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Night [ICAO]

Term · Aviation and air traffic control · MLC-T-AVN-000658

The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be specified by the appropriate authority.

NOTE: Civil twilight ends in the evening when the center of the sun's disk is 6 degrees below the horizon and begins in the morning when the center of the sun's disk is 6 degrees below the horizon.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AVN-000658
FieldAviation and air traffic control
SubjectICAO
ReferencesFAA Pilot/Controller Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AVN-000658",
  "term": "Night [ICAO]",
  "field": "Aviation and air traffic control",
  "definition": "The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be specified by the appropriate authority.\n\nNOTE: Civil twilight ends in the evening when the center of the sun's disk is 6 degrees below the horizon and begins in the morning when the center of the sun's disk is 6 degrees below the horizon.",
  "subject": "ICAO",
  "references": [
    "FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/aviation/night-icao/"
}

Record 658 of 1,122 in Aviation and air traffic control terminology (MLC-0104). Request the full dataset.