Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) provides what information to pilots?

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) provides what information to pilots?

• A. Distance
• B. Altitude
• C. Speed
• D. Bearing

Answer: (A)

DME tells you how far you are from the chosen ground station. It works by two-way radio: the aircraft interrogates the station and the station replies, and the elapsed time is converted into a distance in nautical miles. This distance readout is usually shown alongside VOR bearing in a VOR/DME setup, giving both your direction and distance relative to the station. Altitude comes from the altimeter, speed from airspeed indicators (or GPS), and bearing is provided by the VOR or other nav aids—not by DME alone. So the information DME provides is distance.

DME tells you how far you are from the chosen ground station. It works by two-way radio: the aircraft interrogates the station and the station replies, and the elapsed time is converted into a distance in nautical miles. This distance readout is usually shown alongside VOR bearing in a VOR/DME setup, giving both your direction and distance relative to the station. Altitude comes from the altimeter, speed from airspeed indicators (or GPS), and bearing is provided by the VOR or other nav aids—not by DME alone. So the information DME provides is distance.