The National Airspace System — IFH

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NAS — National Airspace System
aeronautical charts
regulations
airspace classification
ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
en route
satellite-based navigation equipment
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
terminal
Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)
approach procedures
AIM — Aeronautical Information Manual
mean sea level (MSL)
Special Use Airspace
flight level (FL)
MSL — mean sea level
nautical miles (NM)
FL — flight level
instrument flight rules (IFR)
IFR — Instrument Flight Rules
air traffic control (ATC) clearance
instrument procedures
ATC — Air Traffic Control
radar approach control
separation services
two-way radio communications
Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs)
passenger enplanements
above ground level (AGL)
AGL — above ground level
En Route Charts
Prohibited areas
Federal Register
Restricted Areas
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Class E
Class G
FL 600
ATC Clearance
instrument rating
two-way communications
Student certificate
Special VFR
VFR — Visual Flight Rules
statute miles
VFR aircraft separation
VFR Visibility Minimum
VFR Minimum Distance from Clouds
clear of clouds
IFR Aircraft
IFR flight plan
Traffic Advisories
control tower
NM — nautical miles
Radar
instrument approaches
high density
nontowered airport
14 CFR part 91
Aeronautical Navigation Products (AeroNav Products)
Prohibited Area
Restricted Area
Warning Area
military operations area (MOA)
Alert Area
Military Training Routes (MTRs)
temporary flight restrictions (TFRs)
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
National Security Areas (NSAs)
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 99
Controlled Airspace
Federal Airways System
navigation aid (NAVAID)
Uncontrolled Airspace
FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Airways
Waypoint
Fix
VFR-ON-TOP
Victor airways
Intersection
joint-use restricted airspace
VOR — VHF omnidirectional range
low-altitude airway structure
Victor airway
Warning areas
MOAs — military operations areas
sectional chart
VFR terminal area chart
Alert areas
collision avoidance
MTRs — Military Training Routes
IR
VR
TFRs — Temporary Flight Restrictions
NOTAM — Notice to Airmen
14 CFR part 99
NAVAID — Navigational Aid
centerline
Jet Route
MOCA — Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude
area navigation (RNAV) routes
MRA — Minimum Reception Altitude
confluence of airways
Q-route
jet routes
T-route
high-altitude en route charts
random RNAV route
RNAV — Area Navigation
Q-routes
T-routes
waypoints
latitude/longitude coordinates
degree-distance fixes
Radar Monitoring
Preferred IFR Routes
A/FD — Airport/Facility Directory
FL 450
Tower En Route Control (TEC)
Advisory Circular (AC) 90-91
North American Route Program (NRP)
IFR en route chart
high-altitude en route chart
low-altitude en route chart
off-route obstruction clearance altitude (OROCA)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
part-time airspace classifications
minimum en route altitude (MEA)
IFR En Route Charts
minimum obstruction clearance altitude (MOCA)
airport information
Charted IFR Altitudes
distance measuring equipment (DME)
TEC — Tower En Route Control
AC — Advisory Circular
AC 90-91
NRP — North American Route Program
FL 290
conterminous United States
en route high-altitude charts
en route low-altitude charts
OROCA — off-route obstruction clearance altitude
ICAO identifiers
ATIS — Automatic Terminal Information Service
obstacle clearance
MEA GAP
DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
minimum reception altitude (MRA)
MEA — minimum en route altitude
minimum crossing altitude (MCA)
MAA — Maximum Authorized Altitude
maximum authorized altitude (MAA)
MCA — Minimum Crossing Altitude
Types of NAVAIDs
very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR)
nondirectional beacon (NDB)
tactical air navigation (TACAN)
VOR/DME
very-high frequencies and ultra-high frequencies (VHF/UHF)
low frequencies and medium frequencies (LF/MF)
NDB — Nondirectional Beacon
Compass Locator
Identifying Intersections
NDBs — nondirectional beacons
TACAN — Tactical Air Navigation
VHF/UHF
LF/MF
NO SVFR
FIR — Flight Information Region
ADIZ — Air Defense Identification Zone
CNF — Computer Navigational Fix
Changeover Point
GPS/WAAS MEA
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC)
Flight Information Region (FIR)
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)
International Date Line
compass locator beacon
VORTAC
FSS — Flight Service Station
ILS — Instrument Landing System
ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
HIWAS — Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984
Cruising Altitudes
changeover point (COP)
Localizer
off-route VORs
back course (BC)
Bearing
global positioning system (GPS)
Back course
ARTCC — Air Route Traffic Control Center
serrations
flight service station (AFSS)
RCO — Remote Communications Outlet
ASOS — Automated Surface Observing Station
Remote Communications Outlet (RCO)
Automated Surface Observing Station (ASOS)
Automated Weather Observing Station (AWOS)
Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS)
TWEB — Transcribed Weather Broadcast
Transcribed Weather Broadcast (TWEB)
Ground Speed
moving map
VOR changeover points
COP — changeover point
holding pattern
multifunction displays
moving maps
flight deck
SA — Situational Awareness
Localizer Course
BC — back course
COPs — VOR changeover points
mileage breakdown
Computer Navigation Fix
GPS — Global Positioning System
AFSS — automated flight service station
ARTCC remote sites
electronic flight bag
minimum equipment list (MEL)
standard operating procedures (SOPs)
standard instrument departures (SIDs)
standard terminal arrival routes (STARs)
electronic chart systems
14 CFR
MELs — minimum equipment lists
SOPs — standard operating procedures
SIDs — standard instrument departures
STARs — standard terminal arrival routes
terminal procedures
checklists
Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP)
Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODPs)
instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)
visual meteorological conditions (VMC)
feet per nautical mile (FPNM)
No STAR
Instrument Approach Procedure chart
margin identification
amendment status
Straight-in Landing Minimums
Circling Minimums
Circling Approach
Terminal Procedures Publications
runway centerline
TPP — Terminal Procedures Publication
Departure Procedures
DP — departure procedure
ODP — Obstacle Departure Procedure
SID — Standard Instrument Departure
takeoff minimums
Standard Terminal Arrival Routes
STAR — standard terminal arrival route
IAP — Instrument Approach Procedure
amendment number
airport diagrams
ODP — Obstacle Departure Procedures
IMC — Instrument Meteorological Conditions
VMC — Visual Meteorological Conditions
climb gradient
FPNM — feet per nautical mile
Terminal Area
Flight Plan
TERPs — Terminal Instrument Approach Procedures
civil approach plates
FAA chart reference number
Straight-in Landing
LOM — compass locator at outer marker
Transition Route
Arrival Route
Lost Communications Track
DME Fix
Procedure ID
APP CRS — approach course
TDZE — Touchdown Zone Elevation
Apt Elev — airport elevation
RNP — Required Navigation Performance
DME/DME RNP
MALSR — Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
GND CON — ground control
CLNC DEL — clearance delivery
UNICOM
Radar Required
LNAV — Lateral Navigation
HIRL — High Intensity Runway Lights
VGSI — visual glide slope indicator
IAF — Initial Approach FIX
FAF — Final Approach FIX
CTAF — Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
MALSR
Pilot Briefing
plan view
profile view
Landing Minimums
airport diagram
VOR-A
LDA-B
VOR/DME RWY 31
VOR or GPS RWY 15
ILS Z RWY 28
SILVER ILS RWY 28
COPTER LOC/DME 25L
nonstandard IFR takeoff minimums
Alternate Minimums Section
Alternate Minimums are Not Authorized
initial approach fix (IAF)
intermediate fix (IF)
TACAN
final approach fix (FAF)
LOC — localizer
LOC/DME
minimum safe altitude (MSA)
NDB/DME
SDF — simplified directional facility
Marker Beacon
MAP — Missed Approach Point
Missed Approach Procedure
Alternate Minimums
Altimeter Setting
distance circle
concentric rings
feeder facilities
Visual Flightpath
Terminal Arrival Area (TAA)
Straight-in Area
No Procedure Turn (NoPT)
missed approach point (MAP)
TAA — Terminal Arrival Area
MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
Obstacle
Morse code
ADF — Automatic Direction Finder
MSA circle
omnidirectional facility
missed approach waypoint
heavy-lined NAVAID box
main procedure course
DME arc
Feeder Route
missed approach track
GPS/RNAV
departure extensions
NoPT — No Procedure Turn
DA — Decision Altitude
GS — glide slope
course reversal
45°/180° procedure turn
Procedure Turn
racetrack pattern
teardrop procedure
teardrop procedure turn
80°/260° course reversal
barbed arrow
KIAS — knots indicated airspeed
knots indicated airspeed (KIAS)
obstruction clearance area
procedure turn barred arrow
NoPT
Radar Vectoring
timed approach
IF — Intermediate FIX
procedure turn holding pattern
holding airspeed limitations
inbound course
Approach Clearance
Final Approach Course
Category A
high performance aircraft
glideslope (GS)
threshold crossing height (TCH)
outer marker (OM)
final approach point (FAP)
Maltese cross
Stepdown FIX
intermediate segment
minimum descent altitude (MDA)
penetration turn
visual descent point (VDP)
decision altitude/decision height (DA/DH)
GS — glideslope
Missed Approach
climb straight ahead
GS intercept altitude
TCH — Threshold Crossing Height
turning climb
climbing right turn
OM — Outer Marker
Precision Approach
Nonprecision Approach
MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
DA/DH — decision altitude/decision height
VOR/DME RNAV
outbound course
Final Approach Segment
vertical approach path
angle of descent
FAP — final approach point
VDP — Visual Descent Point
straight-in approach procedure
touchdown point
visual reference
block altitude
advisory altitude
Mandatory Altitude
Vertical Descent Angle (VDA)
Aircraft Approach Category
height above threshold (HAT)
height above airport (HAA)
runway visual range (RVR)
minimum altitude
maximum altitude
mandatory block altitude
recommended altitude
VDA — Vertical Descent Angle
stabilized approach descent
rate of descent table
straight-in
circling
radar vectored
stalling speed
certified gross landing weight
landing configuration
HAT — height above threshold elevation
HAA — Height Above Airport
RVR — Runway Visual Range
Transmissometer
slant visual range
Prevailing Visibility
rate of descent
recommended altitudes
advisory altitudes
aircraft approach categories
DH — Decision Height
GLS — Global Navigation Satellite Landing System
APV — Approach Procedure with Vertical Guidance
BARO VNAV — barometric vertical navigation
descent minimum
standard IFR alternate minimums
helicopter alternate minimums
height above landing area (HAL)
Point in space approach
Airport Sketch /Airport Diagram
runway incursion
touchdown zone elevation (TDZE)
pilot-controlled lighting (PCL)
runway centerline lighting (RCL)
Inoperative Components Table
instrument landing system (ILS)
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR with RAIL)
Airport Sketch
Inoperative Components
IFR alternate minimums
Ceiling
HAL — Height Above Landing
taxi chart
runway incursions
approach bearings
time and speed table
visual approach lights
PCL — pilot-controlled lighting
RCL — runway centerline lighting
taxiways
Displaced Threshold
magnetic heading
ALS — approach lighting system
RAIL — Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
approach lighting systems
airport beacon
runway identification
runway slope
Runway Weight Bearing Capacity
PCN — Pavement Classification Number
Approach Light System (ALS)
Approach Lighting System with Sequenced Flashers (ALSF-2)
Approach Lighting System with Sequenced Flashers (ALSF-1)
Simplified Short Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (SSALR)
Simplified Short Approach Lighting System (SSALS)
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR)
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System (MALS)
Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (RAIL)
Tri-color visual approach slope indicator (T-VASI)
Visual approach slope indicator (VASI)
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
Pulsating Visual Approach Slope Indicator (PVASI)
Runway end identifier lights (REIL)
VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
PVASI — pulsating visual approach slope indicator
TRCV — tri-color visual approach slope indicator
T-VASI
ALSF-1
ALSF-2
SALS/SALSF
REIL — Runway End Identifier Lights
PCL — pilot controlled lighting
approach lighting system
Touchdown Zone
SSALR — Simplified Short Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
MALSF
ODALS — Omnidirectional Approach Lighting System
APAP — Alignment of Elements Systems
TDZ/CL — Touchdown Zone/Centerline Lighting
MLS — microwave landing system
PAR — Precision Approach Radar
LPV — Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance
RNAV Instrument Approach Charts
Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)
lateral navigation/vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV)
required navigational performance (RNP)
global landing system (GLS)
barometric vertical navigation (BARO VNAV)
decision altitude (DA)
WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
LNAV/VNAV
LP — localizer performance
GPA — glidepath angle
LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
Glidepath
runway threshold waypoint
descent angle
ALSF — approach lighting system with sequenced flashing lights
SSALR
TDZL — touchdown zone lights
RCLS — runway centerline lights
VNAV — Vertical Navigation
MALS
SSALS
ODALS
HUD — head-up display
LDA — localizer-type directional aid
SDF/DME
LDA/DME
LP lines of minima
RCLS — Runway Centerline Lighting System
FD — flight director
AP — autopilot
HUD — heads-up display
PAPI — Precision Approach Path Indicator
Field Elevation
Touchdown Zone Elevation
Approach Lights