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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- E-MSAW
- EAS
- EDCT
- EDST
- EFC
- ELT
- EMERGENCY
- EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT)
- EN ROUTE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES
- EN ROUTE AUTOMATION SYSTEM (EAS)
- EN ROUTE CHARTS
- EN ROUTE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (EDST)
- EN ROUTE DESCENT
- EN ROUTE HIGH ALTITUDE CHARTS
- EN ROUTE LOW ALTITUDE CHARTS
- EN ROUTE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (E-MSAW)
- EN ROUTE SPACING PROGRAM (ESP)
- EN ROUTE TRANSITION
- ENHANCED FLIGHT VISION SYSTEM (EFVS)
- ESP
- EST
- ESTABLISHED
- ESTABLISHED ON RNP (EoR) CONCEPT
- ESTIMATED (EST)
- ESTIMATED ELAPSED TIME [ICAO]
- ESTIMATED OFF-BLOCK TIME [ICAO]
- ESTIMATED POSITION ERROR (EPE)
- ESTIMATED TIME EN ROUTE
- ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
- ETA
- ETE
- EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH
- EXPECT (ALTITUDE) AT (TIME) or (FIX)
- EXPECT DEPARTURE CLEARANCE TIME (EDCT)
- EXPECT FURTHER CLEARANCE (TIME)
- EXPECT FURTHER CLEARANCE VIA (AIRWAYS, ROUTES OR FIXES)
- EXPEDITE