Area Minimum Altitude
From EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon
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Abbreviation
AMA
Definition
The minimum altitude to be used under Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) that provides a minimum obstacle clearance within a specified area.
Definition Source
Aeronautical Information Feature Data Dictionary (AIFDD), based on ICAO (2006), doc. 8168, Vol. I, Aircraft Operations
Note
The area is normally specified by a pair of geographic parallels and a pair of geographic meridians.