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  • Absolute Altitude
  • Active Runway
  • Acts of unlawful interference
  • Advection
  • Advection Fog
  • Advisory Airspace
  • Advisory Service
  • Aerial Work
  • Aerodrome
  • Aerodrome Elevation (or Field Elevation)
  • Aerodrome Traffic
  • Aerodrome Traffic Frequency
  • Aerodrome Traffic Frequency (ATF)
  • Aerodrome Traffic Zone
  • Aerodynamic Coefficients
  • Aeroplane
  • Air Carrier
  • Air Defence Identification Zone
  • Air Time
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Clearance
  • Air Traffic Control Instruction
  • Air Traffic Control Service
  • Air Traffic Control Unit
  • Air transport service
  • Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)
  • Aircraft
  • Aircraft Critical Surface Contamination
  • Aircraft Engine
  • Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome Lighting (ARCAL)
  • Airframe
  • AIRMET (Airmen's Meteorological Advisory)
  • Airport
  • Airport and Airways Surveillance Radar (AASR)
  • Airport Surface Detection Equipment
  • Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)
  • Airport Traffic
  • Airspeed Indicator
  • Airway
  • Airworthy
  • Alerting Service
  • Alternate Aerodrome
  • Alternate Airport
  • Altimeter
  • Altimeter Setting
  • Altitude
  • Altitude Reservation
  • AMA
  • Angle of Attack
  • Angle of Attack Indicator
  • Angle of Incidence
  • Approach/Arrival Control
  • Apron
  • Arctic Control Area
  • Area Control Centre (ACC)
  • Area Minimum Altitude
  • Area Navigation
  • Area Navigation (RNAV)
  • Arrival Report
  • Attitude Indicator
  • Automated Data Interchange System
  • Automatic Altitude Reporting
  • Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B)
  • Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
  • Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
  • Backtrack
  • Balanced Field Length
  • Ballistic Recovery System
  • Bearing
  • Below Minimums
  • Blind Spot (or Blind Zone)
  • Brake Horsepower (BHP)
  • Broadcast
  • Calibrated Airspeed (CAS)
  • Call Up
  • Canadian Domestic Airspace
  • Canadian Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications
  • Canard
  • CAVOK
  • Ceiling
  • Celestial Navigation
  • Centre
  • Certificate of Airworthiness
  • Certificate of Registration
  • Classification of Airspace
  • Clear Air Turbulence
  • Clearance Limit
  • Climb, Best Angle of
  • Climb, Best Rate of
  • Climb (or Climb-out)
  • Co-ordinates
  • Codes/Transponder Codes
  • Commercial Air Service
  • Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS)
  • Compass Rose
  • Composite Flight Plan
  • Compulsory Reporting Point
  • Contrails (also Vapour Trails)
  • Control Area
  • Control Area Extension
  • Control Tower
  • Control Zone
  • Controlled Airport
  • Controlled Airspace
  • Course
  • Course Deviation Indicator
  • Critical Altitude
  • Critical Engine
  • Critical Field Length
  • Crosswind
  • Cruising Altitude/Level
  • Customs Notification Service (ADCUS)
  • Danger Area
  • Day VFR
  • Daylight
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Decision Height (DH)
  • Defence VFR (DVFR)
  • Density Altitude
  • Departure Control
  • Designated Intersection
  • Deviation
  • Discrete Frequency
  • Displaced Threshold
  • Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
  • Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
  • Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
  • Empennage
  • Equivalent Airspeed (EAS)
  • Expected Approach Time
  • Expected Further Clearance Time
  • Expedite
  • Fan Marker Beacon
  • Feathered Propeller
  • Final
  • Final Approach
  • Final Approach Area
  • Fix
  • Flag/Flag Alarm
  • Flameout
  • Flaps Down Speed
  • Flight Information Centre (FIC)
  • Flight Information Region (FIR)
  • Flight Information Service En Route (FISE)
  • Flight Itinerary
  • Flight Level (FL)
  • Flight Path
  • Flight Permit
  • Flight Plan/Notification
  • Flight Service Station (FSS)
  • Flight Time
  • Flight Visibility
  • Flight Watch
  • Fuel Remaining
  • Full Throttle Altitude
  • General Aviation
  • Glide Path/Glide Slope
  • Glide Speed for Endurance
  • Glide Speed for Range
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Grid Navigation
  • Gross Weight
  • Ground Control
  • Ground Visibility
  • Groundspeed
  • Hang Glider
  • Heading
  • Heading Indicator
  • Height Above Aerodrome (HAA)
  • Height Above Touchdown Zone Elevation (HAT)
  • Hertz (Hz)
  • High Frequency (HF)
  • High Level Air Route
  • High Level Airspace
  • High Level Airway
  • Hold Short
  • Homing
  • Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
  • Identification Zone
  • IFR Aircraft/Flight
  • IFR Conditions
  • Indicated Airspeed (IAS)
  • Indicated Altitude
  • Inertial Navigation System (INS)
  • Initial Approach
  • Inner Marker
  • Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
  • Instrument Landing System (ILS)
  • Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)
  • Instrument Runway
  • Intermediate Approach
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • Intersection
  • Jet Stream
  • Joint En Route Terminal System (JETS)
  • Known Aircraft
  • Landing Gear Extended Speed
  • Landing Gear Operating Speed
  • Landing Run/Roll
  • Landing Sequence
  • Launch Weight
  • Load Factor
  • Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)
  • Local Traffic
  • Localizer
  • Low Approach
  • Low Frequency (LF)
  • Low Level Air Route
  • Low Level Airspace
  • Low Level Airway
  • Mach Indicator
  • Mach Number
  • Mandatory Frequency (MF)
  • Maneuvering Area
  • Maneuvering Speed
  • Manifold Pressure
  • Manifold Pressure Gauge
  • Marker Beacon
  • Mayday
  • Mean Wind
  • MEDEVAC
  • Medium Frequency (MF)
  • Middle Marker
  • Military Operations Area
  • Military Terminal Control Area (MTCA)
  • Minimum Crossing Altitude (MCA)
  • Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA)
  • Minimum En Route Altitude (MEA)
  • Minimum Fuel
  • Minimum Holding Altitude
  • Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude (MOCA)
  • Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)
  • Minimum Safe Altitude
  • Minimum Sector Altitude
  • Minimum Sink Speed
  • Minimums/Minima
  • Missed Approach
  • Mode
  • Mountainous Area/Region
  • Movement Area
  • Navigational Aid/Navaid
  • Never Exceed Speed
  • Night
  • Night VFR
  • Nondirectional Beacon (NOB)
  • Nonprecision Approach Procedure
  • NORDO
  • Normal Operating Limit Speed
  • Northern Domestic Airspace (NOA)
  • NOTAM
  • Now Wind
  • Obstacle Clearance Altitude/Height
  • Omega Navigation System
  • Omni
  • Outer Marker
  • Overshoot
  • Pan Pan
  • Pilot-In-command
  • Pilotage
  • Pitch Setting
  • PlREP (Pilot Weather Report)
  • Position Report
  • Positive Control
  • Precipitation
  • Precision Approach Radar (PAR)
  • Preferred Runway
  • Pressure Altitude
  • Prevailing Visibility
  • Primary Frequency
  • Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR)
  • Procedure Turn
  • Propeller
  • Radar Altimeter/Radio Altimeter
  • RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging)
  • Radial
  • Radio
  • Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI)
  • Rate-One-Turn
  • Rating
  • Readback
  • Remote Communications Outlet (RCO)
  • Reporting Point
  • Required Visual Reference
  • Responsible Person
  • Restricted Area
  • RONLY
  • Rotate
  • Runway
  • Runway Heading
  • Runway Visual Range (RVR)
  • Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR)
  • Separation
  • SIGMET (Significant Meteorological Information)
  • Southern Domestic Airspace (SDA)
  • Special VFR Conditions
  • Specified Area
  • Speed Brake
  • Squawk
  • Standard Atmosphere
  • Standard Rate Turn
  • Stop and Go
  • Stopover Flight Plan
  • Straight-In Approach
  • TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation)
  • Tachometer
  • Target
  • Terminal Control Area (TCA)
  • Tetrahedron
  • Threshold
  • Threshold Crossing Height (TCH)
  • Touch and Go
  • Touchdown
  • Touchdown Zone Elevation (TDZE)
  • Touchdown Zone (TDZ)
  • Tower
  • Track
  • Traffic Circuit/Pattern
  • Transcribed Weather Broadcast (TWB)
  • Transponder
  • True Airspeed
  • True Altitude
  • Turn and Slip Indicator/Turn Co-ordinator
  • Ultrahigh Frequency
  • Ultralight Aircraft
  • Uncontrolled Aerodrome/Airport
  • Uncontrolled Airspace
  • UNICOM
  • Variation
  • Vector
  • Vertical Speed Indicator
  • Very High Frequency (VHF)
  • Very Low Frequency (VLF)
  • VFR Aircraft/Flight
  • VFR Over The Top
  • Visibility
  • Visual Approach
  • Visual Flight Rules
  • Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC)
  • VOR (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) Station
  • VORTAC (VOR/TACAN)
  • Vortices/Wing Tip Vortices
  • VOT (VOR Test Signal)
  • Wake Turbulence
  • Waypoint (RNAV)
  • Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)

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