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Above Ground Level (AGL)

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Height above the ground over which you’re flying. Related term:Mean Sea Level (MSL)

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Advisory Circular (AC).

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Type of publication offered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Unless they’re incorporated into a regulation by specific reference, ACs are issued to inform the public of nonregulatory material and are not binding.

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Aeronautical Advisory Stations (UNICOM).

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Air to ground communication facility employed at airports with a low volume of general aviation traffic and where no control tower is active.

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Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM).

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Systematic mental approach to consistently determine the best course of action in a given situation.

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Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM).

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official guide to basic flight information and Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures.

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Aeronautical Knowledge Test.

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) exam required to become a Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) for a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)

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Air Traffic Control (ATC).

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Responsible for providing the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service.

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Airmen’s Meteorological Information (AIRMET).

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Weather advisory that contains information about weather events that are potentially unsafe. Compared to SIGMETs, AIRMETs cover less severe weather.

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Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS).

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Continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical information in busier airports. Contain essential information such as weather information, active runways, available approaches, and NOTAM.

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Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR).

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Observation of current surface weather reported in a standard international format. Issued hourly unless significant weather changes have occurred.

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B4UFly App.

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Smartphone app from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that helps unmanned aircraft operators determine whether there are any restrictions or requirements in effect at the location where they want to fly.

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Center of Gravity (CG).

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The point at which your aircraft would perfectly balance if it were suspended at that point.

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Certificate of Waiver (CoW)

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Allows a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) operation to deviate from certain provisions of Part 107 as long as the FAA finds that the proposed operation can be safely conducted under the terms of that Certificate of Waiver.

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Chart Supplement U.S. (formerly Airport/Facility Directory).

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Provides the most comprehensive information on a given airport. Contains information on airports, heliports, and seaplane bases that are open to the public. Published across seven books, and the information in each of these books is updated every couple of months.

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Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF).

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Frequency designated for the purpose of carrying out airport advisory practices while operating to or from an airport without an operating control tower.

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Control Station (CS).

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An interface used by the remote pilot in command or the person manipulating the controls to control the flight path of the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS). (In basic terms, this is your remote control.)

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Corrective Lenses.

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Spectacles or contact lenses.

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Crew Resource Management (CRM).

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Art and science of managing all the resources that are available to the Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) prior and during flight, including resources both on board the aircraft and from outside sources.

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Error Chain.

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When a series of judgmental errors leads to a human factors-related accident.

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FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement for Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Private Pilot (FAA-CT-8080-2G).

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Book of figures and charts that is issued during the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Test at the computer testing centers and referenced in certain test questions.

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FAA Regional Operations Center (ROC).

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Network of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Command Control Communication Centers.

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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National aviation authority of the United States, with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation.

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Flight Services Station (FSS).

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Air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights. Unlike Air Traffic Control (ATC), FSS is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances or providing separation, but they do relay ATC clearances.

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Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).

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Locally affiliated field office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

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When operation of an aircraft under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) is not safe or legal because the visual cues outside the aircraft are obscured by weather or darkness, instrument flight rules must be used instead.

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Mean Sea Level (MSL).

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Truealtitude, or the average height above standard sea level where the atmospheric pressure is measured in order to calibrate altitude. Related term:Above Ground Level (AGL)

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Model Aircraft.

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An Unmanned Aircraft (UA) that is capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere; flown within visual line-of-sight (VLOS) of the person operating the aircraft; and flown for hobby or recreational purposes.

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MULTICOM.

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Frequency allocation used as a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) by aircraft near airports where no air traffic control is available. In the United States, the frequency is 122.9 MHz. At uncontrolled airports without a UNICOM, pilots are to self-announce on the MULTICOM frequency.

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National Airspace System (NAS).

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Reaches from the surface to 60,000 feet within the continental United States and its territories.

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Notice to Airmen (NOTAM).

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Issued when there’s aeronautical information that could affect a pilot’s decision to make a flight. It includes such information as airport or aerodrome primary runway closures, taxiways, ramps, obstructions, communications, airspace, and changes in the status of navigational aids, to name a few. Time-critical and either of a temporary nature or not sufficiently known in advance to permit publication on aeronautical charts or in other operational publications.

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Person Manipulating the Controls

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A person other than the Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) who is controlling the flight of an Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) under the supervision of the remote PIC.

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Radio Frequencies (RF).

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Any of the electromagnetic wave frequencies in the range from around 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which include those frequencies used for communications or radar signals.

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Remote Pilot Certificate

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License that allows a person who passed the Aeronautical Knowledge Exam to serve as the Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) for a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS).

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Remote Pilot in Command (Remote PIC or Remote Pilot).

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A person who holds a Remote Pilot Certificate with a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) rating and has the final authority and responsibility for the operation and safety of an sUAS operation conducted under Part 107.

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Sectional Chart.

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Aeronautical chart showing topographical features that are important to aviators, such as terrain elevations, ground features identifiable from altitude and ground features useful to pilots. Also shows information on airspace classes, ground-based navigation aids, radio frequencies, longitude and latitude, navigation waypoints, and navigation routes

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Small Unmanned Aircraft (Small UA).

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A Unmanned Aircraft (UA) weighing less than 55 pounds, including everything that is onboard or otherwise attached to the aircraft, and can be flown without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

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Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)

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A small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) and its associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the small UA, that are required for the safe and efficient operation of the small UA in the National Airspace System (NAS). To reiterate, the difference between the Small Unmanned Aircraft and the Small Unmanned Aircraft System is simply that the system is the aircraft PLUS all the other equipment and components, such as the remote control / transmitter.

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Statute Miles (SM).

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Legal or formal name for a mile, or 5280 feet.

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Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET)

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Weather advisory that contains information about significant weather events like thunderstorms and severe turbulence.

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Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR)

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Restriction on an area of airspace due to the movement of government VIPs, special events, natural disasters, or other unusual events

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Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF).

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Weather report established for the five statute mile radius around an airport and usually provided for larger airports. Valid for up to a 30-hour time period and updated four times a day.

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Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 107 (Part 107)

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Lays out the operating and certification requirements to allow Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to operate for non-hobby and non-recreational purposes.

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Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airman Certification Standards

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document that communicates the aeronautical knowledge standards for a Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating. The FAA views the ACS as the foundation to an integrated and systematic approach to airman certification.

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Unmanned Aircraft (UA).

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An aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. The difference between an Unmanned Aircraft and a Small Unmanned Aircraft is that a Small Unmanned Aircraft weighs less than 55 pounds.

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Visibility.

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Greatest horizontal distance at which prominent objects can be viewed with the naked eye.

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Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

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Set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going

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Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS).

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Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) and person manipulating the controls must be able to see the small UA at all times during flight, unless you have a waiver that permits otherwise. VLOS must be accomplished and maintained by unaided vision, although eyeglasses and contact lenses are allowed.

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Visual Observer (VO)

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A person acting as a flightcrew member who assists the Small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) and/or the person manipulating the controls to see and avoid other air traffic or objects aloft or on the ground.

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