Station

Definitions

• A location in the airplane that is identified by a number designating its distance in inches from the datum. The datum is, therefore, identified as station zero. An item located at station +50 would have an arm of 50 inches.
• (GAMA) A location along the airplane fuselage usually given in terms of distance from the reference datum.

References

• Airplane Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2021
• Weight and Balance Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2016