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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- VASI
- VCOA
- VDP
- VECTOR
- VERIFY
- VERIFY SPECIFIC DIRECTION OF TAKEOFF (OR TURNS AFTER TAKEOFF)
- VERTEX
- VERTEX TIME OF ARRIVAL
- VERTICAL NAVIGATION (VNAV)
- VERTICAL SEPARATION
- VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT (VTOL)
- VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF)
- VERY HIGH FREQUENCY OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE STATION
- VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF)
- VFR
- VFR AIRCRAFT
- VFR CONDITIONS
- VFR FLIGHT
- VFR MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES (VR)
- VFR NOT RECOMMENDED
- VFR TERMINAL AREA CHARTS
- VFR WAYPOINT
- VFR-ON-TOP
- VHF
- VHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE/TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION
- VIDEO MAP
- VISIBILITY
- VISIBILITY [ICAO]
- VISUAL APPROACH
- VISUAL APPROACH [ICAO]
- VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (VASI)
- VISUAL CLIMB OVER AIRPORT (VCOA)
- VISUAL DESCENT POINT
- VISUAL FLIGHT RULES
- VISUAL HOLDING
- VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
- VISUAL SEGMENT
- VISUAL SEPARATION
- VLF
- VMC
- VOICE SWITCHING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (VSCS)
- VOR
- VOR TEST SIGNAL
- VORTAC
- VORTICES
- VOT
- VR
- VSCS
- VTA
- VTOL AIRCRAFT