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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- RADAR
- RADAR [ICAO]
- RADAR ADVISORY
- RADAR ALTIMETER
- RADAR APPROACH
- RADAR APPROACH [ICAO]
- RADAR APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY
- RADAR ARRIVAL
- RADAR BEACON
- RADAR CLUTTER [ICAO]
- RADAR CONTACT
- RADAR CONTACT [ICAO]
- RADAR CONTACT LOST
- RADAR ENVIRONMENT
- RADAR FLIGHT FOLLOWING
- RADAR IDENTIFICATION
- RADAR IDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT
- RADAR MONITORING
- RADAR NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE
- RADAR POINT OUT
- RADAR REQUIRED
- RADAR ROUTE
- RADAR SEPARATION
- RADAR SERVICE
- RADAR SERVICE [ICAO]
- RADAR SERVICE TERMINATED
- RADAR SURVEILLANCE
- RADAR TRAFFIC ADVISORIES
- RADAR TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE
- RADAR VECTORING [ICAO]
- RADIAL
- RADIO
- RADIO ALTIMETER
- RADIO BEACON
- RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING
- RADIO MAGNETIC INDICATOR
- RAIS
- RAMP
- RANDOM ALTITUDE
- RANDOM ROUTE
- RC
- RCAG
- RCC
- RCO
- RCR
- READ BACK
- RECEIVER AUTONOMOUS INTEGRITY MONITORING (RAIM)
- RECEIVING CONTROLLER
- RECEIVING FACILITY
- RECONFORMANCE
- REDUCE SPEED TO (SPEED)
- REFINED HAZARD AREA (RHA)
- REIL
- RELEASE TIME
- RELEASE TIME [ICAO]
- REMOTE AIRPORT INFORMATION SERVICE (RAIS)
- REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS AIR/GROUND FACILITY
- REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET (RCO)
- REMOTE TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER (RTR)
- REPORT
- REPORTING POINT
- REPORTING POINT [ICAO]
- REQUEST FULL ROUTE CLEARANCE
- REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE (RNP)
- RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE [ICAO]
- RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER (RCC)
- RESOLUTION ADVISORY
- RESTRICTED AREA
- RESTRICTED AREA [ICAO]
- RESUME NORMAL SPEED
- RESUME OWN NAVIGATION
- RESUME PUBLISHED SPEED
- RHA
- RMI
- RNAV
- RNAV APPROACH
- ROAD RECONNAISSANCE (RC)
- ROGER
- ROLLOUT RVR
- ROTOR WASH
- ROUND-ROBIN FLIGHT PLAN
- ROUTE
- ROUTE ACTION NOTIFICATION
- ROUTE SEGMENT
- ROUTE SEGMENT [ICAO]
- RSA
- RTR
- RUNWAY
- RUNWAY [ICAO]
- RUNWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTING
- RUNWAY CONDITION CODES (RwyCC)
- RUNWAY CONDITION READING
- RUNWAY CONDITION REPORT (RwyCR)
- RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS (REIL)
- RUNWAY ENTRANCE LIGHTS (REL)
- RUNWAY GRADIENT
- RUNWAY HEADING
- RUNWAY IN USE/ACTIVE RUNWAY/DUTY RUNWAY
- RUNWAY LIGHTS
- RUNWAY MARKINGS
- RUNWAY OVERRUN
- RUNWAY PROFILE DESCENT
- RUNWAY SAFETY AREA
- RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS (RWSL) SYSTEM
- RUNWAY TRANSITION
- RUNWAY USE PROGRAM
- RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR)
- RwyCC
- RwyCR