Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Private Aviation

A

• Abeam

• ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE

• ABSOLUTE CEILING

• Aerial Refueling

• Aeronautical Chart

• AGL

• AILERONS

• Air Ambulance

• Air Charter

• Air Charter Operator

• Air Taxi

• Air Traffic Control

• Air Traffic Controller

• Aircraft

• Aircraft Management

• Aircraft Positioning

• Airfoil

• Airliner

• Airport

• Airport Operator Certificate (AOC)

• Airport Reservation Office (ARO)

• Airspace Classes (A-G)

• Airspeed

• Airway Distance

• Airworthiness Directive (AD)

• Alternate Airport

• Altimeter

• Altitude

• Amphibious Floats

• Angle of Attack

• Approach and Departure Control

• Approach Light System

• Approach Speed

• Apron

• ARGUS

• Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS)

• Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)

• Aviation

• Avionics

B

• Block Flying Time

• Block Rates

• Block Speed

• Business Jet Charter

C

• Carbon Credit

• Carbon Emissions

• Carbon Offset

• Cardinal Altitude

• Catering

• Ceiling

• Certificate

• Charter Broker

• Charter Operator

• Class I Navigation

• Class II Navigation

• Clearance

• Contrail Streaks

• Controlled Airspace

• Crosswind

• Cruising Altitude

D

• D-085

• Daily Minimum/Demurrage Charges

• Deadhead Flight

• Decision Height

• Density Altitude

• Depreciation

• Direct Air Carrier

• Double Round-trip

• Drag

• Dual Certificate

• Duty Time

E

• Eco-Jet Charter: An Eco-friendly Way to Travel

• Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS)

• Elevator

• Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT)

• Empty Leg

• Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)

• Executive Jet Charter

F

• FAA Part 121

• FAA Part 135

• FAA Part 61

• FAA Part 91

• Featured Charter

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

• Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR)

• Ferry Flight

• Fixed-Base Operator (FBO)

• Flaps

• Fleet Manager

• Flight Management System (FMS)

• Flight Plan

• Flight Service Station

• Flight Standards District Office

• Flight Time

• Floats

• Foreign Object Debris (FOD)

• Fractional Ownership

• Fuel Surcharge

• Fuselage

G

• General Aviation

• General Aviation District Office

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Ground Speed

• Ground Transportation

H

• Hangar

• Heavy Jet

• Helicopter

• Helipad

• Heliport

• Horse Power

I

• IATA Code

• ICAO Code

• IFR Flight Plan

• Indicated Airspeed

• Indirect Air Carrier

• Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)

• Instrument Landing System (ILS)

• Instrument Meteorological Conditions

• International Airport

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

J

• Jet Charter

• Jet Charter Broker

• Jet Stream

• Joint Ownership

K

• Knot

• Knots True Airspeed (KTAS)

L

• Lateral Separation

• LAVATORY

• Layover

• Leg

• Lift

• Light Jet

• Local Airport Advisory

• Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)

• Longitudinal Separation

• Luxury Jet Charter

M

• Mach number

• Mayday

• Medevac

• Microburst

• Midsize Jet

N

• NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEMS

• National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)

• Navaid

• NAVIGATION

• Net/Net

O

• OCEANIC AIRSPACE

• One-ways

P

• PAN PAN

• Pilot in Command

• POINT-TO-POINT PRICING

• Positioning

• Positioning Time

• Precipitation

• Preferred Vendors

• Private Airport

• Private Flight Advisor

• Private Flight Advisor Fee

• Private Jet

• Private Jet Charter

• Propjet

Q

• Q-Star

R

• Radar

• Radar Flight Following

• Radio

• Ramp

• Repositioning Time

• Retail Quote

• Roger

• Runway

• Runway Heading

S

• Scheduled Air Transportation

• Segment

• SIGMET

• Speed of Sound

• Sport Jet Charter

• Stabilized Approach

• Stage Length

• Standard Lapse Rate

• Standard Rate Turn

• Stratosphere

• Stratus

• Super-midsize Jet

T

• Tailwind

• Taxi Time

• Temperature Inversion

• Third-party Verification

• Transmissometer

• Transponder

• True Airspeed

• Turbojet Aircraft

• Turboprop Aircraft

U

• Ultralight Aircraft

• Understanding Cruise Speed

V

• Vector

• Vertical Separation

• VFR Flight Plan

• Visibility

• Visual Flight Rules (VFR)

• Visual Meteorological Conditions

W

• Wait Time

• Waypoint

• Wyvern