and
(c) make an approach and landing.
Note   Fuel planning in accordance with Chapter 19 may place an aircraft in a fuel emergency situation if a failure or loss were to occur as described above. In that case, additional fuel must be carried.
ADF means automatic direction finder.
ADF, when used in relation to a SOG operation: see section 20.01.
adult has the meaning given by Part 1 of the CASR Dictionary.
Note   Adult means a person who has turned 13.
aerial application operation has the meaning given by regulation 137.010 of CASR.
aerial application operator means a person who holds an AOC that authorises the use of an aeroplane or a rotorcraft in an aerial application operation.
aerial work certificate means a certificate issued under regulation 138.040 of CASR.
aerial work operator means the holder of an aerial work certificate.
aerodrome forecast means:
(a) for an aerodrome in Australian territory — an authorised weather forecast for the aerodrome issued by the BOM, that is labelled as a "TAF"; or
(b) for an aerodrome outside Australian territory — an authorised weather forecast for the aerodrome that meets the requirements of standard 6.2, Aerodrome forecasts, in Chapter 6 of ICAO Annex 3, Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation.
AFIS means Aerodrome Flight Information Service.
AFM (short for aircraft flight manual) has the same meaning as flight manual.
AGL means above ground level.
agricultural operation has the meaning given in subregulation 2 (1) of CAR.
AIP has the meaning given by Part 1 of the CASR Dictionary.
Note   The AIP is available through <www.airservicesaustralia.com>.
AIRAC cycle, or aeronautical information regulation and control cycle, is the system and frequency setting used to regularly update aeronautical information in relevant aviation systems, for example, in a navigation database.
Note   In accordance with Annex 15, Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), to the Chicago Convention, the AIRAC cycle documents and defines a series of common dates, and