Glossary

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A

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast

Airmen's Meteorological Information

Angle of attack

Air Traffic Control

Automatic Terminal Information Service

Airline Transport Pilot Licence

B

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

International Standard Atmosphere

L

Line up and wait

M

Magnetic variation

Meteorological Aerodrome Report

Missed approach

Mean Sea Level / Above Ground Level

N

Non-Directional Beacon

Notice to Air Missions

O

P

Precision Approach Path Indicator

Pilot in Command

Private Pilot Licence

Q

R

Readability scale

Area Navigation

Runway incursion

Runway Visual Range

S

Significant Meteorological Information

Squawk codes 7500/7600/7700

T

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast

Traffic Collision Avoidance System

Terminal Control Area

Traffic circuit

Transition altitude

Transition level

V

Visual Flight Rules

Very High Frequency

VHF Omnidirectional Range

W

Type rating

General

An extra qualification that allows a pilot to fly a specific aircraft type, such as an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 737. It is trained and tested separately from the licence itself.

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