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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- MAA
- MACH NUMBER
- MACH TECHNIQUE [ICAO]
- MAHWP
- MAINTAIN
- MAINTENANCE PLANNING FRICTION LEVEL
- MAKE SHORT APPROACH
- MAN PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (MANPADS)
- MANDATORY ALTITUDE
- MANPADS
- MAP
- MARKER BEACON
- MARSA
- MAWP
- MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED ALTITUDE
- MAYDAY
- MCA
- MDA
- MEA
- MEARTS
- METEOROLOGICAL IMPACT STATEMENT
- METER FIX ARC
- METER FIX TIME/SLOT TIME (MFT)
- METER LIST
- METER LIST DISPLAY INTERVAL
- METERING
- METERING AIRPORTS
- METERING FIX
- METERING POSITION LIST
- METERING POSITION(S)
- MFT
- MHA
- MIA
- MICRO-EN ROUTE AUTOMATED RADAR TRACKING SYSTEM (MEARTS)
- MICROBURST
- MID RVR
- MIDDLE COMPASS LOCATOR
- MIDDLE MARKER
- MILES-IN-TRAIL
- MILITARY AUTHORITY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEPARATION OF AIRCRAFT (MARSA)
- MILITARY LANDING ZONE
- MILITARY OPERATIONS AREA
- MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES
- MINIMA
- MINIMUM CROSSING ALTITUDE (MCA)
- MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA)
- MINIMUM EN ROUTE IFR ALTITUDE (MEA)
- MINIMUM FRICTION LEVEL
- MINIMUM FUEL
- MINIMUM HOLDING ALTITUDE
- MINIMUM IFR ALTITUDES (MIA)
- MINIMUM OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE ALTITUDE (MOCA)
- MINIMUM RECEPTION ALTITUDE (MRA)
- MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE (MSA)
- MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW)
- MINIMUM SECTOR ALTITUDE [ICAO]
- MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE (MVA)
- MINIMUMS
- MINUTES-IN-TRAIL
- MIS
- MISSED APPROACH
- MISSED APPROACH POINT (MAP)
- MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE [ICAO]
- MISSED APPROACH SEGMENT
- MLDI
- MM
- MOA
- MOCA
- MODE
- MODE (SSR MODE) [ICAO]
- MODE C INTRUDER ALERT
- MODEL AIRCRAFT
- MONITOR
- MONITOR ALERT (MA)
- MONITOR ALERT PARAMETER (MAP)
- MOSAIC/MULTI-SENSOR MODE
- MOUNTAIN WAVE
- MOVEMENT AREA
- MOVEMENT AREA [ICAO]
- MOVING TARGET INDICATOR
- MRA
- MSA
- MSAW
- MTI
- MTR
- MULTICOM
- MULTIPLE RUNWAYS
- MVA