Taxiing (air traffic)

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A De Havilland DHC-8 on a taxiway
An Airbus A400M rolls with the thrust of the two inner propellers
Massed taxiing ( elephant walk ) from military aircraft

As rollers or taxiing ( English ; verb : to taxi ) is in the flyer language , the slow movement of an aircraft referred to on the ground, for example, from the run-up to the runway to move back and forth. In contrast to pushback , rolling takes place with the aid of its own drive .

The aircraft on the airport or an airfield rolling on the runway , in addition to the runway, the runway comprises. It can be made of asphalt , concrete or a patch of grass . The airport runways are also taxiway called.

The aircraft or aircraft can move on wheels , skids or hovering on the ground (with some helicopters ).

The roll control coordinates the movements. There are speed limits for aircraft at airports . A maximum speed for taxiing aircraft is not legally binding worldwide. In Germany you can find maximum speeds, if specified, in the airport usage regulations. The airlines also set maximum speeds internally in the flight operations manual for their flight operations.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. taxi. In: oxforddictionaries.com. Oxford University Press, accessed February 1, 2012 .
  2. Airport usage regulations for the Memmingen Airport (PDF; 254 kB)