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Pilot/Controller Glossary 

3/21/24 

RESUME PUBLISHED SPEED

 

Used by ATC to advise a pilot to resume published speed restrictions that 

are applicable to a SID, STAR, or other instrument procedure. It is issued to terminate a speed adjustment where 

speed restrictions are published on a charted procedure. 
RHA

 

(See REFINED HAZARD AREA.) 

RID

 

(See REMOTE IDENTIFICATION.) 

RMI

 

(See RADIO MAGNETIC INDICATOR.) 

RNAV

 

(See AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV).) 

RNAV APPROACH

 An instrument approach procedure which relies on aircraft area navigation equipment for 

navigational guidance. 

(See AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV).) 
(See INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE.) 

RNAV VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURE (RVFP)

 

An RVFP is a special visual flight procedure flown on an 

IFR flight plan. It is flown in visual conditions and clear of clouds must be maintained. An RVFP is flown using 

an approved RNAV system to maintain published lateral and vertical paths to runways without an instrument 

approach procedure. It requires an ATC clearance and may begin at other points along the path of the charted 

procedure when approved by ATC. An RVFP is not published in the Federal Register for public use and the 

operator is required to have a specific Operations Specification approval. Required ceiling and visibility minima 

are published on the procedure chart. An RVFP does not have a missed approach procedure and is not evaluated 

for obstacle protection. 
ROAD RECONNAISSANCE (RC)

 Military activity requiring navigation along roads, railroads, and rivers. 

Reconnaissance route/route segments are seldom along a straight line and normally require a lateral route width 

of 10 NM to 30 NM and an altitude range of 500 feet to 10,000 feet AGL. 

ROGER

 

I have received all of your last transmission. It should not be used to answer a question requiring a 

yes or a no answer. 

(See AFFIRMATIVE.) 
(See NEGATIVE.) 

ROLLOUT RVR

 

(See VISIBILITY.) 

ROTOR WASH

 A phenomenon resulting from the vertical down wash of air generated by the main rotor(s) 

of a helicopter. 
ROUND

ROBIN FLIGHT PLAN

 A single flight plan filed from the departure airport to an intermediary 

destination(s) and then returning to the original departure airport. 
ROUTE

 A defined path, consisting of one or more courses in a horizontal plane, which aircraft traverse over 

the surface of the earth. 

(See AIRWAY.) 
(See JET ROUTE.) 
(See PUBLISHED ROUTE.) 
(See UNPUBLISHED ROUTE.) 

ROUTE ACTION NOTIFICATION

 EDST notification that an ADR/ADAR/AAR has been applied to the 

flight plan. 

(See ATC PREFERRED ROUTE NOTIFICATION.) 
(See EN ROUTE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL.) 

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