Airspeed (disambiguation)
Airspeed is the speed of an aircraft relative to the air.
Airspeed may also refer to:
Specific measures of airspeed
- Calibrated airspeed (CAS), indicated airspeed, corrected for instrument error and position error
- Equivalent airspeed(EAS), the airspeed at sea level which represents the same dynamic pressure as that flying at the true airspeed at altitude
- Indicated airspeed (IAS), the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft
- True airspeed (TAS), the speed of an aircraft relative to the airmass in which it flies
Other uses in aviation
- Airspeed indicator, a flight instrument that displays airspeed
- Airspeed Aviation, a small regional airline based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Air-Speed Inc, a defunct American airline
- Airspeed Ltd, a British aircraft manufacturer
Other uses
- Airspeed (film), a 1998 Canadian film
- Air Speed, a discount skateboard shoe brand sold by Wal-Mart and endorsed by skateboarder Mike McGill
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