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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- LAA
- LAHSO
- LAHSO-DRY
- LAHSO-WET
- LAND AND HOLD SHORT OPERATIONS
- LAND-BASED AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE (ADIZ)
- LANDING AREA
- LANDING AREA [ICAO]
- LANDING DIRECTION INDICATOR
- LANDING DISTANCE AVAILABLE (LDA)
- LANDING DISTANCE AVAILABLE [ICAO]
- LANDING MINIMUMS
- LANDING ROLL
- LANDING SEQUENCE
- LAST ASSIGNED ALTITUDE
- LATERAL NAVIGATION (LNAV)
- LATERAL SEPARATION
- LDA
- LF
- LIGHT GUN
- LIGHT-SPORT AIRCRAFT (LSA)
- LIGHTED AIRPORT
- LINE UP AND WAIT (LUAW)
- LOCAL AIRPORT ADVISORY (LAA)
- LOCAL TRAFFIC
- LOCALIZER
- LOCALIZER COURSE [ICAO]
- LOCALIZER OFFSET
- LOCALIZER PERFOMRNACE WITH VERTICAL GUIDANCE (LPV)
- LOCALIZER TYPE DIRECTIONAL AID (LDA)
- LOCALIZER TYPE DIRECTIONAL AID (LDA) PRECISION RUNWAY MONITOR (PRM) APPROACH
- LOCALIZER USABLE DISTANCE
- LOCATOR [ICAO]
- LONG RANGE NAVIGATION
- LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
- LORAN
- LOST COMMUNICATIONS
- LOST LINK (LL)
- LOST LINK PROCEDURE
- LOW ALTITUDE AIRWAY STRUCTURE
- LOW ALTITUDE ALERT, CHECK YOUR ALTITUDE IMMEDIATELY
- LOW APPROACH
- LOW FREQUENCY (LF)
- LUAW