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AIR MILE [2 records]

Record 1 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Marketing
DEF

The number of miles flown relative to the air; true air speed multiplied by time.

OBS

air mile: a nautical mile used as a measure of distance flown by aircraft.

Key term(s)
  • air mile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Commercialisation
OBS

mile : mesure anglo-saxonne de longueur utilisée en Grande-Bretagne, aux États-Unis, et au Canada, valant 5 280 pieds soit 1 609 mètres.

OBS

milage : construit par analogie avec «métrage» et «kilométrage».

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

The basic unit of distance in air navigation equal in the U.S. before 1946 to the statute mile of 5280 feet, from 1946 to 1954 to the British nautical mile of 6080 feet, and since 1959 to the international nautical mile of 6076.11549 feet.

DEF

A unit of length used in air navigation and equal, since 1954, to 1 international nautical mile (1852 meters). Also known as aeronautical mile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Cette notion est toujours exprimée en mille marin.

Spanish

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