calibrated airspeed

English

Noun

calibrated airspeed (usually uncountable, plural calibrated airspeeds)

1. (aviation) An aircraft's indicated airspeed corrected for errors introduced by instrument variations and by the position on the aircraft of the sensors of the aircraft's pitot-static system.

Synonyms

• CAS

Coordinate terms

• equivalent airspeed
• indicated airspeed
• true airspeed