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Pilot/Controller Glossary
ARMY AVIATION FLIGHT INFORMATION
BULLETIN
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A bulletin that provides air operation
data covering Army, National Guard, and Army
Reserve aviation activities.
ARO
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(See AIRPORT RESERVATION OFFICE.)
ARRESTING SYSTEM
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A safety device consisting
of two major components, namely, engaging or
catching devices and energy absorption devices for
the purpose of arresting both tailhook and/or
nontailhookequipped aircraft. It is used to prevent
aircraft from overrunning runways when the aircraft
cannot be stopped after landing or during aborted
takeoff. Arresting systems have various names; e.g.,
arresting gear, hook device, wire barrier cable.
(See ABORT.)
(Refer to AIM.)
ARRIVAL CENTER
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The ARTCC having jurisdic
tion for the impacted airport.
ARRIVAL DELAY
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A parameter which specifies a
period of time in which no aircraft will be metered for
arrival at the specified airport.
ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE WINDOW (ADW)
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A
depiction presented on an air traffic control display,
used by the controller to prevent possible conflicts
between arrivals to, and departures from, a runway.
The ADW identifies that point on the final approach
course by which a departing aircraft must have begun
takeoff
.
ARRIVAL SECTOR (En Route)
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An operational
control sector containing one or more meter fixes on
or near the TRACON boundary.
ARRIVAL TIME
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The time an aircraft touches down
on arrival.
ARSR
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(See AIR ROUTE SURVEILLANCE RADAR.)
ARTCC
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(See AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL
CENTER.)
ASDA
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(See ACCELERATE-STOP DISTANCE
AVAILABLE.)
ASDA [ICAO]
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(See ICAO Term ACCELERATE-STOP
DISTANCE AVAILABLE.)
ASDE
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(See AIRPORT SURFACE DETECTION
EQUIPMENT.)
ASLAR
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(See AIRCRAFT SURGE LAUNCH AND
RECOVERY.)
ASR
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(See AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR.)
ASR APPROACH
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(See SURVEILLANCE APPROACH.)
ASSOCIATED
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A radar target displaying a data
block with flight identification and altitude
information.
(See UNASSOCIATED.)
ATC
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(See AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.)
ATC ADVISES
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Used to prefix a message of
noncontrol information when it is relayed to an
aircraft by other than an air traffic controller.
(See ADVISORY.)
ATC ASSIGNED AIRSPACE
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Airspace of defined
vertical/lateral limits, assigned by ATC, for the
purpose of providing air traffic segregation between
the specified activities being conducted within the
assigned airspace and other IFR air traffic.
(See SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE.)
ATC CLEARANCE
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(See AIR TRAFFIC CLEARANCE.)
ATC CLEARS
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Used to prefix an ATC clearance
when it is relayed to an aircraft by other than an air
traffic controller.
ATC INSTRUCTIONS
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Directives issued by air
traffic control for the purpose of requiring a pilot to
take specific actions; e.g., “Turn left heading two five
zero,” “Go around,” “Clear the runway.”
(Refer to 14 CFR Part 91.)
ATC PREFERRED ROUTE NOTIFICATION
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EDST notification to the appropriate controller of the
need to determine if an ATC preferred route needs to
be applied, based on destination airport.
(See ROUTE ACTION NOTIFICATION.)
(See EN ROUTE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL.)
ATC PREFERRED ROUTES
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Preferred routes that
are not automatically applied by Host.
ATC REQUESTS
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Used to prefix an ATC request
when it is relayed to an aircraft by other than an air
traffic controller.
PCG A
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