Pilot/Controller Glossary
Glossary of terms used in communication between pilots and air traffic controllers
📢 This glossary was originally 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 Because the FAA now maintains its own dynamic version of the Pilot/Controller Glossary, this version is no longer updated.
- WA
- WAAS
- WAKE TURBULENCE
- WARNING AREA
- WAYPOINT
- WEATHER ADVISORY
- WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE AREA (WRA)
- WHEN ABLE
- WIDE AREA MULTILATERATION (WAM)
- WIDE-AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS)
- WILCO
- WIND GRID DISPLAY
- WIND SHEAR
- WIND SHEAR ESCAPE
- WING TIP VORTICES
- WORDS TWICE
- WS
- WST