Distance Measuring Equipment
From EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon
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Abbreviation
| Distance Measuring Equipment | * DME |
Definition
| Distance Measuring Equipment | Ultra High Frequency (UHF) ground equipment that is used in conjunction with airborne equipment to determine distance between the airborne and ground equipment. |
Definition Source
| Distance Measuring Equipment | Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), version 5.1 Aeronautical Information Feature Data Dictionary (AIFDD) |
Note
| Distance Measuring Equipment | DME Distance is defined as the line of sight distance (slant range) from the source of a DME signal to the receiving antenna. DME operates on the interrogation-answer principle where the time required for the round trip of the signal exchange is measured in the airborne DME unit and translated into DME Distance. |
