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210 Cards in this Set
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AEC |
Aerospace control |
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ADCF |
Air defence control facility |
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AAR |
Air to air refuelling |
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ATC |
Air traffic control |
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ABO |
Airborne order |
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AWC |
Air weapons control |
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ALTRV |
Altitude reservation |
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ASAP |
As soon as possible |
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@ |
At |
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Up arrow |
At or above |
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Down arrow |
At or below |
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ACC |
Area control centre |
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ADIS |
Automated data interchange system |
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ADIZ |
Air defence identification zone |
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AGL |
Above ground level |
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AMIS |
Aircraft movement information service |
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AOR |
Area of responsibility |
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ASL |
Above sea level |
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ASR |
Area surveillance radar |
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ATIS |
Automatic terminal information service |
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CRFI |
Canadian Runway Friction index |
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Arrow up and to the right |
Climb (or climb to) |
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Z |
Coordinated Universal Time (Zulu time) |
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Arrow down and to the right |
Descend |
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DME |
Distance measuring equipment |
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ETA |
Estimated time of arrival |
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ETD |
Estimated time of departure |
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ECM |
Electronic counter measures |
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ELT |
Emergency locator transmitter |
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FL |
Flight level |
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MACU |
Military aerodrome control unit |
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CYA |
Advisory area |
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CYD |
Danger area |
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CYR |
Restricted area |
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MTCU |
Military terminal control unit |
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MEA |
Minimum enroute altitude |
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MOCA |
Minimum obstacle clearance altitude |
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MVA |
Minimum vectoring altitude |
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MANOT |
Missing aircraft notice |
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NAVAID |
Navigational aid |
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FIR |
Flight information region |
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NDB |
Non-directional beacon |
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NM |
Nautical mile |
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NORDO |
No radios |
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NOTAM |
Notice to airmen |
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PPS |
Present position symbol |
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PAR |
Precision approach radar |
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PSR |
Primary surveillance radar |
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PIREP |
Pilot report of weather conditions encountered by aircraft in flight |
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QNH |
Altimeter setting for altitude above sea level |
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RWY |
Runway |
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IAS |
Indicated airspeed |
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RSC |
Runway surface condition |
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RSD |
Radar situation display |
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RATCON |
Radar terminal control unit |
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RCC |
Rescue coordination centre |
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RNAV |
Area navigation |
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RONLY |
Receiver only |
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RVR |
Runway visual range |
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SIR |
Scramble intercept recovery |
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SSR |
Secondary surveillance radar |
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TACAN |
Tactical air navigation |
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ICAO |
International civil aviation organization |
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TSR |
Terminal surveillance radar |
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TAS |
True airspeed |
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TC |
Transport Canada |
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U/S |
Unserviceable |
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UHF |
Ultra high frequency |
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UTC |
Universal time coordinate |
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VOR |
VHF Omni-directional range |
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VFR |
Visual flight rules |
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VHF |
Very high frequency |
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VMC |
Visual meteorological conditions |
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IFR |
Instrument flight rules |
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VORTAC |
VHF Omni-directional range TACAN |
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WATCO |
Wing air traffic control officer |
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ILS |
Instrument landing system |
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IMC |
Instrument meteorological conditions |
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MARSA |
Military assumes responsibility for separation of aircraft |
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MOA |
Military operations area |
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MSL |
Mean sea level |
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ABM |
Abeam |
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ABV |
Above |
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ATD |
Actual time of departure |
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ADZ |
Advise |
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ADCUS |
Advise Customs |
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ADMIS |
Aircraft departing with minimum separation |
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A |
Approach (unspecified) |
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AIRFL |
Air refueling |
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APVL |
Approval |
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APREQ |
Approval Request |
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AVANA |
Approval void if aircraft not airborne by (time) |
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ARC C |
Arc clockwise |
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ARC CC |
Arc counter-clockwise |
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OT |
At least 1,000-On-Top |
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> |
Before |
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BPOC |
Before proceeding on course |
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BLO |
Below |
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IFR (strike through) |
Cancel IFR |
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CC (time/event) |
Clearance cancelled if not airborne by (time/event) |
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CV |
Clearance valid at (time/event) |
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(name) 180/20 |
Cleared to the (name) VORTAC 180 at 20 |
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B |
Cleared out of controlled airspace |
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E |
Cleared to enter controlled airspace |
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Arrow up and to the right OC |
Climb on course |
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60 up right 80 |
Climb from six to eight thousand |
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Up right 40 VFR |
Climb to four thousand VFR |
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Up right 10BLO (ident) |
Climb with at least one thousand feet vertical separation below (flight identification) |
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PT |
Commencement of procedure turn |
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X |
Cross |
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X (fix) 60 |
Cross (fix) at 6,000 |
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X (fix) 150 up arrow |
Cross (fix) at 15,000 or above |
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X (fix) 140 |
Cross (fix) at 14,000 or below |
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D |
Depart/departure clearance has been issued |
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Arrow down and to the right ALT |
Descend to (altitude) |
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Arrow down and to the right 10ABV (ident) |
Descend with at least one thousand feet vertical separation above (flight identification) |
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Right arrow |
Direct |
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NOPAR |
Do not pass to air defence radar |
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EB |
Eastbound |
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EST |
Estimating |
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EAC |
Expect approach clearance at (time) |
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EFACE |
Expect further altitude change enroute |
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EFC (time) |
Expect further clearance at (time) |
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FAF |
Final approach fix |
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FL |
Flight level |
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F/P |
Flight planned route |
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S |
Full stop |
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H 320 |
Heading 320 degrees |
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H |
Hold |
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HAP |
Hold as published |
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W100 |
Hold west inbound track 100 |
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12-17 |
Hold between 12 and 17 DME |
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INP |
If not possible |
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IMD |
Immediately |
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Information passed |
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IB |
Inbound |
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IAF |
Initial approach fix |
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T rotated clockwise |
Intercept |
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LT |
Left turn |
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L |
Low approach |
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LP |
Low approach square |
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M |
Minimum fuel |
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MA |
Missed approach |
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U |
No compass |
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^ |
No delay expected |
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OC |
On course |
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OB |
Outbound |
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PADRA |
Pass to air defence radar |
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POC |
Proceed on course |
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R |
Radial |
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RPT |
Report |
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RL |
Report leaving |
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RV |
Radar vectors |
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RPT |
Report |
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RP |
Report passing |
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RR |
Report reaching |
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RACE |
Request altitude change enroute |
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RT |
Right turn |
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RH |
Runway heading |
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* |
Standard Arrival Routing (STAR) |
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SID |
Standard Instrument Departure |
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G |
Touch and go |
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Z |
Tower |
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TS |
Transponder |
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TL |
Turn left |
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TR |
Turn right |
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TIL |
Until |
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UFA |
Until further advised |
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UFN |
Until further notice |
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W (in red) |
Warning indicator |
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WICA |
While in controlled airspace |
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K |
Contact |
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H |
High TACAN |
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HP |
High TACAN/Radar pick-off |
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HI |
High TACAN/ILS |
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HB or HBC |
High TACAN/Back Course |
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I |
ILS approach |
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LOC |
Localizer |
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BC |
Localizer Back Course |
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N |
NDB approach |
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P |
Precision approach |
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S |
Straight in approach |
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T |
TACAN approach |
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V |
Visual approach |
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AI01 |
Cleared to the airport for an ILS runway 01 approach |
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ABC19 |
Cleared to the airport for localizer back course runway 19 approach |
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ALOC/N19 |
Cleared to the airport for a localizer NDB runway 19 approach |
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AK |
Cleared to the airport for a contact approach |
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ASI01/19 |
Cleared to the airport for a straight-in ILS runway 01 approach circling to runway 19 |
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AN1 |
Cleared to the airport for an NDB 1 approach |
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AT01 |
Cleared to the airport for a TACAN runway 01 approach |
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AH01 |
Cleared to the airport for a HI-TACAN runway 01 approach |
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AP |
Cleared to the airport for a precision radar approach |
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AV |
Cleared to the airport for a visual approach |
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ADF |
Automatic direction finder |
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AIP |
Air information publication |
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CAVOK |
Ceiling and visibility ok |
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CVFR |
Controlled visual flight rules |
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DCPC |
Direct controller pilot communications |
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DF |
Direction finding |
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DVFR |
Defence visual flight rules |
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PAPI |
Precision approach path indicator |
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RSE |
Radar site equipment |
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STOL |
Short take-off and landing (aircraft) |
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TWR |
Tower |
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TRA |
Tower radar area |
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SVFR |
Special visual flight rules |
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UHF |
Ultra high frequency |
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VTOL |
Vertical take-off and landing (aircraft) |
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VASIS |
Visual approach slope indicator system |
