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Glossary of Aviation Terms

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Abeam	Absolute Altitude	Absolute Ceiling
Aerial Refueling	Aeronautical Charts	AGL
Ailerons	Air Ambulance	Air Charter Operator
Air Traffic Control	Air Traffic Controller	Aircraft
Aircraft Management	Aircraft Positioning	Airfoil
Airport	Airspeed	Airway Distance
Airworthiness Directive (AD)	Alternate Airport	Altimeter
Altitude	Amphibious floats	Angle of attack
Approach (Departure) Control	Approach light system	Approach Speed
Apron	ARG/US	ARO
ASOS	ATIS	Aviation
Avionics	Block Flying Time	Block Rates
Block speed	Carbon Credit	Carbon Emissions
Carbon Offset	Cardinal Altitude	Catering
Ceiling	Certificate	Charter Broker
Charter Operator	Class A Airspace	Class B Airspace
Class C Airspace	Class D Airspace	Class E Airspace
Class F Airspace	Class G Airspace	Class I Navigation
Class II Navigation	Clearance	Contrail Streaks
Controlled Airspace	Crosswind	Cruise Speed
Cruising Altitude	D-085	Deadhead
Decision Height	Depreciation	Direct Air Carrier
Drag	Duty Time	Eco-Jet Charter
EFIS	EGPWS	Elevator
ELT	Empty Leg	FAA
FAR	FBO	Ferry Flight
Flaps	Fleet Manager	Flight Plan
Flight Service Station	Flight Standards District Office	Flight Time
Floats	FMS	Fractional Ownership
Fuel Surcharge	Fuselage	General Aviation
General Aviation District Office	GPS	GPWS
Great Circle Distance	Ground Speed	Ground Transportation
Hangar	Helicopter	Helipad
Heliport	Horse Power	IATA Code
ICAO	ICAO Code	IFR
IFR Flight Plan	ILS	Indicated Airspeed
Indirect Air Carrier	Instrument Meteorological Conditions	International Airport
Jet Charter Broker	Jet Stream	Joint Ownership
Knot	KTAS	LAAS
Lateral Separation	Lavatory	Layover
Leg	Lift	Light Jet
Local Airport Advisory	Longitudinal Separation	Mach Number
Mayday	Medevac	Microburst
National Airspace System	Navaids	Navigation
NBAA	Net/Net	Oceanic Airspace
One-Ways	PAN-PAN	Part 121
Part 135	Part 61	Part 91
Pilot in Command	Point to Point Pricing	Positioning
Positioning Time	Precipitation	Private Airport
Propjet	Radar	Radar Flight Following
Radio	Ramp	Repositioning Time
Retail Quote	Roger	Runway
Runway Heading	Scheduled Air Transportation	Segment
Sigmet	Speed of Sound	Stage Length
Standard Rate Turn	Tailwind	Taxi Time
Third Party Verification	Transmissometer	Transponder
True Airspeed	Vector	Vertical Separation
VFR	VFR Flight Plan	Visibility
Visual Meteorological Conditions	Waiting Time	Waypoint

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