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APS Charts - Aeronautical Abbreviations and Acronyms Category: Travel and Transportation > Aeronautics Date & country: 11/09/2007, USA Words: 1447

nml
abbreviation: normal

NO
abbreviation: Norway (westernmost Scandanavian nation on Norweigan Sea bordered by Russia, Finland and Sweden)

No or Nr
abbreviation: number

NOF
abbreviation: International NOTAM Office

NOLF
abbreviation: Navy Outlying Field

NoPT
abbreviation: No Procedure Turn required (procedure turn shall not be executed without ATC clearance)

NORAD
abbreviation: North American Aerospace Defense Command

NORDO
abbreviation: Non radio aircraft

NOS
abbreviation: National Ocean Service

not flt ck
abbreviation: not flight checked

NOTAM
abbreviation: Notice to Airmen

NOTUN
abbreviation: Notice of Unreliability

Nov
abbreviation: November

NP
abbreviation: Nepal (mountainous Asian nation bordered by China and India)

NPA
abbreviation: Non-Precision Approach

NR
abbreviation: Nauru (equatorial island in W Pacific approx 1610nm SE of Guam)

Nr
abbreviation: of No number

NS
abbreviation: Suriname (nation on N coast of S America bordered by French Guiana, Brazil and Guyana)

NS
abbreviation: Nova Scotia (Canada island province S & E of New Brunswick)

NS
abbreviation: Naval Station

NS ABTMT
abbreviation: Noise abatement

NSA
abbreviation: Naval Support Activity, also , National Security Agency

nstd
abbreviation: nonstandard

NT
abbreviation: Northern Territories (Canada northernmost province mainland and islands)

ntc
abbreviation: notice

NU
abbreviation: Nicaragua (Central America nation on both Caribbean and Pacific bordered by Honduras N and Costa Rica S)

NV
abbreviation: Nevada (ConUS southwest state)

NVD
abbreviation: Night Vision Device(s)

NW
abbreviation: Northwest

NWC
abbreviation: Naval Weapons Center, also, National Weather Service, also, North Warning Service

NY
abbreviation: New York (ConUS northeast state)

NZ
abbreviation: New Zealand (SW Pacific islands nation approx 1300nm ESE of Australia)

OAC
abbreviation: Oceanic Area Control, also, Oceanic Area Control Center

OAS
abbreviation: obstacle Assessment surface

OAT
abbreviation: Operational Air Traffic, also, Outside Air Temperature

obsc
abbreviation: obscure

ObsHt
abbreviation: obstacle height

obsn
abbreviation: observation

obst
abbreviation: obstruction

OCA
abbreviation: Obstacle Clearance Altitude

OCH
abbreviation: obstacle clearance height

OCL
abbreviation: Obstacle Clearance Limits

OCNL
abbreviation: occasional

OConUS
abbreviation: Outside Continental Limits of US

oct
abbreviation: octane

ODALS
abbreviation: Omni Directional Approach Lighr ting Syste

ODO
abbreviation: Operations Duty Office

offl
abbreviation: official

OFFL
abbreviation: BUS ONLY Official business only

OH
abbreviation: Ohio (ConUS east central state)

OIC
abbreviation: Officer in Charge

OK
abbreviation: Oklahoma (ConUS south central state)

OK
abbreviation: we agree, correct

OLF
abbreviation: Outlying Field

OLS
abbreviation: Optical Landing System

OM
abbreviation: Outer Marker (of ILS)

ON
abbreviation: Ontario (Canada province between Great Lakes & Hudson Bay)

ONC
abbreviation: Operational Navigation Chart (1:1,000,000 scale) [same scale as WAC charts]

OOD
abbreviation: Officer Of the Day

op by
abbreviation: operating authority

OP- AREA
abbreviation: Operating Area

opr
abbreviation: operate, also, operator

OPS
abbreviation: Operations

OR
abbreviation: Oregon (ConUS northwest state)

orig
abbreviation: original

OROCA
abbreviation: Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude

ORTCA
abbreviation: Off-Route Terrain Clearance Altitude

OSV
abbreviation: Ocean Station Vessel

OT
abbreviation: other times

otp
abbreviation: on top (of cloud cover)

OTR
abbreviation: Oceanic Transition Routes

OTS
abbreviation: Organized Track System

OUT
abbreviation: Facility off the air, also, operational but not suitable for IFR operations limitations explained

outbd
abbreviation: outbound

OVC
abbreviation: overcast

ovft
abbreviation: overflight

ovrn
abbreviation: overrun

OX
abbreviation: Oxygen

OXRB
abbreviation: Oxygen Repalcement Bottles

PA
abbreviation: Paraguay (land-locked S American nation bordered by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina

PA
abbreviation: Pennsylvania (ConUS northeast state)

PAC
abbreviation: Pacific (ICAO Region)

PACAF
abbreviation: Pacific Air Forces

PACOM
abbreviation: Pacific Command

PAJA
abbreviation: Parachute Jumping Area

PALS
abbreviation: Precision Approach and Landing System (Navy)

PANS
abbreviation: Procedures for Air Navigation Services

PAPI
abbreviation: Precision Approach Path Indicator

PAR
abbreviation: Precision Approach Radar

para
abbreviation: paragraph

parl
abbreviation: parallel

pat
abbreviation: pattern

PAX
abbreviation: Passenger, also, Patuxant (River)

PCA
abbreviation: Positive Control Area

PCN
abbreviation: Pacement Classification Number, also, Planning Change Notice

PCZ
abbreviation: Positive Control Zone

PE
abbreviation: Peru (S America nation on Pacific Ocean bordered by Ecuador, Coloumbia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina

PE
abbreviation: Prince Edward Island (Canada small province nearby, E and N of NB and NS, respectively)

pent
abbreviation: penetrate

perm
abbreviation: permanent