Pilot/Controller Glossary
Glossary of terms used in communication between pilots and air traffic controllers
📢 This glossary was created to be a dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary published by the FAA. Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- BACK-TAXI
- BASE LEG
- BEACON
- BEARING
- BELOW MINIMUMS
- BLAST FENCE
- BLAST PAD
- BLIND SPEED
- BLIND SPOT
- BLIND TRANSMISSION
- BLIND VELOCITY [ICAO]
- BLIND ZONE
- BLOCKED
- BOTTOM ALTITUDE
- BOUNDARY LIGHTS
- BRAKING ACTION (GOOD, GOOD TO MEDIUM, MEDIUM, MEDIUM TO POOR, POOR, OR NIL)
- BRAKING ACTION ADVISORIES
- BREAKOUT
- BROADCAST
- BROADCAST [ICAO]
- BUFFER AREA