Difference between revisions of "Aviation Terminology"
From The RadioReference Wiki
m (added "Return to" link(s) to avoid dead-end page) |
m (updated categories) |
||
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== Aviation Terminology == | == Aviation Terminology == | ||
=== Acronyms === | === Acronyms === | ||
+ | ; ADS-B : See the [[ADS-B]] article in our wiki | ||
; ATIS : Automatic Terminal Information Service - A pre-recorded or synthesized recording of weather and other information for an airport, provided by radio and/or telephone. | ; ATIS : Automatic Terminal Information Service - A pre-recorded or synthesized recording of weather and other information for an airport, provided by radio and/or telephone. | ||
; ASOS : Automated Surface Observing System - A suite of weather instrumentation providing current weather conditions by radio and/or telephone. An ASOS is cooperatively operated by the FAA, NWS, and DoD. An ASOS is not necessarily located at an airport. | ; ASOS : Automated Surface Observing System - A suite of weather instrumentation providing current weather conditions by radio and/or telephone. An ASOS is cooperatively operated by the FAA, NWS, and DoD. An ASOS is not necessarily located at an airport. | ||
Line 13: | Line 14: | ||
Return to: [[Finding Air Traffic Frequencies]]<br/> | Return to: [[Finding Air Traffic Frequencies]]<br/> | ||
− | |||
[[Category:RR Glossary]] | [[Category:RR Glossary]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Aviation Glossary]] |
Latest revision as of 21:51, 17 January 2016
Aviation Terminology
Acronyms
- ADS-B
- See the ADS-B article in our wiki
- ATIS
- Automatic Terminal Information Service - A pre-recorded or synthesized recording of weather and other information for an airport, provided by radio and/or telephone.
- ASOS
- Automated Surface Observing System - A suite of weather instrumentation providing current weather conditions by radio and/or telephone. An ASOS is cooperatively operated by the FAA, NWS, and DoD. An ASOS is not necessarily located at an airport.
- AWOS
- Automated Weather Observing System - A suite of weather instrumentation providing current weather conditions by radio and/or telephone. Unlike an ASOS, an AWOS is operated exclusively by the FAA.
- CTAF
- Common Traffic Advisory Frequency - A frequency used for communications among pilots at a particular airport. Pilots, at uncontrolled fields or those with a tower which is closed, will self-announce their intentions to land or take off and communicate between themselves cooperatively on this frequency. Pilot-controlled runway lighting is often controlled on this frequency, using a certain number of microphone clicks to operate the lights.
- GCO
- Ground Communications Outlet - Allows a pilot to contact a Flight Service Station via radio through a telephone patch. The patch is initiated to a pre-programmed telephone number by clicking the microphone several times. All GCOs operate on 121.725 MHz and are to be used only by aircraft on the ground, not airborne.
Return to: Finding Air Traffic Frequencies