Apollo 65 User Manual

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Hold:

Waypoint

sequencing

is

disabled

or

suspended. A hold may be automatically or manually
activated. This should not be confused with a
“holding pattern.” Pressing the OBS/HLD key
suspends waypoint sequencing.

I

IAF: Initial Approach Fix.

Identifier: A name, typically abbreviated, assigned to
a waypoint. The identifier may consist of numbers
and alpha characters, up to six in length. For example,
the airport identifier for Los Angeles International
Airport is LAX.

IFAF: Initial and Final Approach fix. A combined
Initial and Final approach Fix with no intermediate
waypoints.

IFR: Instrument Flight Rules

Intersection

(INT):

A

point

defined

by

any

combination of courses, radials, or bearings of two or
more navigational aids.

K

Knot (kt): A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile
per hour.

L

Latitude (Lat): Any line circling the earth parallel to
the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and
seconds north and south of the equator.

LFAC: Landing FACility.

Longitude (Lon): Any line from the north to the
south pole, measured in degrees, minutes, and
seconds of a circle, east or west of the Prime Meridian
(Greenwich, England).

M

MA: Missed Approach Point. A code appended to a
waypoint in the database that may not appear on a
published map.

15-6

Glossary

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