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P Papa / Peter

P - Civil Aerodrome available to transient military aircraft, also, Page (on Area Planning PCN), also, Planning, also, Prohibited area (followed by identification)
PA - Paraguay (land-locked S American nation - bordered by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina
PA - Pennsylvania (ConUS northeast state)
PAC - Pacific (ICAO Region)
PACAF - Pacific Air Forces
PACOM - Pacific Command
PAJA - Parachute Jumping Area
PALS - Precision Approach and Landing System (Navy)
PANS - Procedures for Air Navigation Services
PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
para - paragraph
parl - parallel
pat - pattern
PAX - Passenger, also, Patuxant (River)
PCA - Positive Control Area
PCN - Pacement Classification Number, also, Planning Change Notice
PCZ - Positive Control Zone
PE - Peru (S America nation on Pacific Ocean - bordered by Ecuador, Coloumbia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina
PE - Prince Edward Island (Canada small province nearby, E and N of NB and NS, respectively)
pent - penetrate
perm - permanent
perms - permission
pers - personnel
PFC - Porous Friction Courses (runway pavement toppings or layers)
PG - Spratly Islands (islands in S China Sea W of Palawan - claimed by China, Phillipines, Malaysia and Vietnam)
PIREP - Pilot Report (usually of meteorological conditions observed in flight
PJE - Parachutting Activities/Exercises
PK - Pakistan (nation on Arabian Sea - bordered by Afghanistan, China, India and Iran)
P/L - Plain Language
PL - Poland (E Europe nation on S shore of Baltic Sea - bordered by Kaliningrad Oblast, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany)
PLA - Practice low approach
p-line - pole/power line
pln - plan
PM - Panama (Central America nation on Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean - bordered by Costa Rica and Columbia)
PM - or pm Post meridiem, noon til midnight
PMSV - Pilot-to-Metro Service
PMRF - Pacific Missile Range Facility
PN - prior notice
PNR - point of no return, also, prior notice required
PO - Portugal (W Europe nation on N Atlantic Ocean - bordered N and E by Spain)
POB - persons on board
POL - Petrol, Oils and Lubricants
POMAR - Position Operational Meteorological Aircraft Report
POMOLA - Poor Mans Optical Landiing System
posn - position
PP - Papua New Guinea (E half of island on Bismark, Solomon, and Coral Seas)
PPI - Plan Position Indicator
PPR - Prior Permission Required
pps - pulse per second (see also prr)
PR - Puerto Rico [postal code] (US island territory in NE Caribbean between Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands)
PRA - Precision Radar Approach (Instrument Approach Procedures Idenficiation only)
prcht - parachute
precip - precipitation
pref - prefer
PRESAIR - Air Compressors
prev - previous
prim - primary
prk - park
pro - procedure
prob - probable
proh - prohibited
pro tn - procedure turn
prov - provisional
ps - plus
PS - Republic of Palau (Largest of USA Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - approx 675nm SW of Guam) - see also PW
psia - pounds per square inch Ambient
psig - pounds per square inch Gage
psnl - personal
PSP - Pierced Steel Planking (expeditionary/temporary Runwway sections)
pt - point
ptcp - participate
PTD - Pilot to Dispatcher
PTS - Polar Track Structure
PU - Guinea-Bissau (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - between Senegal and Guinea)
pub - publication
publ - publish
PV - prevailing visibility
PVASI - Pulsating Visual Approach Slope Indicator
pvt - private
PW - Palau Islands (USA western Pacific Trust Territory) - see also PS
pwr - power

Q Quebec / Queen

QA - Qatar (Middle Eaast peninsular nation on Persian Gulf - bordered by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates)
QC - Quebec (Canada provence N of NE US and E of Hudson Bay and ON)
QFE - Altimeter Setting above station
QNE - Altimeter setting of 29.92 inches which provides height above standard datum plane (also know as pressure altitude)
QNH - Altimeter setting which provides height above mean sea level
qrtrs - quarters
quad - quadrant

R Romeo / Roger

R - Ground Receive, also, radial (followed by 3 digits for use on instrument approach charts, also, Restricted Area (followed by identification), also, Right (runway designation)
RA - Radio Altimeter setting height
RACON - Radar Beacon
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAI - runway alignment indicator
RAIL - Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
RAIZ - Automated Area Information Responders
RAMCC - Regional Air Movement Control Center
RAOB - Radiosonde observation
RAPCON - Radar Approach Control (USAF)
RATCF - Radar Air Traffic Control Facility (Navy)
RB - Rescue Boat
RBn - Radio Beacon
RBS - Radar Bomb Scoring
RCA - reach cruise altitude
RCAG - Remote Center Air to Ground Facility
RCC - Rescue Coordination Center
RCF - Radar Control Facility (USAF)
RCL - runway centerline
RCLS - Runway Centerline Light System
RCO - Remote Communications Outlet
rcpt - reception
RCR - Runway Condition Reading
rcv - receive
rcve - receiver
rdo - radio
RE - Reunion (French island group in the Indian Ocean - approx 500nm E of Madagascar)
recog - recognition
reconst - reconstruct
ref - reference
reful - refueling
reg - regulation, also, regular
REIL - Runway End Identificatier Lights
rel - reliable
relctd - relocated
REP - Reporting Point
repl - replace
reps - repairs
req - request
RFP - Replacement Flight Plan, also, Request For Proposal
rg - range (see also rng below)
Rgn - Region
rgt - right
RI - Rhode Island (ConUS northeast state)
rlgd - realigned
RM - Republic of the Marshall Islands (W Pacific islands nation - straddling 10N between Hawaii and Guam)
rmk - remark
RNAV - Area Navigation
rng - range, also, radio range
RNP - Required Navigation Performance
RO - Romania (E Europe nation - bordered by Ukraine, Molddova, Ukraine, Black Sea, Yugoslavia and Hungary)
ROC - rate of climb
ROFOR - Route Forecast (in international MET figure code)
RON - Remain Overnight
Rot Lt or Bcn - Rotating Light or Beacon
RP - Republic of the Phillipines (islands nation between S China Sea and Phillipine Sea; also between Taiwan and Indonesia)
RPI - Runway Point of Intercept
rpt - repeat, also, repeat
RQ - Puerto Rico [DOD code] (US island territory in NE Caribbean between Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands)
rqr - require
RR - Railroad
RRL - Runway Remaining Lights
RRP - Runway Reference Point
RS - Russia (largest if the CIS - bordered by the Arctic Ocean, Chukchi and Bering Seas, NW Pacific, Okhotsk & Japan Seas, Asia, Middle East. Eastern Europe and Scandanavia
RSC - Rescue Sub-Center
RSDU - Radar Storm Detection Unit
RSP - Responder (beacon)
RSR - Route Surveillance Radar
rstd -restricted
R/T - Radiotelephony
RTB - Return to Base
rte - route
RTG - radio telegrph
RTR - Remote Transmitter Receiver
RTT - radio teletypewriter
ruf - rough
rufness - roughness
RV - Rescue Vessel
RVR - Runway Visual Range
R/W - Rotary Wing
RW - Rwanda (small S Africa nation - bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Zaire)
rwy - runway

S Sierra / Sugar

S - South (direction), also, Straight-in-Approach (on instrument approach charts), also, Slave (Loran Stations), also, Supersonic (spoken ICAO ATS route designator)
SA - Saudi Arabia (Middle East nation between Persian Gulf and Red Sea - bordered by Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen)
SAFE-BAR - Safeland Barrier
SALS - Short Approach Lighting System
SALSF - SALS with Sequenced Flasher (or "rabbit")
SAM - South American (ICAO Region)
san - sanitary
SAR - Search and Rescue, also, Special Administrative Region
SARA - Search and Rescue Aid
SARPS - Standards and Recommended Practices
Sat - Saturday
satfy - satisfactory
SAVASI - Simplified Abbreviated Visual Approach Slope Indicator
SAWRS - Supplemental Aviation Weather Reporting Station
SBA - Standard Beam Approach
Sbnd - Southbound
sby - standby
SC - St Christopher and Nevis (islands nation in NE Caribbean - leeward island chain)
SC - South Carolina (ConUS southeast state)
SCATANA - Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigational Aids
Sched - scheduled services
SCT - Scattered (clouds)
sctr - sector
S/D - Seadrome (see also SPB)
SD - South Dakota (ConUS north central state)
SDF - Simplified Directional Facility
SE - Seychelles (almost 100 islands nation in W Indian Ocean - ranging approx 175nm to 550nm NNE od Madagascar)
SE - southeast
sec - second, also, section
secd - secondary
seg - segment
SELCAL - Selective Calling System
SEng - Single Engine
Sep - September
sepn - seraration
SES - Senior Executive Service
SF - South Africa (most southerly Africa nation between Indian and Atlantic Oceans - bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland; and within its borders: Stellaland, Gazankulu and Lesotho)
SFA - Single Frequency Approach
sfc - surface
SFL - Sequence Flashing Lights
SG - Senegal (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Guinea Bissau and containing
Gambia on 3 sides)
sgl - signal
SH - St Helena (UK island in the S Atlantic - approx 1900nm W of Angola)
SHAPE - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers of Europe
SHF - Super High Frequency (3000 to 30,000 mHz)
SI - Slovenia (E European nation at NE end of Adriatic Sea - bordered by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy)
SIAP - Standard Instrument Approach Procedure
SID - Standard Instrument Departure
SIF - Selective Identification Feature
simul - simultaneously
SIZ - Security Indentification Zone
SK - Saskatchewan (Canada - central prairie province)
sked - schedule
SL - Sierra Leone (W Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Guinea and Liberia)
SM - statute miles
SMC - surface movement control
SN - Singapore (island nation at S end of Thai-Malay peninsula - between Strait of Malacca and S China Sea)
SO - Somalia (E Africa nation or "horn" of Africa between Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean - bordered by Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti on the West)
SOAP - Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program
SOF - Supervisor of Flying
SP - Spain (W Europe nation between Med and Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay - bordered by France, Gibraltar and Portugal)
SPB - Seaplane Base
SR - Short Range, also, Slow Speed Low Altitude Training Route. also, Sunrise
SRE - Surveillance Radar Element of GCA (Instrument Approach Procedures Identification only)
SRR - search and rescue region
SRS - Substitute Route Structure
SS - Sunset
SSALF - Simplified Short ALS with sequence flashers
SSALS/R - Simplified Short Approach Lighting System with RAIL
SSB - Single Sideband
SSR - Secondary Surveillance Radar
SST - Supersonic Transport
ST - St. Lucia (E Caribbean island nation in Leeward Island chain - between Martinique and St Vincent)
STAR - Standard Terminal Arrival
std - standard
stn - station
STOL - Short Take-Off and Landing
stor - storage
stpwy - stopway (also "swy" below)
str-in - Straight-in (approach to landing)
stu - student
SU - Sudan (NE Africa nation on Red Sea - bordered by Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Central African Republic, Chad and Libya)subj - subject
sum - summer
Sun - Sunday
sur - surround
survl - survival, also, surveillance
suspd - suspended
SV - Svalbard (archipeligo of Norwegian islands in on Barents, Norwegian and Greenland Seas and Arctic Ocean - approx 425nm N of Norway, 275nm E of Greenland and 140nm W of Franz Joseph Land)
svc - service
svcbl - serviceable
svcg - servicing
SVFR - Special Visual Flight Rules
SW - Sweden (Central Scandanavian nation on the Gulf of Bothnia, and Baltic Sea - bordered by Norway and Finland)
SW - Southwest
swy - stopway (also "stpwy" above)
sxn - section
SY - Syria (Middle East nation at NE end of Med - bordered by Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon
sys - system
SZ - Switzerland (W Europe nation - bordered by Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy and France)

T Tango / Tare

T - Ground Transmit, also, Terminal Area Chart (followed by identification), also, True (after a bearing)
TA - Transition Altitude, also, Transition Area (for chart use only)
TAC - TACAN (used for Instrument Approach Procedures Only)
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation Equipment
TAF - Aerodrome (terminal or alternate) forecast in abbreviated form
TAFOR - Aerodrome (terminal or alternate) forecast in full form
TAFOT - Aerodrome Forecast in Units of English System
TALCE - Tanker Airlift Control Element
TAMET - Aerodrome Forecastm in Units of Metric System
TAR - Terminal Area Surveillance Radar (for NOTAM use only)
TAS - True Airspeed
TBA - to be activated
TBI - to be inactivated
TC - United Arab Emirates (Middle East nation on Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman - bordered by Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia)
TCA - Terminal Control Area
TCH - Threshold Crossing Height
TCN - Terminal Change Notice (changes to FLIPs of TPPs between regular editions)
TCTA - Transcontinental Control Area
TD - Trinidad and Tobago (Island nation in SE Caribbean - approx 20nm off NE coast of Venezuela)
TD - Touchdown, also, Transponder
TDWR - Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
TDZ - Touchdown Zone
TDZE - Touchdown Zone Elevation (for instrument approach procedures only)
TDZL - Touchdown Zone Lights
TE - Tromelin Island (French island in W Indian Ocean - approx 210nm E of Nadagascar and 650nm N of Reunion island)
temp - temperature
TF - Terrain Following
tfc - traffic
TFR - Terrain Following Radar
TGL - touch and go landing
TGS - taxiway guidance system
T-HA - Terminal High Altitude (FLIP) [DOD TPPs for jet aircraft approaches, often beginning above 10,000ft MSL]
TH - Thailand (SE Asia nation on Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea - bordered by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia)
thld - threshold
thou - thousand
THRE - Threshold elevation
thru - through
Thu - Thursday
TI - Tajikstan (CIS nation in asia - bordered by Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan)
til - until
TK - Turks and Caicos Islands (UK islands at SE end of Bahamas chain on Atlantic Ocean - approx 90nm N of Hispaniola (Haiti
and Dominican Republic island)
tkof - take-off or takeoff
T-LA - Terminal Low Altitude (FLIP) [DOD TPPs for prop aircraft approaches usually beginning below 5,000ft above the airport]
TLa - Transition Layer
TLv - Transition Level
tmpry - temporary
TN - Tonga (S Pacific islands nation approx 1200nm NNE of New Zealand)
TN - Tennessee (ConUS southeast state)
TO - Togo (W Africa nation on Gulf of Guinea - bordered by Burkina Faso, Benin and Ghana)
TOC - Tactical Operations Center
TODA - Take-off Distance Available
TP - Sao Tome and Principe (smallest Africa nation of islands at E end of Gulf of Guinea - approx 140nm W of Gabon and Rio
Muni, respectively)
TP - Tire Pressure
TPC - Tactical Pilotage Chart (DOD visual chart at 1:500,000 scale) [same scale as Sectional]
tr - track
TRA - Temporary Reserved Airspace
TRACON - Terminal Radar Approach Control (FAA)
tran - transient
trans - transmit
trml - terminal
trng - training
trns - transition
TRSA - Teminal Radar Service Area [usually assocated with Class B airspace]
T-S - Terminal Seaplane (FLIP) [DOD TPP approaches for waterborne aircraft]
TS - Tunisia (N African nation on the Med - bordered by Libya and Algeria)
TSA - Temporary Segregated Airspace
TT - teletype
TU - Turkey (Middle East nation at NE end of the Med - bordered by the Black Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria,
Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, Greece and Bulgaria)
Tue - Tuesday
turb - turbulence
TV - Tuvalu (W Pacific nation of atolls - approx 1700nm E of New Guinea or 2320nm SE of Guam)
TV - Television
TW - Taiwan (Island nation approx 100nm off SE coast of China and approx 210nm N of the Phillipines)
twd - toward
TWX - Telegraphic <essage
twy - taxiway
twyl - taxiway link
TX - Turkmenistan (CISA nation on eastern shore of Caspian Sea - bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran)
TX - Texas (ConUS south central state)
TZ - United Republic of Tanzania (Africa nation on western shore of Indian Ocean - bordered by Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda)

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