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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- TACAN
- TACAN-ONLY AIRCRAFT
- TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION (TCAN)
- TAILWIND
- TAKEOFF AREA
- TAKEOFF DISTANCE AVAILABLE (TODA)
- TAKEOFF DISTANCE AVAILABLE [ICAO]
- TAKEOFF HOLD LIGHTS (THL)
- TAKEOFF ROLL
- TAKEOFF RUN AVAILABLE (TORA)
- TAKEOFF RUN AVAILABLE [ICAO]
- TARGET
- TARGET [ICAO]
- TARGET RESOLUTION
- TARGET SYMBOL
- TARMAC DELAY
- TARMAC DELAY AIRCRAFT
- TARMAC DELAY REQUEST
- TAS
- TAWS
- TAXI
- TAXI PATTERNS
- TCAS
- TCH
- TCLT
- TDLS
- TDZE
- TELEPHONE INFORMATION BRIEFING SERVICE
- TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTION (TFR)
- TENTATIVE CALCULATED LANDING TIME (TCLT)
- TERMINAL AREA
- TERMINAL AREA FACILITY
- TERMINAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS (TAS)
- TERMINAL DATA LINK SYSTEM (TDLS)
- TERMINAL RADAR SERVICE AREA
- TERMINAL VFR RADAR SERVICE
- TERMINAL-VERY HIGH FREQUENCY OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE STATION (TVOR)
- TERRAIN AWARENESS WARNING SYSTEM (TAWS)
- TERRAIN FOLLOWING
- TETRAHEDRON
- TF
- THA
- THAT IS CORRECT
- THREE-HOUR TARMAC RULE
- Three-Letter Designator (3LD) [ICAO]
- THRESHOLD
- THRESHOLD CROSSING HEIGHT
- THRESHOLD LIGHTS
- TIBS
- TIE-IN FACILITY
- TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM)
- TIME GROUP
- TIS-B
- TMPA
- TMU
- TODA
- TOI
- TOP ALTITUDE
- TORA
- TORCHING
- TOS
- TOTAL ESTIMATED ELAPSED TIME [ICAO]
- TOUCH-AND-GO
- TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING
- TOUCHDOWN
- TOUCHDOWN [ICAO]
- TOUCHDOWN RVR
- TOUCHDOWN ZONE
- TOUCHDOWN ZONE [ICAO]
- TOUCHDOWN ZONE ELEVATION
- TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTING
- TOWER
- TOWER EN ROUTE CONTROL SERVICE
- TOWER TO TOWER
- TRACEABLE PRESSURE STANDARD
- TRACK
- TRACK [ICAO]
- TRACK OF INTEREST (TOI)
- TRACK OF INTEREST RESOLUTION
- TRAFFIC
- TRAFFIC ADVISORIES
- TRAFFIC ALERT (aircraft call sign), TURN (left/right) IMMEDIATELY, (climb/descend) AND MAINTAIN (altitude)
- TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (TCAS)
- TRAFFIC IN SIGHT
- TRAFFIC INFORMATION
- TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE-BROADCAST (TIS-B)
- TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ALERT
- TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT UNIT
- TRAFFIC NO FACTOR
- TRAFFIC NO LONGER OBSERVED
- TRAFFIC PATTERN
- TRAFFIC SITUATION DISPLAY (TSD)
- TRAJECTORY
- TRAJECTORY MODELING
- TRAJECTORY OPTIONS SET (TOS)
- TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST (TWEB)
- TRANSFER OF CONTROL
- TRANSFER OF CONTROL [ICAO]
- TRANSFERRING CONTROLLER
- TRANSFERRING FACILITY
- TRANSFERRING UNIT/CONTROLLER [ICAO]
- TRANSITION
- TRANSITION POINT
- TRANSITION WAYPOINT
- TRANSITIONAL AIRSPACE
- TRANSITIONAL HAZARD AREA (THA)
- TRANSMISSOMETER
- TRANSMITTING IN THE BLIND
- TRANSPONDER
- TRANSPONDER [ICAO]
- TRANSPONDER CODES
- TRANSPONDER OBSERVED
- TRIAL PLAN
- TRSA
- TSD
- TURBOJET AIRCRAFT
- TURBOPROP AIRCRAFT
- TURBULENCE
- TURN ANTICIPATION
- TVOR
- TWEB
- TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE