Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2022_23
Subject	AIR NAVIGATION					Code	00710326
Study programme	0710 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA AEROESPACIAL
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Compulsory	Third	Second
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador	ESCAPA GARCIA , LUIS ALBERTO				E-mail	lescg@unileon.es fnavf@unileon.es
Lecturers	ESCAPA GARCIA , LUIS ALBERTO NAVARRO FELIX , FRANCISCO ANTONIO
Web	http://www.unileon.es
General description
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PEREZ GARCIA , HILDE Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. GONZALO DE GRADO , JESUS Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MARTINEZ PELLITERO , SUSANA Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. BARREIRO GARCIA , JOAQUIN Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. RODRIGUEZ MATEOS , PABLO Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ LLAMAS , CAMINO

Competencias

Code
A17701
A17703
A17721
B958
B959
B961
B5474
B5475
B5476
B5477
B5478
C1
C2
C5

Learning aims

	Competences
	A17701 A17703 A17721	B958 B959 B961 B5474 B5475 B5476 B5477 B5478	C1 C2 C5
	A17701 A17703 A17721	B958 B961 B5474 B5475 B5476 B5477 B5478	C1 C2 C5
	A17701 A17703	B958 B959 B961 B5474 B5475 B5476 B5477 B5478	C1 C2 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Comments	The contents of the course have been developed in the blocks and topics that are shown below. For each topic, an indicative description of the issues considered has been included, which may be adapted to the development of the course.
Block I: AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEM, BASIC CONCEPTS OF AIR NAVIGATION	Topic 1: AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEM Background. Air Navigation System. ATM services. Flight phases. The International Civil Aviation Organization. Topic 2: BASIC CONCEPTS OF AIR NAVIGATION Concept and methods of Air Navigation. Basic terminology. Wind triangle. Measurement units. Visual and instrumental conditions. The Earth: reference systems. Terrestrial magnetism. Time. NATO phonetic alphabet.
Block II: BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS. ALTIMETRY IN AIR NAVITAGION	Topic 1: BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS. ALTIMETRY Pitot-static system. Gyroscope. Compass. Direction indicator. Anemometer. Altimeter. Variometer. Attitude indicator. Turn coordinator. The International Standard Atmosphere. Height indication. Settings.
Block III: AIR ROUTES AND AERONAUTICAL CHARTS	Topic 1: AIR ROUTES AND AERONAUTICAL CHARTS Air routes. Route types. Orthodromic and rhumb lines. Projections. Conventional navigation and RNAV. Aeronautical charts.
Block IV: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT AIR NAVIGATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS	Topic1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT AIRNAVIGATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS System architecture. Air Navigation Services. Aeronautical communications. Propagation. Concept of Air Navigation Support System. Operationl capabilities. Classification and evolution of systems. Positioning in the airspace.
Block V: TERRESTRIAL, AUTONOMOUS AND SPACE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS	Topic 1: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS Terrestrial systems:NDB, VOR,DME, ILS and MLS. Radioelectric easements, flight test and maintenance. Reference normative. Characteristic errors. Precision dilution. Topic 2: AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS Autonomous systems. Doppler Navigation System. Radio altimeter. Inertial Navigation System. Dead reckoning positioning. Topic 3: SPACE SYSTEMS Space systems. GPS, GLONASS and GALILEO systems. SBAS, GBAS and ABS augmentation systems. EGNOS system.
Block VI: SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS	Topic 1: SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Surveillance systems. Primary and secondary radar. Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS).

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises	20	30	50
Laboratory practicals	8	15	23
Lecture	29	45	74
Mixed tests	2	0	2
	1	0	1
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Laboratory practicals
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture Problem solving, classroom exercises Laboratory practicals

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Mixed tests		85%
		15%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic
Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

LINEAR ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY / 00710301 DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS / 00710302 PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS / 00710303 NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS / 00710306 EXTENSION OF PHYSICS / 00710307 AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY / 00710312 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING / 00710313 ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / 00710316