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Handling holdings: Execution and procedures

Published March 12, 2024
When an aircraft approaches the airport in difficult circumstances or cannot land amidst different factors, it has to wait in the air for the approval to proceed with landing by the air traffic controllers.
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Aircraft holdings explained: Breaking down the basics

Published February 5, 2024
Many of us have found ourselves aboard a plane executing repetitive turns in the sky or observed an aircraft circling a specific point.
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ADS-B data: understanding basic regulatory context

Published August 13, 2021
In order to ensure successful implementation of ADS-B and for interoperability to occur globally, there are certain requirements to be met with regards to the ADS-B data that is shared between both aircraft and Air Traffic Control (ATC), and the systems in place to enable this.
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ADS-B Out and ADS-B In Explained

Published August 10, 2021
ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) is the standard surveillance system for the majority of the world’s aviation industry. And, as of 2020, ADS-B Out is mandatory for aircraft flying through a number of countries’ airspace, including in the US, Europe, Canada and large parts of Asia/Pacific.
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What is ADS-B tracking?

Published August 6, 2021
ADS-B, short for Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, uses GPS satellites and other navigation tools to help determine an aircraft’s location at any given time.
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How does ADS-B work?

Published August 4, 2021
ADS-B is becoming an increasingly important surveillance technology for much of the global aviation industry and has played a large part in increasing safety, improving efficiency and reducing costs for the sector.
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How ADS-B has Shaped the Modern Aviation Industry

Published August 2, 2021
ADS-B has been used by the global aviation industry for well over two decades, and has become a key enabler in the modernisation of its surveillance systems.
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Spire Weather Web Map Service

Published April 24, 2020
WMS (Web Map Services) is a turnkey solution to visualize weather forecast data into base maps and applications.
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