Section 7: Identifying Aircrafts

Same runway seperation

Descriptions:
- weight: 12,500lbs or less
- single engine
- propeller driven
- all helicopters

- weight: 12,500lbs or less
- twin engine
- propeller driven

- any other aircraft not described in CAT 1 or 2

speed: 100-160kts
altitude: 10,000 feet and below
climb rate: 1000 fpm or less
weight class: small

Examples: C182, P28R, SR22

Speed: 160-250kts
Altitude: FL240 and below
Climb Rate: 1,000-2,000 fpm
Weight Class: Small

speed: 300-550kts
altitude: FL450 and below
climb rate: 2,000-4,000 fpm

speed: 90-160kts
alitutde: FL200 and below
climb rate: 500-2,150 fpm

aircraft 41,000lbs or less maximum certificated takeoff weight

aircraft of more than 41,000lbs maximum certificated takeoff weight up to but not including 300,000lbs

aircraft capable of takeoff weights of 300,000lbs or more wheter or not they are operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight

Specifically an Airbus A-380 and Antonov An-225

Category A: Super (Airbus A380-800 and Antonov An-225 Mriya) l Category B: Pairwise Upper Heavy l Category C: Pairwise Lower Heavy l Category D: Non-Pairwise Heavy l Category E: Boeing 757 l Category F: Upper Large (excludes the Boeing 757) l Category G: Lower Large l Category H: Upper Small (aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of more than 15,400 pounds up to 41,000 pounds)
Category I: Lower Small (aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 15,400 pounds or less

- shortened version of the aircraft manufacturer's model designation. Often used on flight progress stripes and for ATC communications.
- contains no dashes
- may all be letters even though the first character MUST be a letter

1st Character: denotes the aircrafts manufacturers

- a single designator can be used for many aircraft models

- begin with a letter that identifies the aircrafts mission or tactical status
A = attack
B = bomber
C= cargo
E = electronic
F = ighter
H = helicopter
K = refuler
T = trainer
U = utility
M = multimission
O = observation
R = reconnaissance
S = anti submarine

- size
- engine location and number
- engine type (piston-engine or turboprop)
- wing placement
- tail configuration
- windows
- fuseladge shape
- landing gear

- found mostly on single or light twin engine aircrafts
- internal combustion engines power a propeller connected to a drive shaft
- similar to car engines and normally generate anywhere from 60 to 350 horsepower
- slowest of the three engines

- small turbojet engine
- drives a propeller connected to the driveshaft as well
- found on CAT 2 and alot of CAT 3 aircraft and vary in each weight class
- produces greater horsepower creating faster speeds and increased aircraft performance

- has no propeller
- engines "suck, squeeze, bang, and blow," to create thrust
-> air is sucked into intake, squeezed by compressors, injected with fuel, and ignited creating the bang and blown out through the exhuast to take advantage of Newton's 3rd Law

1- high wing (cessena)
located: top of fuseladge
2- mid wing (fighting falcon)
located: mounted in the center or middle of fuseladge
3- low wing (piper cherokee)
located: on the underside or beneath the fuseladge

- straight wing
- swept wing
- delta wing
- canard wing

- conventional tail
- forward slant vertical stabilizer
- horiziontal stablizer above fuseladge

- oval
- round
- teardrop
- square
- bubble