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AAlpha / Able
AA - Aruba (Netherlands southern Caribbean island
A/A - air to air
AAF - Army Air Field
AAL - above airport level; also, Aircraft Approach Limitations
AAI - Angle of Approach Indicator; also, angle of Attack Indicator
AAS - Airport Advisory Service abm - abeam
AB - Alberta (Canada western prairie province); also, Aerodrome Beacon; also, Airbase
abt - about
abv - aboveACA Arctric Control Area AC - Antigua, Barbuda (UK Caribbean northeastern islands)
ACC - Air Combat Command; also, Area Control Center
ACCID - notification of aircraft accident
accom - acclomodate
acft - aircraft
ACL - altimeter check locastion
ACLS - Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACN - Aircraft Classification Number
acpt - accept
act - activity
ACW - Aircraft Control and Warning A/D - Aerodrome
ADA - Advisory Area
ADC - Aerospace Defense Command
ADCC - Air Defense Control Center
ADCF - air defense control facility
ADCUS - Advise Customs
ADDC - Air Defense Diection Center
addn - addition
ADF - Automatic Direction Finder
adj - adjacent
admin - administration
ADR - Advisory Route
advs - advise
advsy - advisory AEIS - Aeronautical Enroute Information Service
AER - Approach End of Runway AF - Afghanistan
AFA - Army Flight Activity
AFB - Air Force Base
afct - affect
AFFF - Aqueous Film Forming Foam
AFFSA - Air Force Flight Standards Agency
AFHP - Air Force Heliport
AFI - African/Indian Ocean (ICAO Regiom; also, Air Force Instruction
AFIL - Flight plan filed while airborne
AFIO - Authorization for Fighter Interceptor Operations
AFIS - Aerodrome Flight Information Service
aft - after
AFTN - Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network
afld - Airfield
AFM - Air Force Manual
AFMC - Air Force Material Command
AFOD - US Army Flight Operations Detachment
AFR - Air Force Regulation
AFRC - Armed Forces Reserve Center
AFRC - Air Force Reserve Command
AFRS - Air Force Radio Stations AG - Agriculture; also, Algeria (N Africa nation on Med sea)
A/G - air/ground
A-G - Arresting Gear
AGA - airfield or air routes grounnd aids
agcy - agency
A-GEAR - Arresting Gear
AGL - above ground level
agn - again AHP - Army heliport AIP - Aeronautical Information Publication
AIRAC - aeronautical information regulation and control
AIREP - Air Reports (Metro) in Plain Language
AIRNAVO - US Navy Air Naviation Office
AIS - Aeronautical Information Services AJ - Azerbaijan (CIS nation on W shore of Caspian Sea) AK - Alaska (49th USA arctic-subarctic state) AL - Alabama (ConUS southeast state); also, Approach and Landing Chart
ALA - alighting area
ALERFA - alert phase
ALF - Auxiliary Landing Field
ALS - Approach Light System
ALSF - High Intensity ALS Category I configuration (code)
ALSF-1 - High Intensity ALS Category I configuration with sequenced Flashers (code)
ALSF-2 - High Intensity ALS Category II configuration with sequenced Flashers (code)
alt - altitude
altn - alternate
ALTRV - Altitude Reservation) AM - Armenia (CIS nation on W shore of Caspian Sea); also, Amplitude Modulation; also, ante meridiem, midnight to noon
AMC - Air Mobility Command
amd -amend
ammo - ammunition
AMSL - Above Mean Sea Level ANG - Air National Guard
ANGS - Air National Guard Station
ANO - Air Navigation Order
ant - antenna AO - Angola
AOE - Airport/Aerodrome of Entry apch - approach
apn - apron
APO - Air Force or Army Post Office
APP CON - Approach Control
Apr - April
aprx - approximate
APU - Auxiliary Power Unit
apv - approve
apvl - approval AQ - American Samoa (DOD country code); see also AS AR - Arkansas (ConUS south central state); also, see next
AR - Argentina (South America southern nation on Pacific Ocean); also, Aerial Refueling; also, Army Reserve; also, Air Receive
ARB - Air Reserve Base
ARC - Area of Responsibility Center
ARCAL - Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome Lighting (Canada); see also PCL (US)
ARCP - Aerial Refueling Control Point
ARCT - Air Refueling Control Time
ARFOR - Area Forecast
ARINC - Aeronautical Radio Inc.
arng - arrange
ARO - ATS Reporting Office
ARP - Airport Reference Point
arpt - airport
arr - arrive
ARS - Air Rescue Service; also, Air Reserve Station
ARSA - Airport RADAR Service Area
arsp - airspace
ARSR - Air Route Surveillance Radar
ARTC - Aiir Route Traffic Control
ARTCC - Air Route Traffic Control Center AS - Australia (DOD country code); also, American Samoa (USA south Pacific Islands - postal code); also, Air Station
ASAP - as soon as possible
ASDA - accelerate - stop distance available
ASDE - Airport Surface Detection Equipment
asn - assign
ASL - Above Sea Level
ASOS - Automatic Surface Observating System
ASR - Airport Surveillance Radar
ASRgn - Altimeter Setting Region
ASU - Aircraft Starting Unit AT - Air Transmit
ATA - Actual Time of Arrival
ATC - Air Traffic Control; also, Air Training Command
ATCAA - Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
ATCC - Air Traffic Control Center
ATCOM - Air Traffic Control Cuumminications (Ship to Shore)
ATCRBS - Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
ATD - Actual Time of Departure; also, Along Track Distance
ATF - Automatic Terrain Following
ATFM - Air Traffic Flow Management
ATIS - Automatic Terminal Information Service
ATS - Air Traffic Service
attn - attention
ATZ - airport traffic zone AU - Austria (Central Europe nation)
Aug - August
auth - authority
auto - automatic
AUW - All Up Weight (gross weight)
aux - auxiliary AV - Anguilla (UK island in NE Caribbean)
AVASI - abbreviated VASI
avbl - available
avg - average
AvGas - aviation gasoline
avn - aviation
AvOil - aviation oil
avord - aviation ordnance AWS - Automated Weather Observing System
AWS - Air Weather Service
awt - await
awy - airway AY - Antarctica (south polar cap continent)
az - azimuth AZ - Arizona (ConUS southwest state)
B Bravo / Baker
BA - Bahrain (mid-east nation on west shore of Persian Gulf); also, braking action BB - Barbados (eastern-most Caribbean island nation) BC - Botswanna (central S Africa nation)
BC - British Columbia (Canada province on Pacific Ocean); also, back course (of ILS approach)
bcn - beacon
bcst - broadcast BD - Bermuda (UK western N Atlantic islands)
bdry - boundary BE - Belgium (W Europe nation on N Sea)
BEQ - Bachelor Enlisted Quarters BF - The Bahamas (northernmost Caribbean islands nation) BG - Bangladesh (Indian nation on N short of Bay of Bengal) BH - Belize (Central-American nation on Gulf of Honduras) BK - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Balkan nation on Adriatic Sea)
BKN - broken BL - Bolivia (central South America nation)
bldg - building
blkd - blocked
blw - below (also abbreviated as "blo")
BM - Myanmar (nee Burma, Indochina nation); also, bone marker, back marker (75mHz fan markers usually with ILS, now rare) BN - Benin (Africa nation on slave coast of Gulf of Guinea) BO - Belarus (Western CIS nation bordering poland and Lithuania)
BOA - Break-Off Altitude
BOH - Break-Off Height
BOQ - Bachelow Officers Quarters BP - Solomon Islands (Western Pacific nation) BR - Brazil (largest South American nation, on Atlantic Ocean)
brg - bearing
brkg - braking BS - Broadcast Station (commercial) btn - between (also abbreviated "zw" - German/European) BU - Bulgaria (Eastern Europe nation on SW shore of Black Sea)
bus - business BX - Brunei (nation on N shore of Borneo) BY - Burundi (Africa nation on N shore of Lake Tanganyika)
byd - beyond BZ - Buffer Zone
C Charlie / (Cocoa)
CA - California (ConUS southwest state)
CAT = Clear Air Turbulence
CAVU - Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited CB - Crash Boat CCW - or cntclkws counterclockwis CD - Chad (Central N Africa nation) CE - Sri Lanka (Island nation S of India)
ceil - ceiling
CERAP - Center Radar Approach Control CF - Lower Zaire (formerly Congo)
cfm - confirm
CFMU - Central Flow Management Unit CG - Democratic Republic of the Congo (equatorial Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean); also, Center of Gravity
CGAF - Coast Guard Air Facility
CGAS - Coast Guard Air Station CH - China; see also blo
CH - or chan channel (radio frequency)
CHAPI - Chase Helicopter Approach Path Indicaator
chg - change
cht - chart CI - Chile (South America nation on S Pacific Ocean)
cir - circle, circling
CIRVIS - Communications Instructions Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States (eurasian, largest nation - formerly USSR or Soviet Union)
CIT - near or over large towns
civ - civil, civilian CJ - Cayman Islands (UK islands S of central CU, WNW of JM) ck - check
CK - Cocos (Keeling) Island (AS islands in eastern Indian Ocean - S/SW Java cl - class
CL - Centerline Lighting System
clbr - calibration
clnc - clearance
CLNC DEL - clearance delivery
CLR - Clear
clsd - closed CM - Cameroon (Africa nation near equator on Gulf of Gunea)
CMNPS - Canadian Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications Airspace (N Atlantic arsp)
cmsn - commission CN - Comoros (islands nation between N MA and Africa)
CNATRA - Chief of Naval Air Training
cnl - cancel
CNO - Chief of Naval Operations
cns - continuous
cntclkws or CCW - counterclockwise
cntr - center CO - Columbia, also, Commanding Officer
CO - Colorado (ConUS western state)
com - communication
comd - command
Comdr - Commander
comdt - commandant
coml - commercial
comp - complete
compul - compulsory
comsn - commission
CON - Control (voice call), Consol, Consolan
ConUS or CONUS - Contiguous United States (formerly Continential United States; in AK the "lower 48" states)
convl - conventional
coord - coordinate
COP - change over point
copter - helicopter
corr - correct
cov - cover crdr - corridor
croa - cross
CRP - Compulsory Reporting Point
crs - course
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube CS - Costa Rica (Central America nation between PM & NU)
CS - call sign; also, communication station
CSA - Caribbean and South America (or Latin America)
cstl - coastal or coastline
CSTMS - Customs
CStn - Commercial Station CT - Central African Republic (bordered by CD, Sudan, Zaire, CF and CM)
CT - Connecticut (ConUS northeast state)
CTA - Control Area
CTAF - Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
CTAM - climb to and maintain
ctc - contact
ctl - control
CTLZ - Control Zone
ctn - caution CU - Cuba (Caribbean island nation S & SE of FL) CV - Cape Verde (Atlantic islands nation W of Senegal & Mauritania)
CVFP - Charted Visual Flight Procedure
CVFR - Controlled Visual Flight Rules CW - Cook Island (now Kiritimati nee Christmas Island - part of Kiribati central Pacific island nation)
CW - Clockwise; also, Contiuous Wave (radio); also, Carrier Wave (radio)
CWA - Center Weather Advisory
CWT - hundredweight
cwy - clearway CY - Cyprus (large island in eastern Med - jointly occupied and claimed by Greece and Turkey) CZ - Czechoslovakia (E Europe nation now divided into independent Czech and Slovak republics)
D Delta / Dog
D - Danger Area (followed by numerical identification) DA - Denmark (peninsula & islands nation between N Sea and Baltic Sea)
DA - Decision Altitude
DAFIF - Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
daylt - daylight db - decibel (sound intensity measurement) DC - District of Columbia (federal district containing capitol of USA - between MD & VA)
DC - Direct Current (electricity produced by batteries)
dckg - decking
dct - direct DE - Delaware (ConUS eastern state)
Dec - December
DECCA - Decca navigator (long range)
decom - decommission
deg - degree
del - delivery
DEMIZ - DEW East Military Identification Zone
DENEB - fog dispersal operations
dep - depart, departure
DEP CON - departure control
DER - Departure End of Runway
destn - destination
DEW - Distant Early Warning (of approaching aircraft) DF - Direction Finder (of electronic/electromagnetic emission)
DFTI - distance from touchdown indicator dgr - danger DH - Decision Height (of instrument approach) direc - directional
disc - discontinue
dist - district, distance
div - division DJ - Djibouti (Africa nation between Red Sea and Gulf of Aden) DL - Direct Line to FSS
dlt - delete
dly - daily or delay DM - Double Master (Loran Stations)
ME - Distance Measuring Equipment (UHF standard, TACAN compatible) DND - Department of National Defence (Canada)
dng - danger DO - Dominica (Island nation in eastern Caribbean)
DoD or DOD - Department of Defense dpth - depth DR - Dominican Republic (Caribbean nation sharing large island with Haiti)
DR - Dead Reckoning
drct - direct DS - Double Slave (Loran Stations)
DSB - Double Sideband (radio communication)
DSN - Defense Switch Network (DOD telephone network/system)
dsplc - displace DT - Daylight Saving Time
DTAM - descend to and maintaiN
DTU - Data Transfer Unit dupe - duplication
dur - duration, also, during DVFR - Defense Visual Flight Rule
DVOR - Doppler VOR
E Echo / Easy
E - East (direction) ea - each
EAF - Expeditionary Airfield
EAT - Expected Approach Time Ebnd - Eastbound EC - Ecuador (equatorial Soth America nation on Pacific Ocean)
ECM - Electronic Counter Measures
ECN - Enroute Change Notice EDCT - expcted departure clearance time EET - estimated elapsed time EFC - Expect Further Clearance eff - effect
EFIS - Electronic Flight Information System EG - Egypt (Africa nation on eastern Med) E-HA - Enroute High Altitude
EHF - extremely high frequency (30,000 to 300,000 MHz) EI - Ireland (Island shared by Irish Republic and UK in NE Atlantic) EK - Equatorial Guinea (W Africa nation comprising an island and larger mainland province [Rio Muni])
E-LA - Enroute Low Altitude elev - elevation
ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitter em - emission (electromagnetic/electronic)
Emerg - emergency EN - Estonia (Baltic nation S of Gulf of Finland)
eng - engine
enrt - enroute EOBT - estimated off-clock time
EOR - End of Runway EPD - Earliest Practicable Date
EPI - Expanded Position Indicator eqpt - equipment ER - Eritrea (African nation at S end of Red Sea)
ERDA - Energy Research and Development Administration ES - El Salvador (Central America nation on Pacific Ocean between GT and NU)
E-S - Enroute Supplement
est - estimate
estab - establish ET - Ethiopia (E Aftric nation bordered by ER, DJ, Somalia. Kenya & Sudan)
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD - Estimated Timeof Departure
ETE - Estimated Time Enroute
ETO - estimated time over significant point/location
ETS - European Telephone System EU - Europa Island (French island between Mozambique and Madagascar)
EUCARF - European Control Altitude Reservation Function
Eur - Europe, also, Eureka
EUR - European (ICAO Region) ev - every
evac - evacuate exc - except
excld - exclude
exer - exercise
exp - expect
ext - extent
extn - extension, also, extend
extv - extensive
F Foxtrot / Fox
F - Fahrenheit (degrees); also, fixed FA - Falkland Islands (British S Atlantic islands 300+ mi E of AR
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration (USA)
fac - facility
FACSFAC - Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility
FAF - Final Approach Fix
FAR - Federal Air Regulations
FARP - Forward Arming and Refueling Point
FAS - Final Approach Speed
FAWS - Flight Advisory Weather Service
fax - facsimile FBAA - Flying Boat Alighting Area
FBO - Fixed Base Operator
FBW - Fly by Wire FCC - Flight Control Center
FCG - Foreign Clearance Guide
FCLP - field carrier landing practice
fcst - forecast Feb - February FG - French Guiana (French possession on NE coast of South America between Suriname and Brazil) FI - Finland (Easternmost Scandinavian nation bordering Russia)
FIC - Flight Information Center
FIFOR - Flight Forecast (in international MET figures)
FIH - Flight Information Handbook
FIR - Flight Information Region
FIS - Flight Information Service FJ - Fiji (SW Pacific island nation 1200+ mi N of NZ) FL - Florida (ConUS southeast state), also, flight level
fld - field
flg - flashing
FLIP - Flight Information Publication
flr - flare
flt - flight
fltck - flight check
FLT - CON Flight Control
fluc - fluctuate
flw - follow FM - Federated States of Micronesia (USA Western Pacific Trust Territory)
FMP - Flos Management Position
FMU - Flow Management Unit FNA - final approach FO - Faroe Islands (Danish islands between Iceland and
FOC - Flight Operations Center
FOD - Foreign Object Damage
fone - telephone FP - French Polynesia (S Central Pacific Tuamotu Archipelago, Marquesas & Austral islands)
FPL - Flight Plan
fpm - feet per minute
FPO - Fleet Post Office fqt - frequent fr - from
FR - France (W Europe nation on N Atlantic ocean, Med & English Channel)
freq - frequency, also, frequent
frng - firing FS - Flight Service
FSL - full stop landing
FSS - Flight Sergvice Station
fst - first ft - foot
ftr - fighter furn - furnish
F/W - Fixed Wing
G Golf / George
G - Grid GA - Gambia (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean bordered N. E & S by Senegal)
GA - Georgia (ConUS southeast state); also, Glide Angle
G/A - Ground-to-Air
gal - gallon
G-,A-,R-,B- - Low Frequency Airways (green, amber, red, blue - ConUS circa 1920s-1950s)
GAT - General Air Traffic (Europe-Asia) GB - Gabon (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean at equator) GCA - Ground Controlled Approach (using Radar)
GCAS - Ground Collision Avoidance System
GCI - Gound Control Intercept
GCT - Greenwich Civil Time gen - general GG - Georgia (CIS nation on shore of Black Sea between Russia and Turkey, Armenia & Azerbaijan) GH - Ghana (Africa nation between Ivory Coast and Togo on Gulf of Guinea) GI - Gibralter (tiny UK nation at W end of Med GJ - Grenada (Island nation at E end of Caribbean Sea) GK - Guernsey (one of a group of UK islands on the S side of the English Channel) GL - Greenland (Huge Danish arctic Island between Canada Islands and the Greenland Sea and Arctic and Atlantic Oceans)
gldr - glider GM - Germany (central nation on Baltid and North Seas between W and E Europe)
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time (when not a figure of time) gnd - ground
gndck - ground check
GND CON - Ground Control
gnry - gunnery GO - Glorioso Island (SW Seychelles island - in W Indian Ocean)
govt - government GP - Guadeloupe (French islands in E Caribbean)
GP - Glide Path
Gp - Group
GPI - Ground Point of Intercept
GPS - Global Positioning System (satellite-based navigation) GQ - Guam (USA Western Pacific Island - DOD abbreviation) GR - Greece (E Europe nation in E Med)
grad - gradient
grav - gravel
Griv - Grivation GS - Glide Slope GT - Guademala (Central America nation on Pacific Ocean & Caribbean)
GU - Guam (USA Western Pacific Island - USPS abbreviation) GV - Grid Variation
GV - Guinea (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean btn Guinea-Bussau and Sierra Leone) GWT - Gross Weight GY - Guyana (S American nation on Atlantic ocean btn Venezuela & Suriname) GZ - Gaza Strip (semi-autonomous area on Med of W Israel)
H Hotel / How
H - Enroute High Altitude Chart (followed by identification #)
H+ - Hours or hours plus... minutes past the hour
H24 - contionuous operation HA - Haiti (Caribbean nation sharing large island with Dominican Republic)
HAA - Height Above Airport/Aerodrome, also, High Angle of Attack
HAR - Height Above Runway
HAL - Height above Landing Area
HALS - Heliport Approach Lighting System
HAT - Height Above Touchdown
haz - hazard HDF - High Frequency Direction Finder
hdg - heading
HDTA - High Density Traffice Airport/Aerodrome HF - High Frequency (3000 to 30,000kHz) Hg - mercury (liquid element)
hgr - hangar
hgt - height hi - high
Hi - ALT or HA High Altitude
HI - Hawaii (50th USA Pacific Islands state)
HIFOR - High Level Forecast
HILS - Heliport Instrument Lighting System
HIRL - High Intensity Runway Lights
HIRTA - High intensity radio transmission area
HIWAS - Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service HK - Hong Kong (formerly UK territory on S China Sea, now special trade district of China) hldg - holding HO - Honduras (Central America nation on Caribbean and Pacific Ocean)
HO - Service Available to meet Operational Requirements
hol holiday
HOLF - Helicopter Outlying Field
horiz - horizontal
hosp - hospital hPa - hectopascal
HPOX - High Pressure Oxygen
HPZ - Helicopter Protected Zone HQ - Headquarters HR Croatia
hr - hour HS - service available during hours of scheduled operations
hsg - housing HTA - Helicopter Training Area HU - Hungary (nation near center of eastern Europe) HVDF - High and Verh High Frequency Direction Finder (at the same location)
hvy - heavy HW - Heavy Weight
hwy - highway HX - Station having no specific working hours Hz - Hertz (cycles per second - radio/electromagnetic waves)
I - island IA - Iowa (ConUS north central state)
IACC - Inter-Agency Air Cartographic Committee
IAF - Initial Approach Fix
IAL - instrument approach and landing chart
IAP - Instrument Aapproach Procedure
IAR - intersection of air routes
IAS - Indicated Air Speed
IATA - International Air Transport Association
IAW - in accordance with IBn - identification beacon IC - Iceland (island nation between Greenland and UK)
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
ice - icing
ICLS - Instrument Carrier Landing System ID - Indonesia (large equatorial multi-island asian nation from 95E to 142E)
ID - Idaho (ConUS northwest state)
ident - idientification IF - Intermediate Fix
IFF - Identification, Friend or Foe (UHF device)
IFIM - International Flight Infromation Manual
IFPS - Intergrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System
IFR - Instrument Flight Rules
IFR-S - FLIP IFR Supplement
IFSS - International Flight Service Station IGS - Instrument Guidance System IL - Illinois (ConUS east central state)
ILA - Instrument Landing Aid
ILS - Instrument Landing System IM - Isle of Man/Ronaldsway (UK island in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland & England)
IM - Inner Marker (of ILS)
IMC - Instrument Meterological Conditions
IMG - Immigration
immed - immediate in - inch
IN - India (Asian nation between Pakistan and Myanmar)
IN - Indiana (ConUS east central state)
INA - initial approach
inad - inadvertant
inbd - inbound
INC - In Cloud
Inc - Incorporated
incl - include
indef - indefinite
info - information
inop - inoperative
INP - if not possible
inpr - in progress
INREQ - information request
INS - Inertial Navigation System
inst - instrument
instl - install
instr - insruction
int - intersection
intcntl - intercontinental
intcp - intercept
intl - international
intmed - intermediate
intmt - intermittent
imtrg - interrogate
intro - introduction
introd - introduce
intrp - interrupt
ints - intense
intsf - intensify
intst - intensity
INTXN - Intersection (for Instrument Approach Procedures only) IO British - Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipeligo islands [includes Diego Garcia] lying S of Maldive Islands) IP - initial point IR - Iran (Middle East nation between Caspian Sea and Persion Gulf)
IR - IFR Military Training Route IS - Israel (nation between E Med and Jordan - a holy land to Christians, Jews and Moslems)
ISMLS - Interim Standard Microwave Landing System
isol - isolate IT - Italy (peninsular nation and islands on N central Mediterranean Sea) IV - Ivory Coast (W Africa nation on the Gulf of Guinea) IZ - Iraq (Middle East nation at NW end of Persian Gulf - bordered by Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan)
J Juliet / Jig
J - Jet Fuel; also, Jet Route (followed by identification) JA - Japan (nation of islands on NW Pacific rim)
JAL - (High Altitude [Jet] Instrument Approach Procedure Chart)
J-bar - jet aircraft barrier (to deflect or disperse jet exhaust)
Jan - January
JASU - Jet Aircraft Starting Unit
JATO - Jet Assisted Take-Off [by rocket engines] JE - Jersey (one of a group of UK islands on the S side of the English Channel) JM - Jamaica (central Caribbean Island nation S of Cuba and WSW of Haiti) JN - Jan Mayen (Norwegian island approx 300nm NNE of Iceland)
JNC - Jet Navigation Chart (Scale 1:2,000,000 or 1:3,000,000)
jng - joining JO - Jordan (Middle East nation on Gulf of Aqaba and E shore of Dead Sea - bordered by Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Israel)
JOAP - Joint Oil Analysis Program
JOSAC - Joint Operational Support Airlift Center JQ - Johnston Atoll (US island approx 300nm WSW of Hawaii) JRB - Joint Reserve Base jtstr - jetstream JU - Juan De Nova Island (French island off W coast of Madagascar - also known as St Christopher island)
Jul - July
Jun - June
K Kilo / King
K - Kopter (spoken ICAO ATS route designator KE - Kenya (SE Africa equatorial nation on Indian Ocean) kg - kilograms
KG - Kyrgyzstan (CIS nation bordered by Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) kHz - kilohertz KIAS - Knots Indicated Airspeed KLIZ - Korea Limited Identification Zone, also, ICAO ident for Loring AFB, ME km - kilometer (distance)
kmh - kilometers per hour (speed) KPa - kilopascal (pressure) KR - Kiribati (extensive Pacific Islands nation near equator from 170E to 150W) KS - Republic of Korea (South half of peninsula between Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan)
KS - Kansas (ConUS central state) KT - Christmas Island (now Kiritimati Island, approx 1060nm S of Hawaii, in NE area of Kiribati)
Kt or K - Knots (nm/hr) KU - Kuwait (Middle East nation at NW shore of Persian Gulf; bordered by Iraq and Saudi Arabia) kw - kilowatt KZ - Kazakhstan (large CIS nation S of Russia stretching from the Caspian Sea to China) KY - Kentucky (ConUS southeast state)
L Lima / Love
L - Compass locator, also, Enroute Low Altitude Chart (followed by identification), also, Left (Runway designation) LA - Laos (landlocked Indochina nation bordered by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar)
LA - Louisiana (ConUS south central state)
LAAS - Low Altitude Alert System
lat - latitude
latrl - lateral lb - pound (weight) lcl - local
LCN - load classification number
LCP - French Peripheral Classification Line
lctd - located
lctn - location
lctr - locator
LCVASI - Low Cost Visual Approach Slope Indicator
lczr - localizer LDA - Landing Distance Available, also, Localizer-type Directional (IFR approach) Aid
ldg - landing
LDI - landing direction indicator
LDIN - Lead-in Lights (to Runway) LE - Lebanon (Middle East nation on E Med bordered by Syria and Israel)
len - length LF - Low Frequency (450 to 1600 kHz - radio nav useage; or 30 to 300 kHz - DOD useage which was Very Low Frequency]
LFR - Low Frequency Range (LF radio airway/approach aid - superceded by VORs and NDBs [or LOC and ILS], respectively) LG - Latvia (Central Baltic nation between Lithuania and Estonia)
lgt - light
lgtd - lighted LH - Lithuania (Baltic nation bordered by Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast [county])
LHOX - Low and High Pressure Oxygen LI - Liberia (W Africa nation on Atlantic - bordered by Sierra Leone. Guinea and Cote D'Ivoire)
LIH - light intensity high
LIL - light intensity low
LIM - light intensity medium
LIRL - Low Intensity Runway Lights
LLWAS - Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System
LLZ or LOC - Localizer (Precision Instrument Approach directional alignment radio guidance evice) LMM - Compass locator at Middle Marker (of ILS approach)
LMT - Local Mean Time lo or Lo - low
LoALT or LA - Low Altitude
LOC - Localizer - see also LLZ above
Lo Int - Low Intensity Lights
LOM - Compass Locator at Outer Marker (of ILS approach)
long - longitude
Loran - Long Range Aid to Navigation
Loran - Long Range Aid to Navigation (being superseded by GPS Navigation)
Loran DM - Loran Double Master (signal transmitting system)
Loran DS - Loran Double Slave (signal transmitting)
Loran M -Loran Master
Loran S - Loran Slave
LOX - Liquid Oxygen LP - Low Power
LPOX - Low Pressure Oxygen LQ - Palmyra Atoll (U.S. Pacific island approx 900nm S by SW of Hawaii) LR - Long Range, also, Lead Radial
LRA - Landing Rights Airport
LRRS - Long Range Radar Station LSB - Lower Side Band lt - left
LT - Lesotho (S Africa nation on Indian Ocean - bordered by South Africa and Transkei)
LTA - Lighter than air
ltd - limited
ltr - letter
ltrs - liters LU - Luxembourg (small W Europe nation - bordered by Belgium, Germany and France) lv - leave LY - Libya (N Africa nation on Med - bordered by Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria and Tunisia)
lyr - layer LZ - landing zone
M Mike (Metro)
M - Master (Loran Station), also, meters, magnetic (after a bearing), also, Military Circuit (telephone) MA - Madagascar (large island nation in Indian Ocean - near and E of S Africa)
MA - Massachuestte (ConUS northeast state)
MAA - Maximum Authorized Altitude
MACC - Military Area Control Center
mag brg - magnetic bearing
maint - maintain, also, maintenance
maj - major
MALS - Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System
MALSF - Medium Intensity Approach Lighting with Sequenced Flashers
MALSR - Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
mand - mandatory
mand - alt mandatory altitude
MAP - Missed Approach Point
Mar - March
MARA - Military Activity Restricted Area
MARSA - Milirary Authority Assumes Responsibility for Separation of Aircraft
MASMS - Military Airspace Management System
MATO - Military Air Traffic Operations
MATZ - Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone
max - maximum MB - Martinique (French island in eastern Caribbean)
MB - Manitoba (Canada eastern prairie province)
mb - millibars
MB - Moving Buoys MC - Macau (Small Portuguese territory on South China Sea adjoining China)
MCA - Minimum Cruising Altitude
MCAAF - Marine Corps Auciliary Air Facility
MCAAS - Marine Corps Auciliary Air Station
MCAB - Marine Corps Air Base
MCAC - Military Common Area Control
MCAGCC - Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
MCAS - Marine Corps Air Station
MCB - Marine Corps Base
MCC - Military Climb Corridor
MCOLF - Marine Corps OPutlying Field MD - Moldova (CIS nation bordered by Ukraine and Romania
MD - Maryland (ConUS eastern state)
MDA - Minimum Descent Altitude (on nonprecision IFR approach)
MDF - Medium Frequency Direction Finder MEA - Minimum Enroute Altitude
med - medium
Med - Mediterranean (sea or area)
MEHT - Minimum Eye Height over Threshold
mem - memorial
MET - Meteorological, Meteorology
METAR - Aviation Routine Weather Report (in international MET figure code)
Metro - Meteorology (weather); also,
METRO - Pilot-to-Metro voice call
ME - Maine (ConUS northeast state) MF - Iles de Mayotte or Mayotte Island (French Island in Mozambique Channel - near N end)
MF - Mandatory Frequency (Canada - uncontrolled aeroddromes/airports), also, Medium Frequency (1600 to 3000 kHz -traditional radio communications useage or 300-3000kHz current DOD useage)
MFA - Minimum Flight Altitude, also, Military Flying Area (Canada)
MFS - Military Flight Service MG - Mongolia (large CIS nation in asia - bordered by Russian mid-Siberia to the N and China to the S)
mgr - manager MH - Marshall Islands (USA Central Pacific Trust Territory)
MH - Montserrat (UK island in E Caribbean)
MHDF - Medium and High Frequency Direction Finder (at same location)
MHVDF - Medium, High and Very High Frequency Direction Finder (at same location)
mHz - Megahertz MI - Malawi (S Africa nation on W & SE shores of Lake Malawi - surrounded by Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia)
MI - Michigan (ConUS east central state)
MID/ASIA - Middle East/Asia (ICAO Region)
MIDIZ - Mid Canada Identification Zone
MIJI - Meaconing, Intrucion, Jamming and Interference
mil - military
MIL - OVRN Military Overrun Lights
min - minimum, also, minute
MIRL - Medium Intensity Runway Lights
MIS - Meteorological Impact Statement
misl - missile mkr - marker ML - Mali (W Africa nation surrounded by Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal and Mauritania)
MLS - Microwave Landing System MM - Middle Marker (of ILS)
MMLS - Mobile Microwave Landing System MNPS - Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (for N Atlantic airspace)
MN - Minnesota (ConUS north central state)
mnt - monitor MO - Morocco (N Africa nation on both Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean - between Algeria and Western Sahara)
MO - Missouri (ConUS central state)
MOA - Military Operations Area
MOC - minimum obstruction clearance
MOCA - Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude
mod - moderate, also, modify
Mon - Monday
mov - move MP - Mauritius (French isalnds approx 520nm E of Madagascar)
MP - Northern Mariana Islands (USA Western Pacific Islands)
mph - (statute) miles per hour MQ - Midway Island (US islands approx 1300nm WNW of Hawaii)
MR - Mauritania (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - surrounded by Western Sahara, Algeria, Mali and Senegal)
MR - Medium Range
MRA - Minimum Reception Altitude
mrk - mark, also, marker MS - Mississippi (ConUS southeast state)
MSA - Minimum Safe Altitude
msg - message
MSL - mean sea level
msn - mission MT - Malta (Med island nation approx 55nm S of Sicily)
MT - Montana (ConUS northwest state)
mt - mount, also., mountain
MTA - Minimum Terrain Clearance Altitude
MTAF - Mandatory Traffic Advisory Frequency (Canada - also Mandatory Frequency)
MTC - Military Terminal Control
MTCA - Military Terminal Control Area
mthly - monthly
mtrs, M or m - meters MU - Oman (Middle East nation on Arabian Sea - bordering UAR, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)
MUAC - Military Upper Air Control
multi - multiple
uni - municipal MV - Maldives (nation of islands approx 350nm SSW of southern tip of India)
MV - Magnetic Variation
MVA - Minimum Vectoring Altitude
MVDF - Medium and Very High Frequency Direction Finder (at same location) MX - Mexico (Latin America nation between ConUS and Central America) MY - Malaysia (Indochina nation between South China Sea and Strait of Malacca - between Thailand and Singapore) MZ - Mozambique (S Afria nation on Mozambique Channel of Indian Ocean - bordering Tanzania, S Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
N November / Nectar or Nan
N - North (direction) NA - Nertherlands Antilles (Dutch islands in the Caribbean - lieing off the NW coast of Venezuela)
N/A - or n/a not applicable, also, not authorized, also, not available
NA - not authorized (for Instrument Approach Procedures take-off and alternatre MINIMA only.)
NAAS - Naval Auxiliary Air Station
NADC - Naval Air Development Center (Warminster/Philadelphia PA)
NADEP - Naval Air Depot
NAES - Naval Air Engineering Station
NAF - Naval Air Facility
NALF - Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
NALO - Naval Air Logistics Office
NAM - North American (ICAO Region)
NAR - North American Routes for North Atlantic Traffic
NAS - Naval Air Station
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT - North Atlantic (ICAO Region)
natl - national
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATOPS - Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures
nav - navigation
navaid - navigation aid (usually radio or electronic)
NAVFIG - Naval Flight Information Group
NAVMTO - Navy Material Transportation Office
NAWC - Naval Air Warfare Center
NAWS - Naval Air Weapons Station NB - New Brunswick (Canada province on E side of ME)
Nbnd - Northbound NC - New Caledonia (large French island on Coral Sea approx 520nm ENE of Australia)
NC - North Carolina (ConUS southeast state)
NCRP - Non-Compulsory Reporting Point ND - North Dakota (ConUS north central state)
NDB - Non-Directional Radio Beacon NE - Niue (New Zealand island approx 1570nm NNE of New Zealand's North Island)
NE - Nebraska (ConUS north central state)
NE - Northeast
nec - necessary NF - Norfolk Island (Australian island in South Pacific approx 875nm E of Australia)
NF - Newfoundland (Canada mainland and island province on Labrador Sea and Atlantic Ocean, respectively) NG - Niger (central N Africa nation - bordered by Algeria, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali)
NG - Army National Guard
ngt - night NH - Vanuatu (Pacific islands nation approx 1480nm NE of NE Australia coast) NI - Nigeria (Africa nation on Gulf of Guinea - bordered by Benin, Niger and Cameroon)
NIMA - National Imagery and Mapping Agency (St Louis) NH - New Hampshire (ConUS northeast state) NJ - New Jersey (ConUS northeast state) NL - Netherlands (N Europe nation on North Sea - bordered by Germany and Belgium) NM - New Mexico (ConUS southwest state)
NM or nm - nautical miles
nml - normal NO - Norway (westernmost Scandanavian nation on Norweigan Sea - bordered by Russia, Finland and Sweden)
No or Nr - number
NOF - International NOTAM Office
NOLF - Navy Outlying Field
NoPT - No Procedure Turn required (procedure turn shall not be executed without ATC clearance)
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORDO - Non radio aircraft
NOS - National Ocean Service
NOTAM - Notice to Airmen
not flt ck - not flight checked
NOTUN - Notice of Unreliability
Nov - November NP - Nepal (mountainous Asian nation - bordered by China and India)
NPA - Non-Precision Approach NR - Nauru (equatorial island in W Pacific - approx 1610nm SE of Guam)
Nr - of No number NS - Suriname (nation on N coast of S America - bordered by French Guiana, Brazil and Guyana)
NS - Nova Scotia (Canada island province S & E of New Brunswick)
NS - Naval Station
NSA - Naval Support Activity, also , National Security Agency
NS ABTMT - Noise abatement
nstd - nonstandard
ntc - notice NT - Northern Territories (Canada northernmost province - mainland and islands) NU - Nicaragua (Central America nation on both Caribbean and Pacific - bordered by Honduras N and Costa Rica S) NV - Nevada (ConUS southwest state)
NVD - Night Vision Device(s) NW - Northwest
NWC - Naval Weapons Center, also, National Weather Service, also, North Warning Service NY - New York (ConUS northeast state) NZ - New Zealand (SW Pacific islands nation - approx 1300nm ESE of Australia)
O Oscar / Oboe
O/A - On or about
OAC - Oceanic Area Control, also, Oceanic Area Control Center
OAS - obstacle Assessment surface
OAT - Operational Air Traffic, also, Outside Air Temperature
obsc - obscure
ObsHt - obstacle height
obsn - observation
obst - obstruction
OCA - Obstacle Clearance Altitude
OCH - obstacle clearance height
OCL - Obstacle Clearance Limits
OCNL - occasional
OConUS - Outside Continental Limits of US
oct - octane
ODALS - Omni Directional Approach Lighr ting Syste
ODO - Operations Duty Office
offl - official
OFFL - BUS ONLY Official business only
OH - Ohio (ConUS east central state)
OIC - Officer in Charge
OK - Oklahoma (ConUS south central state)
OK - we agree, correct
OLF - Outlying Field
OLS - Optical Landing System
OM - Outer Marker (of ILS)
ON - Ontario (Canada province between Great Lakes & Hudson Bay)
ONC - Operational Navigation Chart (1:1,000,000 scale) [same scale as WAC charts]
OOD - Officer Of the Day
OP- AREA Operating Area
op by - operating authority
opr - operate, also, operator
OPS - Operations
OR - Oregon (ConUS northwest state)
O/R - on request
OROCA - Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude
ORTCA - Off-Route Terrain Clearance Altitude
orig - original
O/S - out of service
OSV - Ocean Station Vessel
OT - other times
otp - on top (of cloud cover)
OTR - Oceanic Transition Routes
OTS - Organized Track System
OUT - Facility off the air, also, operational but not suitable for IFR operations - limitations explained
outbd - outbound
OVC - overcast
ovft - overflight
ovrn - overrun
OX - Oxygen
OXRB -Oxygen Repalcement Bottles
P - Civil Aerodrome available to transient military aircraft, also, Page (on Area Planning PCN), also, Planning, also, Prohibited area (followed by identification) PA - Paraguay (land-locked S American nation - bordered by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina
PA - Pennsylvania (ConUS northeast state)
PAC - Pacific (ICAO Region)
PACAF - Pacific Air Forces
PACOM - Pacific Command
PAJA - Parachute Jumping Area
PALS - Precision Approach and Landing System (Navy)
PANS - Procedures for Air Navigation Services
PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
para - paragraph
parl - parallel
pat - pattern
PAX - Passenger, also, Patuxant (River) PCA - Positive Control Area
PCN - Pacement Classification Number, also, Planning Change Notice
PCZ - Positive Control Zone PE - Peru (S America nation on Pacific Ocean - bordered by Ecuador, Coloumbia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina
PE - Prince Edward Island (Canada small province nearby, E and N of NB and NS, respectively)
pent - penetrate
perm - permanent
perms - permission
pers - personnel PFC - Porous Friction Courses (runway pavement toppings or layers) PG - Spratly Islands (islands in S China Sea W of Palawan - claimed by China, Phillipines, Malaysia and Vietnam) PIREP - Pilot Report (usually of meteorological conditions observed in flight PJE - Parachutting Activities/Exercises PK - Pakistan (nation on Arabian Sea - bordered by Afghanistan, China, India and Iran)
P/L - Plain Language PL - Poland (E Europe nation on S shore of Baltic Sea - bordered by Kaliningrad Oblast, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany)
PLA - Practice low approach
p-line - pole/power line
pln - plan PM - Panama (Central America nation on Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean - bordered by Costa Rica and Columbia)
PM - or pm Post meridiem, noon til midnight
PMSV - Pilot-to-Metro Service
PMRF - Pacific Missile Range Facility PN - prior notice
PNR - point of no return, also, prior notice required PO - Portugal (W Europe nation on N Atlantic Ocean - bordered N and E by Spain)
POB - persons on board
POL - Petrol, Oils and Lubricants
POMAR - Position Operational Meteorological Aircraft Report
POMOLA - Poor Mans Optical Landiing System
posn - position PP - Papua New Guinea (E half of island on Bismark, Solomon, and Coral Seas)
PPI - Plan Position Indicator
PPR - Prior Permission Required
pps - pulse per second (see also prr) PR - Puerto Rico [postal code] (US island territory in NE Caribbean between Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands)
PRA - Precision Radar Approach (Instrument Approach Procedures Idenficiation only)
prcht - parachute
precip - precipitation
pref - prefer
PRESAIR - Air Compressors
prev - previous
prim - primary
prk - park
pro - procedure
prob - probable
proh - prohibited
pro tn - procedure turn
prov - provisional ps - plus
PS - Republic of Palau (Largest of USA Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - approx 675nm SW of Guam) - see also PW
psia - pounds per square inch Ambient
psig - pounds per square inch Gage
psnl - personal
PSP - Pierced Steel Planking (expeditionary/temporary Runwway sections) pt - point
ptcp - participate
PTD - Pilot to Dispatcher
PTS - Polar Track Structure PU - Guinea-Bissau (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - between Senegal and Guinea)
pub - publication
publ - publish PV - prevailing visibility
PVASI - Pulsating Visual Approach Slope Indicator
pvt - private PW - Palau Islands (USA western Pacific Trust Territory) - see also PS
pwr - power
Q Quebec / Queen
QA - Qatar (Middle Eaast peninsular nation on Persian Gulf - bordered by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates) QC - Quebec (Canada provence N of NE US and E of Hudson Bay and ON) QFE - Altimeter Setting above station QNE - Altimeter setting of 29.92 inches which provides height above standard datum plane (also know as pressure altitude)
QNH - Altimeter setting which provides height above mean sea level qrtrs - quarters quad - quadrant
R Romeo / Roger
R - Ground Receive, also, radial (followed by 3 digits for use on instrument approach charts, also, Restricted Area (followed by identification), also, Right (runway designation) RA - Radio Altimeter setting height
RACON - Radar Beacon
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAI - runway alignment indicator
RAIL - Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
RAIZ - Automated Area Information Responders
RAMCC - Regional Air Movement Control Center
RAOB - Radiosonde observation
RAPCON - Radar Approach Control (USAF)
RATCF - Radar Air Traffic Control Facility (Navy) RB - Rescue Boat
RBn - Radio Beacon
RBS - Radar Bomb Scoring RCA - reach cruise altitude
RCAG - Remote Center Air to Ground Facility
RCC - Rescue Coordination Center
RCF - Radar Control Facility (USAF)
RCL - runway centerline
RCLS - Runway Centerline Light System
RCO - Remote Communications Outlet
rcpt - reception
RCR - Runway Condition Reading
rcv - receive
rcve - receiver rdo - radio RE - Reunion (French island group in the Indian Ocean - approx 500nm E of Madagascar)
recog - recognition
reconst - reconstruct
ref - reference
reful - refueling
reg - regulation, also, regular
REIL - Runway End Identificatier Lights
rel - reliable
relctd - relocated
REP - Reporting Point
repl - replace
reps - repairs
req - request RFP - Replacement Flight Plan, also, Request For Proposal rg - range (see also rng below)
Rgn - Region
rgt - right RI - Rhode Island (ConUS northeast state) rlgd - realigned RM - Republic of the Marshall Islands (W Pacific islands nation - straddling 10N between Hawaii and Guam)
rmk - remark RNAV - Area Navigation
rng - range, also, radio range
RNP - Required Navigation Performance RO - Romania (E Europe nation - bordered by Ukraine, Molddova, Ukraine, Black Sea, Yugoslavia and Hungary)
ROC - rate of climb
ROFOR - Route Forecast (in international MET figure code)
RON - Remain Overnight
Rot Lt or Bcn - Rotating Light or Beacon RP - Republic of the Phillipines (islands nation between S China Sea and Phillipine Sea; also between Taiwan and Indonesia)
RPI - Runway Point of Intercept
rpt - repeat, also, repeat RQ - Puerto Rico [DOD code] (US island territory in NE Caribbean between Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands)
rqr - require RR - Railroad
RRL - Runway Remaining Lights
RRP - Runway Reference Point RS - Russia (largest if the CIS - bordered by the Arctic Ocean, Chukchi and Bering Seas, NW Pacific, Okhotsk & Japan Seas, Asia, Middle East. Eastern Europe and Scandanavia
RSC - Rescue Sub-Center
RSDU - Radar Storm Detection Unit
RSP - Responder (beacon)
RSR - Route Surveillance Radar
rstd -restricted
R/T - Radiotelephony RTB - Return to Base
rte - route
RTG - radio telegrph
RTR - Remote Transmitter Receiver
RTT - radio teletypewriter ruf - rough
rufness - roughness RV - Rescue Vessel
RVR - Runway Visual Range
R/W - Rotary Wing RW - Rwanda (small S Africa nation - bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Zaire)
rwy - runway
S Sierra / Sugar
S - South (direction), also, Straight-in-Approach (on instrument approach charts), also, Slave (Loran Stations), also, Supersonic (spoken ICAO ATS route designator) SA - Saudi Arabia (Middle East nation between Persian Gulf and Red Sea - bordered by Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen)
SAFE-BAR - Safeland Barrier
SALS - Short Approach Lighting System
SALSF - SALS with Sequenced Flasher (or "rabbit")
SAM - South American (ICAO Region)
san - sanitary
SAR - Search and Rescue, also, Special Administrative Region
SARA - Search and Rescue Aid
SARPS - Standards and Recommended Practices
Sat - Saturday
satfy - satisfactory
SAVASI - Simplified Abbreviated Visual Approach Slope Indicator
SAWRS - Supplemental Aviation Weather Reporting Station SBA - Standard Beam Approach
Sbnd - Southbound
sby - standby SC - St Christopher and Nevis (islands nation in NE Caribbean - leeward island chain)
SC - South Carolina (ConUS southeast state)
SCATANA - Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigational Aids
Sched - scheduled services
SCT - Scattered (clouds)
sctr - sector S/D - Seadrome (see also SPB)
SD - South Dakota (ConUS north central state)
SDF - Simplified Directional Facility SE - Seychelles (almost 100 islands nation in W Indian Ocean - ranging approx 175nm to 550nm NNE od Madagascar)
SE - southeast
sec - second, also, section
secd - secondary
seg - segment
SELCAL - Selective Calling System
SEng - Single Engine
Sep - September
sepn - seraration
SES - Senior Executive Service SF - South Africa (most southerly Africa nation between Indian and Atlantic Oceans - bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland; and within its borders: Stellaland, Gazankulu and Lesotho)
SFA - Single Frequency Approach
sfc - surface
SFL - Sequence Flashing Lights SG - Senegal (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Guinea Bissau and containing
Gambia on 3 sides)
sgl - signal SH - St Helena (UK island in the S Atlantic - approx 1900nm W of Angola)
SHAPE - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers of Europe
SHF - Super High Frequency (3000 to 30,000 mHz) SI - Slovenia (E European nation at NE end of Adriatic Sea - bordered by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy)
SIAP - Standard Instrument Approach Procedure
SID - Standard Instrument Departure
SIF - Selective Identification Feature
simul - simultaneously
SIZ - Security Indentification Zone SK - Saskatchewan (Canada - central prairie province)
sked - schedule SL - Sierra Leone (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Guinea and Liberia) SM - statute miles
SMC - surface movement control SN - Singapore (island nation at S end of Thai-Malay peninsula - between Strait of Malacca and S China Sea) SO - Somalia (E Africa nation or "horn" of Africa between Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean - bordered by Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti on the West)
SOAP - Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program
SOF - Supervisor of Flying SP - Spain (W Europe nation between Med and Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay - bordered by France, Gibraltar and Portugal)
SPB - Seaplane Base SR - Short Range, also, Slow Speed Low Altitude Training Route. also, Sunrise
SRE - Surveillance Radar Element of GCA (Instrument Approach Procedures Identification only)
SRR - search and rescue region
SRS - Substitute Route Structure SS - Sunset
SSALF - Simplified Short ALS with sequence flashers
SSALS/R - Simplified Short Approach Lighting System with RAIL
SSB - Single Sideband
SSR - Secondary Surveillance Radar
SST - Supersonic Transport ST - St. Lucia (E Caribbean island nation in Leeward Island chain - between Martinique and St Vincent)
STAR - Standard Terminal Arrival
std - standard
stn - station
STOL - Short Take-Off and Landing
stor - storage
stpwy - stopway (also "swy" below)
str-in - Straight-in (approach to landing)
stu - student SU - Sudan (NE Africa nation on Red Sea - bordered by Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Central African Republic, Chad and Libya)subj - subject
sum - summer
Sun - Sunday
sur - surround
survl - survival, also, surveillance
suspd - suspended SV - Svalbard (archipeligo of Norwegian islands in on Barents, Norwegian and Greenland Seas and Arctic Ocean - approx 425nm N of Norway, 275nm E of Greenland and 140nm W of Franz Joseph Land)
svc - service
svcbl - serviceable
svcg - servicing
SVFR - Special Visual Flight Rules SW - Sweden (Central Scandanavian nation on the Gulf of Bothnia, and Baltic Sea - bordered by Norway and Finland)
SW - Southwest
swy - stopway (also "stpwy" above) sxn - section SY - Syria (Middle East nation at NE end of Med - bordered by Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon
sys - system SZ - Switzerland (W Europe nation - bordered by Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy and France)
T Tango / Tare
T - Ground Transmit, also, Terminal Area Chart (followed by identification), also, True (after a bearing) TA - Transition Altitude, also, Transition Area (for chart use only)
TAC - TACAN (used for Instrument Approach Procedures Only)
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation Equipment
TAF - Aerodrome (terminal or alternate) forecast in abbreviated form
TAFOR - Aerodrome (terminal or alternate) forecast in full form
TAFOT - Aerodrome Forecast in Units of English System
TALCE - Tanker Airlift Control Element
TAMET - Aerodrome Forecastm in Units of Metric System
TAR - Terminal Area Surveillance Radar (for NOTAM use only)
TAS - True Airspeed TBA - to be activated
TBI - to be inactivated TC - United Arab Emirates (Middle East nation on Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman - bordered by Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia)
TCA - Terminal Control Area
TCH - Threshold Crossing Height
TCN - Terminal Change Notice (changes to FLIPs of TPPs between regular editions)
TCTA - Transcontinental Control Area TD - Trinidad and Tobago (Island nation in SE Caribbean - approx 20nm off NE coast of Venezuela)
TD - Touchdown, also, Transponder
TDWR - Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
TDZ - Touchdown Zone
TDZE - Touchdown Zone Elevation (for instrument approach procedures only)
TDZL - Touchdown Zone Lights TE - Tromelin Island (French island in W Indian Ocean - approx 210nm E of Nadagascar and 650nm N of Reunion island)
temp - temperature TF - Terrain Following
tfc - traffic
TFR - Terrain Following Radar TGL - touch and go landing
TGS - taxiway guidance system
T-HA - Terminal High Altitude (FLIP) [DOD TPPs for jet aircraft approaches, often beginning above 10,000ft MSL] TH - Thailand (SE Asia nation on Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea - bordered by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia)
thld - threshold
thou - thousand
THRE - Threshold elevation
thru - through
Thu - Thursday TI - Tajikstan (CIS nation in asia - bordered by Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan)
til - until TK - Turks and Caicos Islands (UK islands at SE end of Bahamas chain on Atlantic Ocean - approx 90nm N of Hispaniola (Haiti
and Dominican Republic island)
tkof - take-off or takeoff
T-LA - Terminal Low Altitude (FLIP) [DOD TPPs for prop aircraft approaches usually beginning below 5,000ft above the airport] TLa - Transition Layer
TLv - Transition Level tmpry - temporary TN - Tonga (S Pacific islands nation approx 1200nm NNE of New Zealand)
TN - Tennessee (ConUS southeast state) TO - Togo (W Africa nation on Gulf of Guinea - bordered by Burkina Faso, Benin and Ghana)
TOC - Tactical Operations Center
TODA - Take-off Distance Available TP - Sao Tome and Principe (smallest Africa nation of islands at E end of Gulf of Guinea - approx 140nm W of Gabon and Rio
Muni, respectively)
TP - Tire Pressure
TPC - Tactical Pilotage Chart (DOD visual chart at 1:500,000 scale) [same scale as Sectional] tr - track
TRA - Temporary Reserved Airspace
TRACON - Terminal Radar Approach Control (FAA)
tran - transient
trans - transmit
trml - terminal
trng - training
trns - transition
TRSA - Teminal Radar Service Area [usually assocated with Class B airspace]
T-S - Terminal Seaplane (FLIP) [DOD TPP approaches for waterborne aircraft] TS - Tunisia (N African nation on the Med - bordered by Libya and Algeria)
TSA - Temporary Segregated Airspace TT - teletype TU - Turkey (Middle East nation at NE end of the Med - bordered by the Black Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria,
Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, Greece and Bulgaria)
Tue - Tuesday
turb - turbulence TV - Tuvalu (W Pacific nation of atolls - approx 1700nm E of New Guinea or 2320nm SE of Guam)
TV - Television TW - Taiwan (Island nation approx 100nm off SE coast of China and approx 210nm N of the Phillipines)
twd - toward
TWX - Telegraphic <essage
twy - taxiway
twyl - taxiway link TX - Turkmenistan (CISA nation on eastern shore of Caspian Sea - bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran)
TX - Texas (ConUS south central state) TZ - United Republic of Tanzania (Africa nation on western shore of Indian Ocean - bordered by Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda)
U - Upper (spoken ICAO ATS route designator UAB -until advised by
UACC - Upper Air Control Center (used outside US)
UAR - Upper Air Route
UC - under construction (for chart use only)
UCN - Urgent Change Notice UDA - Upper Advisory Area
UDF - Ultra High Frequency Direction Finder UFA - until further advised
UFN - unitil further notice UG - Uganda (east central Africa nation - bordered by Sudan, Kenya, Lake Victoria, TanzaniaRwanda and Zaire) UHF - Ultra High Frequency (300 to 3000 mHz) UIC - Upper Information Center
UIR - Upper Flight Information Region UK - United Kingdom (island nation between the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean - comprised of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plus a host of nearby smaller islands) unauthd - unauthorized
unavbl - unavailable
unctl - uncontrolled
unk - unknown
unlcig - unlimited ceiling
unlgtd - unlighted
unltd - unlimited
unmrk - unmarked
unmnto - unmonitored
unrel - unreliable
unrstd - unrestricted
unsatfy - unsatisfactory
unsked - unscheduled
unsvc - unserviceable
unuse - unuseable UP - Ukraine (CIS nation in eastern Europe N of the Black Sea - bordered by Belarus, Russia, Romamia, Moldova, Hundaria, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus) US - United States (nation in N America of ConUS and Alaska with territories in E Caribbean, and a state, Hawaii, in central
Pacific plus many island territories and trust territories in the Central, N and W Pacific Ocean)
USA - United States of America - limited to its 50 states, also, same as US above.
USAF - United States Air Force
USAFE - United States Air Force in Europe
USAFIB - US Army Flight Information Bulletin
USAP - US Antarctic Program
USB - Upper Side Band
USBER - US Mission Berlin
USCG - United States Coast Guard
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USMTM - US Military Training Mission
USN - United States Navy
USNOF - US NOTAM Facility
USPS - US Postal Service UT - Utah (ConUS northwest state)
UTA - Upper Control Area
UTC - Coordinated Universal Time [formerly Grenwich Mean Time, GMT or "Zulu" time as in "2300Z"]
UTRACC - USAFE Tanker Recce Airlift Control Center UV - Burkina Faso (W Africa nation - bordered by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire) UY - Uraguay (S America nation on S Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Brazil and Argentina) UZ - Uzbekistan (CIS nation on S shore of Aral Sea - bordered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan)
V Victor
V - Defense Switch Network (telephone, formerly AUTOVON), also, VOR Federal Airway (followed by identification) VA - Virginia (ConUS eastern state)
VAL - Visiting Aircraft Line
var - magnetic variation
VASI - Visual Approach Slope Indicator VC - St Vincent and the Grenadines (islands nation in the E Caribbean - between St Lucia and Venezuela)
VCIA - Vehicle Component Impact Area (from multi-stage ICBM or space-vehicle launch)
vcnty - vicinity VDF - Very High Frequency Direction Finder
VDP - visual descent point VE - Venezuela (S America nation on S shore of E Caribbean - bordered by Guyana, Brazil and Columbia)
veh - vehicle
vert - vertical VFC - Visual Flight Conditions
VFR - Visual Flight Rules, also, often improperly used to mean the same as VFC or VMC
VFR-S - FLIP VFR Supplement (issued for ConUS area only) VGSI - Visual Glide Slope Indicating System VHF Very High Frequency (30 to 300 mHz) VI - Virgin Islands (USPS abbreviation - see also VQ below)
via - by way of
VIP - Very Important Person
vis - visibility VLF - Visual Low Frequency VM - Vietnam (Indochina nation on W shore of S China Sea - bordered by China, Cambodia and Laos
VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions VOLMET - Meteorological Information for Aircraft in Flight
VOR - VHF Omnirange
VORTAC - VOR and TACAN Navigation Facilities - colocated/combined
VOT - VOR receiver testing facility VQ - Virgin Islands (US territory in NE Caribbean - between Puerto Rico and Anguilla, St Marten and Saba islands) VR - VFR Military Training Route
vrb - variable vsp - vertical speed
V/STOL - Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing aircraft VT - Vermont (ConUS northeast state)
V/V - Verticaal Velocity
W Whiskey / William
W - Warning Area (followed by identifier), also, Watts, also West (direction), also White
WA - Namibia (S Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Angola, Caprivi Strip, Botswana and South Africa)
WA - Washington (ConUS northwest state)
WAC - World Aeronautical Chart
wbar - with bar lights (horizontal bar approach aids prior to and aligned with Runway)
Wbnd - Westbound
WDI - wind direction indicator
wdspr - widespread
Wed - Wednesday
WEF - With Effect From, also, Effective From
WEPS - Weapons
WF - Wallis Island and Futuna (French islands in S Pacific - approx 1565nm N by NE of New Zealand)
Wg - Wing
WGS - World Geodetic System
WI - Western Sahara (N Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania)
WI - Wisconsin (ConUS east central state)
wi - within
wid - width
WIE - with immediate effect
win - winter
WIP - work in progress
wk - week
wkd - weekday
wkend - weekend
wkly - weekly
wng - warning
wo - without
WPM - Words per minute
WPT - waypoint (RNAV)
WQ - Wake Island (US North Pacific island - approx 2085nm W of Hawaii and 1935nm SE of Japan)
WS - Western Samoa (S Pacific islands nation - approx 1720nm NNE of New Zealand
wt - weight
W/T - Wireless Telegraphy
WV - West Virginia (ConUS northeast state)
wx or WX - weather
WxR - Weather Radar
WY - Wyoming (ConUS northwest state)
WZ - Swaziland (S Africa nation - bordered by S Africa and Mozambique_
X X-Ray
x -cross xbar - crossbar
Y Yankee / Yoke
Y - Yellow YCZ - yellow caution zone yd - yard YG - Yellow-Green Beacon YM - Yemen (Middle East nation on Guld of Aden and Red Sea - bordered by Saudi Arabia and Oman) YO - Yugoslavia (Balkan nation on E shore of Adreiatic Sea - bordered by Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia) yr - year YT - Yukon Territory (Canada province between AK and NT E-W and Beaufort Sea & BC N-S)
Z Zulu / Zebra
Z - Greenwich Mean Time (time groups only), also, VHF Station Location [Fan] marker [usually with ILS] ZA - Zambia (S Africa nation - bordered by Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, Mali, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Angola and Zaire) ZI - Zimbabwe (S Africa nation - bordered ny Zambia, Mozambique, S Africa and Botswana); also, ZI - Zone of Interior
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