airway

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Airway

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: bfo:three-dimensional spatial region

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:immaterial entity › bfo:spatial region › bfo:three-dimensional spatial region › airway

Definition

three-dimensional spatial region that connects one specified location (navigation point) to another at a specified altitude, along which an aircraft may be flown

Explanatory Notes

a series of abstract GPS points that create designated routes which aeroplanes fly to aid in navigation and help with separation to avoid accidents

An airway is based on a centerline that extends from one navigation aid or intersection to another navigation aid (or through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas [Federal Aviation Administration - FAA]

a control area or portion thereof established in the form of a corridor equipped with radio navigation aids [EUROCONTROL EATM Glossary of Terms]

Airways are defined with segments within a specific altitude block, corridor width, and between fixed geographic coordinates for satellites navigation system, or between ground-based radio transmitter navigational aids (navaids; such as VORs or NDBs) or the intersection of specific radials of two navaids (Wikipedia)

Examples

  • Airway #B9 (Blue 9) that connects the Southern Florida mainland to Marathon Key

Synonyms

  • air route

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

The required constructs for creation of a formal definition are not available in this release.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms 

Airway(x) → ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion (x)

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is an ‘airway’ then x is a ‘three-dimensional spatial region’

Description Logic

constr:Airway ⊑ bfo:three-dimensional_spatial_region

SubClassOf: bfo:three-dimensional_spatial_region