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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- P TIME
- P-ACP
- PAN-PAN
- PAR
- PAR [ICAO]
- PARALLEL ILS APPROACHES
- PARALLEL OFFSET ROUTE
- PARALLEL RUNWAYS
- PBCT
- PBN
- PDC
- PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) [ICAO]
- PERMANENT ECHO
- PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE
- PILOT BRIEFING
- PILOT IN COMMAND
- PILOT WEATHER REPORT
- PILOT'S DISCRETION
- PIREP
- PITCH POINT
- PLANS DISPLAY
- POFZ
- POINT OUT
- POINT-TO-POINT (PTP)
- POLAR TRACK STRUCTURE
- POSITION REPORT
- POSITION SYMBOL
- POSITIVE CONTROL
- PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH
- PRE-DEPARTURE CLEARANCE
- PRE-FLIGHT PILOT BRIEFING
- PREARRANGED COORDINATION
- PREARRANGED COORDINATION PROCEDURES
- PRECIPITATION
- PRECIPITATION RADAR WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS
- PRECISION APPROACH
- PRECISION APPROACH PROCEDURE
- PRECISION APPROACH RADAR
- PRECISION APPROACH RADAR [ICAO]
- PRECISION OBSTACLE FREE ZONE (POFZ)
- PRECISION RUNWAY MONITOR (PRM) SYSTEM
- PREDICTIVE WIND SHEAR ALERT SYSTEM (PWS)
- PREFERENTIAL ROUTES
- PREFERRED IFR ROUTES
- PREVAILING VISIBILITY
- PRIMARY RADAR TARGET
- PRM
- PRM APPROACH
- PROCEDURAL CONTROL [ICAO]
- PROCEDURAL SEPARATION [ICAO]
- PROCEDURE TURN
- PROCEDURE TURN [ICAO]
- PROCEDURE TURN INBOUND
- PROFILE DESCENT
- PROGRESS REPORT
- PROGRESSIVE TAXI
- PROHIBITED AREA
- PROHIBITED AREA [ICAO]
- PROMINENT OBSTACLE
- PROPELLER (PROP) WASH (PROP BLAST)
- PROPOSED BOUNDARY CROSSING TIME
- PROPOSED DEPARTURE TIME
- PROTECTED AIRSPACE
- PROTECTED SEGMENT
- PT
- PTP
- PTS
- PUBLISHED INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE VISUAL SEGMENT
- PUBLISHED ROUTE
- PWS