Platteville Municipal Airport, the Glossary
Platteville Municipal Airport is a city owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Platteville, a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
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27 relations: Air taxi, Airport, Asphalt concrete, Central business district, Central Time Zone, Elevation, FAA airport categories, Federal Aviation Administration, Fixed-base operator, General aviation, Grant County, Wisconsin, International Air Transport Association, List of airports in Wisconsin, Location identifier, Military aviation, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, Nautical mile, Non-directional beacon, Platteville Public Transportation, Platteville, Wisconsin, Runway, Sea level, United States, UTC−05:00, UTC−06:00, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Air taxi
The air taxi market is an application of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)air transportation systems that utilize advanced technologies such as vertical takeoffs, autonomous capabilities, or fully-electric systemsfor short to mid range on-demand flights.
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Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.
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Asphalt concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.
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Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
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Elevation
The elevation of a geographic ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).
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FAA airport categories
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a system for categorizing public-use airports (along with heliports and other aviation bases) that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
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Fixed-base operator
A fixed-base operator (FBO) is an organization granted the right by an airport to operate at the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring, and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, and similar services.
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General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.
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Grant County, Wisconsin
Grant County is the most southwestern county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
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International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945.
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List of airports in Wisconsin
This is a list of airports in Wisconsin (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. Platteville Municipal Airport and list of airports in Wisconsin are airports in Wisconsin.
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Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for staffed air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.
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Military aviation
Military aviation comprises military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift (air cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war theater or along a front.
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National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
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Non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information.
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Platteville Public Transportation
Platteville Public Transportation is the public transportation system in Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Platteville, Wisconsin
Platteville is the largest city in Grant County, Wisconsin.
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Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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UTC−05:00
UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00.
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UTC−06:00
UTC−06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06:00.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
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Wisconsin Department of Transportation
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin responsible for planning, building and maintaining the state's highways.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platteville_Municipal_Airport
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