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Section 7: Termination of use of alternative non-SI units
Civil Aviation (Units of Measurement for Air and Ground Operations)
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The use in civil aviation operations of the alternative non-SI units including Knot, Nautical Mile and foot shall be terminated
on the dates established by International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO).
TABLE 3-1. SI] UNIT PREFIXES
Multiplication factor Prefix Symbol
- 10"8
~ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 exa
= 10"
1 000 000 000 000 000 peta
- 10"
1 000 000 000 000 tera
1 000 000 000 =10° giga
1 000 000 = 10° mega
1000 =10° kilo
100 =10° hecto
10 =10! deca
0.1 =107 deci
0.01 = 107 centi
0.001 =10° milb
0.000 001 =10° micro
0.000 000 001 =10° nano
a 10°?
0.000
000 000 001 pico
= 10°75
0.000 000 000 000 001 feuto
0.000 900 000 000 000 001 = 107!
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TABLE 3-2. NON-SI UNITS FOR USE WITH THE SI
Primary wnit alternanve unit
Ref. No. Quannty ésymboh) (symbol)
Source: laws_africa.