Condition
Continuous
Construction or constructed
Controller Pilot Data Link
Communications
CTC Contact
CUST . Customs

COND
CONS .
CONST .
CPDLC

DA .
DEG
DEP
DER
DH .
DIST
DLY
DP .
DPT
DTHR .

Decision altitude
Degrees
Depart or Departure
Departure end of the runway
Decision Height
Distance
Daily
Dew Point Temperature
Depth
Displaced Runway Threshold

East or eastern longititude
Eastbound
Emergency
East-northeast
Equipment
East-southeast
Estimate or estimated or estimation
(message type designator)
EXC Except
E .............
EB .
EMERG .
ENE
EQPT .
ESE
EST

FL
FREQ .
FRI .
FSS .
FST .
FT

Flight level
Frequency
Friday
Flight Service Station
First
Feet (dimensional unit)

G.............
GA .
GLD
GND
GP .
GRVL .

Green
General aviation
Glider
Ground
Glide Path
Gravel

HEL
HGT
HLDG
HLP
HVY

Helicopter
Height or height above
Holding
Heliport
Heavy

IFR .
ILS .
IM
INOP .
INT .

Instrument Flight Rules
Instrument Landing System
Inner Marker
Inoperative
Intersection

L . Left (preceded by runway designator
number to identify a parallel runway)
LAT Latitude
LDA Landing Distance Available
LDG Landing
LEN Length
LGT Light or lighting
LGTD . Lighted
LOC Localizer
LONG Longitude

MAINT .
MBST .
MIL
MIN
MNT
MON .
MOV .

Maintenance
Microburst
Military
Minutes
Monitor or monitoring or monitored
Monday
Move or moving or movement

N.............
NAVAID .
NB .
NDB
NE .
NEB
NM .
NNE
NNW .
NOV
NW .
NWB .

North
Navigational aid
Northbound
Nondirectional Radio Beacon
Northeast
Northeast bound
Nautical Mile/s
North-northeast
North-northwest
November
Northwest
Northwest bound

OBSC .
OBST .
OPN
OPS

Obscure or obscured or obscuring
Obstacle
Open or opening or opened
Operations

PAPI
PARL .
PAX
PCL
PCT
PERM .
PJE .
PLA
PPR
PRN
PT

Precision Approach Path Indicator
Parallel
Passenger/s
Pilot Controlled Lighting
Percent
Permanent
Parachute Jumping Activities
Practice Low Approach
Prior Permission Required
Pseudo-random Navigation
Procedure Turn

R . Red
R . Right (preceded by runway designator
number to identify a parallel runway)
RAI . Runway Alignment Indicator
RCL Runway Centerline

KT . Knots

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