Definition
A permanent web address (URL) that links directly to a specific online resource or page and is intended to remain unchanged over time, allowing reliable future access to the same information.
Plain English
A web link that stays the same so you can come back to the exact same page later and still find it.
Context Anchor
Seen in online FAA materials, digital handbooks, and web pages when a pilot wants to save or share the exact source being referenced.
Derivation
A blend of 'permanent' and 'link.' The word was coined in the early days of the web to distinguish a stable, lasting address from a temporary one that might change as a site is reorganized.
Why Pilots Care
When a publication gives a permalink to a resource such as special use airspace status or scheduling information, the pilot can rely on that link still working when they need it during preflight planning, rather than chasing a broken or moved page.
Intuition Check
A permalink is not a clearance, permission, or aviation approval. It is only a web link meant to keep pointing to the same online information.
Example Sentence 1
The handbook provides a permalink to the SUA website so pilots can check airspace status during flight planning.
Example Sentence 2
Pilots can save the permalink to quickly return to the same procedure page later.