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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- SAA
- SAFETY ALERT
- SAFETY LOGIC SYSTEM
- SAFETY LOGIC SYSTEM ALERTS
- SAIL BACK
- SAME DIRECTION AIRCRAFT
- SAR
- SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (SBAS)
- SAY AGAIN
- SAY ALTITUDE
- SAY HEADING
- SCHEDULED TIME OF ARRIVAL (STA)
- SDF
- SEA LANE
- SEARCH AND RESCUE
- SEARCH AND RESCUE FACILITY
- SECNOT
- SECONDARY RADAR TARGET
- SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHARTS
- SECTOR LIST DROP INTERVAL
- SECURITY NOTICE (SECNOT)
- SECURITY SERVICES AIRSPACE
- SEE AND AVOID
- SEGMENTED CIRCLE
- SEGMENTS OF AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE
- SEPARATION
- SEPARATION [ICAO]
- SEPARATION MINIMA
- SERVICE
- SEVERE WEATHER AVOIDANCE PLAN (SWAP)
- SEVERE WEATHER FORECAST ALERTS
- SFA
- SFO
- SHORT RANGE CLEARANCE
- SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT (STOL)
- SIAP
- SID
- SIDESTEP MANEUVER
- SIGMET
- SIGMET INFORMATION [ICAO]
- SIGNIFICANT METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION
- SIGNIFICANT POINT
- SIMPLIFIED DIRECTIONAL FACILITY (SDF)
- SIMULATED FLAMEOUT
- SIMULTANEOUS (CONVERGING) DEPENDENT APPROACHES
- SIMULTANEOUS (CONVERGING) INDEPENDENT APPROACHES
- SIMULTANEOUS (PARALLEL) DEPENDENT APPROACHES
- SIMULTANEOUS CLOSE PARALLEL APPROACHES
- SIMULTANEOUS ILS APPROACHES
- SIMULTANEOUS OFFSET INSTRUMENT APPROACH (SOIA)
- SINGLE DIRECTION ROUTES
- SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACH
- SINGLE-PILOTED AIRCRAFT
- SKYSPOTTER
- SLASH
- SLDI
- SLOT TIME
- SLOW TAXI
- SN
- SPACE-BASED ADS-B (SBA)
- SPEAK SLOWER
- SPECIAL ACTIVITY AIRSPACE (SAA)
- SPECIAL AIR TRAFFIC RULES (SATR)
- SPECIAL EMERGENCY
- SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA (SFRA)
- SPECIAL INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE
- SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE
- SPECIAL VFR CONDITIONS
- SPECIAL VFR FLIGHT [ICAO]
- SPECIAL VFR OPERATIONS
- SPEED
- SPEED ADJUSTMENT
- SPEED BRAKES
- SPEED SEGMENTS
- SPOOFING
- SQUAWK (Mode, Code, Function)
- STA
- STAGING/QUEUING
- STAND BY
- STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE (SIAP)
- STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE (SID)
- STANDARD RATE TURN
- STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL (STAR)
- STANDARD TERMINAL ARRIVAL CHARTS
- STANDARD TERMINAL AUTOMATION REPLACEMENT SYSTEM (STARS)
- STAR
- STATE AIRCRAFT
- STATIC RESTRICTIONS
- STATIONARY RESERVATIONS
- STEP TAXI
- STEP TURN
- STEPDOWN FIX
- STEREO ROUTE
- STOL AIRCRAFT
- STOP ALTITUDE SQUAWK
- STOP AND GO
- STOP BURST
- STOP BUZZER
- STOP SQUAWK (Mode or Code)
- STOP STREAM
- STOPOVER FLIGHT PLAN
- STOPWAY
- STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH IFR
- STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH VFR
- STRAIGHT-IN LANDING
- STRAIGHT-IN LANDING MINIMUMS
- STRAIGHT-IN MINIMUMS
- STRATEGIC PLANNING
- SUBSTITUTE ROUTE
- SUNSET AND SUNRISE
- SUPPLEMENTAL WEATHER SERVICE LOCATION
- SUPPS
- SURFACE AREA
- SURPIC
- SURVEILLANCE APPROACH
- SWAP
- SWSL
- SYSTEM STRATEGIC NAVIGATION