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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- NAS
- NAT HLA
- NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
- NATIONAL BEACON CODE ALLOCATION PLAN AIRSPACE (NBCAP)
- NATIONAL FLIGHT DATA CENTER (NFDC)
- NATIONAL FLIGHT DATA DIGEST (NFDD)
- NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PLAN
- NAVAID
- NAVAID CLASSES
- NAVIGABLE AIRSPACE
- NAVIGATION REFERENCE SYSTEM (NRS)
- NAVIGATION SPECIFICATION [ICAO]
- NAVIGATIONAL AID
- NAVSPEC
- NBCAP AIRSPACE
- NDB
- NEGATIVE
- NEGATIVE CONTACT
- NFDC
- NFDD
- NIGHT
- NIGHT [ICAO]
- NO GYRO APPROACH
- NO GYRO VECTOR
- NO TRANSGRESSION ZONE (NTZ)
- NON-COOPERATIVE SURVEILLANCE
- NON-RESTRICTIVE ROUTING (NRR)
- NONAPPROACH CONTROL TOWER
- NONCOMMON ROUTE/PORTION
- NONDIRECTIONAL BEACON
- NONMOVEMENT AREAS
- NONPRECISION APPROACH
- NONPRECISION APPROACH PROCEDURE
- NONRADAR
- NOPAC
- NORDO (No Radio)
- NORMAL OPERATING ZONE (NOZ)
- NORTH AMERICAN ROUTE
- NORTH AMERICAN ROUTE PROGRAM (NRP)
- NORTH ATLANTIC HIGH LEVEL AIRSPACE (NAT HLA)
- NORTH MARK
- NORTH PACIFIC
- NOT STANDARD
- NOT STD
- NOTAM
- NOTAM [ICAO]
- NOTAM(D)
- NOTICE TO AIRMEN (NOTAM)
- NOTICES TO AIRMEN PUBLICATION
- NRR
- NRS
- NTAP
- NUMEROUS TARGETS VICINITY (LOCATION)