Unit 6 – Aviation Geography and Terminology

Assignment 1

Know your Aviation Geography (P1, P2, M1)

Name: ____________________________
P1 – P2
You are to complete this as a controlled assessment, within class.

You will need to complete the maps in the separate A3 Map workbook.

M1

You are required to submit this through Turnitin.

 Map 1 & Map 2
1: IATA areas and sub-areas (P1)

IATA Area Corresponding sub-areas

Locate and label these areas on Map 1 in your booklet

2: Lines of latitude and Longitude (P1)

Label and name the main lines of latitude and longitude on Map 2 in your
booklet.
 Map 3
3: Oceans, Continents, Hemispheres and Time Zones (P1)

Label the oceans, continents and hemispheres on Map 3

Use your map and atlas as reference state which country, continent,
hemisphere and time zone the cities listed below are located in
Plot and label the cities on Map 3

Time Zone
(how many
Country Continent Hemisphere(s)
hours +/_
GMT)

Sydney

Los Angeles

Barcelona

Rio de Janeiro

Mumbai

Johannesburg
 Map 4
4: Global indicators (P1)

State the six main global indicators and give the following information:

Two letter code

Full name
Which IATA area(s) it applies to
An example routing, including a potential stopover a passenger could
have en-route.
Plot and label each route on Map 4, use a different colour for each route.

Global Global indicator full IATA area routing Example routing

indicato name
r code
 Map 5
5: Identify and name the main physical features (P2)

List the main mountain ranges, deserts, seas then locate and label on Map 5.

Mountain ranges

Deserts

Major Seas
 Maps 6 - 12
6: Political and Physical Features across worldwide routes (P2)

For the following routes you will need to identify:

IATA area and sub-area the cities are located in
The Global Indicators for each journey
The political and physical features the journey crosses for example
countries/mountains/deserts/rivers/seas etc…
State the 3 letter IATA codes for each place listed

London – Delhi – Hong Kong Political and physical features the

journey cross
IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area IATA Area /Sub-area

Area /Sub-area
/Sub-area

London – Toronto – Vancouver Political and physical features the

journey cross
IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area IATA Area /Sub-area

Area /Sub-area
/Sub-area

London – Singapore – Darwin – Adelaide Political and physical features the

journey cross
IATA code IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area IATA Area /Sub- IATA Area /Sub-

Area /Sub-area area area
/Sub-area

London – Johannesburg – Mauritius Political and physical features the

journey cross
IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area /Sub- IATA Area /Sub-area

Area area
/Sub-area
London – Bangkok-Shanghai Political and physical features the
journey cross
IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area /Sub- IATA Area /Sub-area

Area area
/Sub-area

London – Rio de Janeiro – Santiago de Chile

IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area /Sub- IATA Area /Sub-area

Area area
/Sub-area

London – Durban – Windhoek

IATA code IATA code IATA code

IATA IATA Area /Sub- IATA Area /Sub-area

Area area
/Sub-area

You must draw the routes onto the Maps 6 - 12, showing/labelling the political
and physical features they cross.
Name the countries the route crosses
Label and name the physical features the route crosses.
 Map 13
6: IATA Area 1 (P2)
You are required to locate ten Countries, showing their boundaries on Map 13
in your workbook, you must also plot their capital cities and major gateway
airports.

Country Capital City Major Gateway Airport(s)

Antigua

Argentina

Barbados

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Cuba

Jamaica

Mexico

United States
of America

Map 14
7: IATA Area 2 (P2)
You are required to locate ten Countries, showing their boundaries on Map 14
in your workbook, you must also plot their capital cities and major gateway
airports.
Country Capital City Major Gateway Airport(s)

France

Italy

Kenya

Netherlands

Poland

Russian Federation
(Just IATA area 2)

South Africa

Spain

UAE
United kingdom

Map15
8: IATA Area 3 (P3)

You are required to locate ten Countries, showing their boundaries on Map 15
in your workbook, you must also plot their capital cities and major gateway
airports.

Country Capital City Major Gateway Airport(s)

Australia

China

Fiji Island

India

Indonesian

Japan

New Zealand

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand
(M1) – Controlled assessment
You are required to expand on your knowledge shown in task 1 and 2, using this
to analyse two multi-sector routes with different global indicators in relation to
the political and physical features across the routes. Evidence can be presented
on a blank map and explained verbally or in written format. This can be
submitted via Turnitin.

Customer 1: Map 16
You have received an enquiry from Mrs Detamore, she wishes to visit her family
in Sydney and wants to visit the following places en-route to her destination.

Departure airport: London Heathrow

Auckland
Los Angeles
New York
Sydney

Arrange cities in a logical flight order from London Heathrow to Sydney.

Plot the cities and flight routing on map, labelling the physical and political
features across the routes.

Then produce a word document in which you analyse the routing in relation to
the features crossed.

Customer 2: Map 17
You have received an enquiry from Mr Benshaw, who wishes to surprise his
partner for her birthday with a surprise trip to visit their son in Cape Town. He
wants to visit the following places en-route to their destination.

Departure airport: London Heathrow

Cairo
Cape Town
Nairobi
Paris
Rome

Arrange cities in a logical flight order from London Heathrow to Cape Town.

Plot the cities and flight routing on map, labelling the physical and political
features across the routes.
Then produce a word document in which you analyse the routing in relation to
the features crossed.