WorksheetsPLTW FS Flight Planning Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What type of chart shows an enhanced map that pilots use when flying? It contains topography, hazards, navigation routes, airspace, and airports.
Cardinal directions
Topography
Aeronautical chart
Compass rose
Airline employee who plans routes, determines fuel loads, checks weather, and follows flight paths on the ground. Also called a dispatcher.
Aircraft dispatcher
Navigator
Pilot
The air or sky above a country that is considered to belong to that country.
Airspace
Cardinal directions
Compass rose
Topography
The shape and features of land surfaces, including both natural and artificial physical features of an area.
Checkpoint
Compass rose
Sextant
Topography
A symbol on a map that shows orientation relative to north, south, east, and west.
Aeronautical chart
Compass rose
Cardinal directions
Sextant
The person who sets the course or direction for a vehicle or trip.
Pilot
Navigator
Aircraft Dispatcher
Sextant
Cardinal directions
The air or sky above a country that is considered to belong to that country.
Something on the Earth's surface that is easily visible from the air.
The four main directions: north, south, east, and west.
A symbol on a map that shows orientation relative to north, south, east, and west.
Checkpoint
The air or sky above a country that is considered to belong to that country.
Something on the Earth's surface that is easily visible from the air.
The four main directions: north, south, east, and west.
A symbol on a map that shows orientation relative to north, south, east, and west.
Navigation
An enhanced map that pilots use when flying. It contains topography, hazards, navigation routes, airspace, and airports.
The shape and features of land surfaces, including both natural and artificial physical features of an area.
Navigation of an aircraft using only visual ground references.
The method of determining one’s position and planning and following a route.
Pilotage
An enhanced map that pilots use when flying. It contains topography, hazards, navigation routes, airspace, and airports.
The shape and features of land surfaces, including both natural and artificial physical features of an area.
Navigation of an aircraft using only visual ground references.
The method of determining one’s position and planning and following a route.
A navigation instrument used for measuring the angular distances between objects and taking altitudes in navigation.
Sextant
Checkpoint
Cardinal Directions
Compass Rose
