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1
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VFR

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Visual Flight Rules

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IFR

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Instrument Flight Rules

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SERA

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Standardised European Rules of the Air

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ICAO

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International Civil Aviation Organisation

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ECAC

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European Civil Aviation Conference

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EASA

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European Aviation Safety Agency

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FIR

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Flight Information Region

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UIR

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Upper Information Region

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CTR

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Control Zone

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CTA

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Control Area

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TMA

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Terminal Control Area

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AWY

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Airway

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ATS

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Air Traffic Service

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SDR

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Standard Departure Route

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SID

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Standard Instrument Departure

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STAR

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Standard Terminal Arrival Route

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ATZ

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Aerodrome Traffic Zone

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AAL

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Above Aerodrome Level

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PAR

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Precision Approach Radar

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RADAR

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RAdio Detection And Ranging

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DTFI

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Distance From Touchdown Indicator

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IRVR

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Instrument Runway Visual Range

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RVR

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Runway Visual Range

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BURT

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Back Up Radio Transmitter

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ATC

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Air Traffic Control

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FIS

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Flight Information Service

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ALRS

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Alerting Service

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SIGMET

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Significant Meteorological Information

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AIRMET

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Airmen’s Meteorological Information

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METAR

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Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report

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TAF

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Terminal Aerodrome Forecast

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SPECI

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Special METAR

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RTF

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Radio Telephony

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INCERFA

A

Uncertainty Phase

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ALERFA

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Alert Phase

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DISTREFA

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Distress Phase

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37
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VOR

A

Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range

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NDB

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Non Directional Beacon

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ILS

A

Instrument Landing System

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MLS

A

Microwave Landing System

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CPDLC

A

Controller Pilot Data Link Communications

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VDF

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VHF Direction Finder

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VCCS

A

Voice Communications Control System

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Selcal

A

Selective Call

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ACARS

A

Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System

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AMS

A

Aeronautical Mobile Service

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UDF

A

UHF Direction Finder

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ISA

A

International Standard Atmosphere

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MSL

A

Mean Sea Level

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QFE

A

Query Field Elevation.

Atmospheric pressure corrected to a specific elevation

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QNH

A

Query Nautical Height.

Atmospheric pressure corrected to MSL

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52
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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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53
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IAF

A

Initial Approach Fix

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54
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IF

A

Intermediate Approach Fix

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55
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FAF

A

Final Approach Fix

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56
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FAP

A

Final Approach Point

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57
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MAPt

A

Missed Approach Point

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58
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DOC

A

Designated Operational Coverage

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59
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OCA/H

A

Obstacle Clearance Altitude/Height

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INS

A

Inertial Navigation Systems

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FMS

A

Flight Management System

62
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QDR

A

Magnetic Bearing of Aircraft to Airfield

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QDM

A

Magnetic Track from aircraft to airfield. Reciprocal of QDR

64
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QTE

A

True Bearing of aircraft from station

65
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QUJ

A

True track required (to reach DF station)

66
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DRDF

A

Digital Readout Direction Finder

67
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OBS

A

Omni-Bearing Selector

68
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CDI

A

Course Deviation Indicator

69
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ADF

A

Automatic Direction Finder

70
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CAT

A

Commercial Air Transport

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CR

A

Commission Regulation

72
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FAB

A

Functional Airspace Block

73
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PSR

A

Primary Surveillance Radar

74
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SSR

A

Secondary Surveillance Radar

75
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SONAR

A

Sound Navigation and Range

76
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MTI

A

Moving Target Indicator

77
Q

OTJI

A

On The Job Training Instructor

78
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SMR

A

Surface Movement Radar

79
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DAPs

A

Down-linked Airborne Parameters

80
Q

STCA

A

Short Term Conflict Alert

81
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TCAS

A

Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems

82
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ADS-(B)(C)

A

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-(Broadcast)(Contract)

83
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MLAT

A

Multilateration

84
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LAM

A

Local Area Multilateration

85
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WAM

A

Wide Area Multilateration

86
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TDOA

A

Time Difference Of Arrival

87
Q

A-SMGCS

A

Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System

88
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SI

A

System International (for units of measurement)

89
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ISA

A

International Standard Atmosphere

90
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NSC

A

No Significant Cloud

91
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RH

A

Relative Humidity

92
Q

ELR

A

Environmental Lapse Rate

93
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DALR

A

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate

94
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SALR

A

Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate

95
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SPS

A

Standard Pressure Setting

96
Q

AFTN

A

Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network

97
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TAF

A

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast

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NOTAM

A

Notice to Airmen

99
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SNOWTAM

A

Special Notice to Airmen

100
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CAV

A

Cloud and Visual

101
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RPL

A

Repetitive Flight Plan

102
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IFPS

A

Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System

103
Q

IFPSZ

104
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ATFCM

A

Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management

105
Q

GAT

A

General Air Traffic

106
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FPL

A

Flight Plan

107
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NMOC

A

Network Manager Operations Centre

108
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IFATCA

A

International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations

109
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IFALPA

A

International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations

110
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CRM

A

Crew Resource Management

111
Q

TAS

A

True Air Speed

112
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IAS

A

Indicated Air Speed

113
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RAS

A

Rectified Air Speed

114
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ASI

A

Air Speed Indicator

115
Q

GS

A

Groundspeed

116
Q

DR

A

Dead Reckoning

117
Q

nm

A

Nautical Miles

118
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TDB

A

Track Data Block

119
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EET

A

Estimated En Route Time

120
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EOBT

A

Estimated Off Blocks Time

121
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MTOW

A

Maximum Take Off Weight

122
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NOSIG

A

No Significant Change

123
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NSC

A

No Significant Cloud

124
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RVP

A

Rendezvous Point

125
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ANSP

A

Air Navigation Service Provider

126
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APC

A

Assessment of Prior Competence

127
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RVSM

A

Reduced Vertical Separation Minima

128
Q

VMC

A

Visual Meteorological Conditions

129
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IMC

A

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

130
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CAS

A

Controlled Airspace

131
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ATSU

A

Air Traffic Services Unit

132
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SVFR

A

Special Visual Flight Rules

133
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RP

A

Reporting Point

134
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UAS

A

Unmanned Aerial Systems

135
Q

MATS

A

Manual of Air Traffic Services

136
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FUA

A

Flexible Use of Airspace

137
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UA

A

Unmanned Aircraft

138
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CDR

A

Conditional Route

139
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CBA

A

Cross Border Area

140
Q

TSA

A

Temporary Segregated Area

141
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TRA

A

Temporary Reserved Area

142
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AIP

A

Aeronautical Information Publication

143
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GCS

A

Ground Control Station

144
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AAR

A

Air to Air Refuelling

145
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WSIS

A

With Surface In Sight

146
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ATOTN

A

Air Traffic Operations Telephone Network

147
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PABX

A

Private Automatic Branch Exchange

148
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QSY

A

Q code indicating frequency change

149
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WAYSRAYL

A

Write As You Speak, Read As You Listen

150
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ROC

A

Rate Of Climb

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