Aeronautical Terms beginning with O

Oceanic

Oceanic airspace is defined as international airspace over oceans where separation and procedures are in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Responsibility for the provision of ATC service in this airspace is delegated to various countries.

Offshore

Offshore airspace is defined by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71, §§ 71.31 and 71.71. It is designated in international airspace within areas of domestic radio navigational signal or ATC radar coverage, and within which domestic ATC procedures are applied.

Operations Specifications (OpsSpecs)

A published document providing the conditions under which an air carrier and operator for compensation or hire must operate in order to retain approval from the FAA.

Overseas air commerce

The carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business or vocation, in commerce between a place in any State of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place in a territory or possession of the United States; or between a place in a territory or possession of the United States, and a place in any other territory or possession of the United States.

Overseas air transportation

The carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, in commerce:
(1) Between a place in a State or the District of Columbia and a place in a possession of the United States; or
(2) Between a place in a possession of the United States and a place in another possession of the United States; whether that commerce moves wholly by aircraft or partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation.