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A

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast

German general radiotelephony certificate

Aeronautical Information Publication

Airmen's Meteorological Information

Angle of attack

Air Traffic Control

Automatic Terminal Information Service

Airline Transport Pilot Licence

B

Restricted radiotelephony certificate

Blind transmission

C

Cloud And Visibility OK

Commercial Pilot Licence

D

Density altitude

Displaced threshold

Distance Measuring Equipment

E

Emergency Locator Transmitter

F

Flight Information Region

G

Global Navigation Satellite System

H

I

International Civil Aviation Organization

Instrument Flight Rules

Instrument Landing System

Instrument meteorological conditions

International Standard Atmosphere

K

kt, one nautical mile per hour

L

Line up and wait

M

Magnetic variation

Meteorological Aerodrome Report

Decision altitude (DA), decision height (DH), minimum descent altitude (MDA)

Missed approach

Mean Sea Level / Above Ground Level

N

Non-Directional Beacon

Notice to Air Missions

O

P

Precision Approach Path Indicator

Phonetic alphabet

ICAO spelling alphabet

Pilot in Command

Private Pilot Licence

Q

QDM, QDR, QTE, QNH, QFE

R

Readability scale

Area Navigation

Runway incursion

Runway Visual Range

S

Significant Meteorological Information

VFR conspicuity code

General emergency

Squawk codes 7500/7600/7700

T

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast

Traffic Collision Avoidance System

Terminal Control Area

Traffic circuit

Transition altitude

Transition level

U

Universal communications

V

Visual Flight Rules

Very High Frequency

Visual meteorological conditions

VHF Omnidirectional Range

W

Z

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