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wind factor

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wind factor [′win ‚fak·tər]
(navigation)
In air navigation, a measure of the net effect of wind on the ground speed of an aircraft; it is the magnitude of the wind vector component parallel to the heading of an aircraft, averaged over the entire flight positive if a tailwind, negative if a headwind.


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