Pilot-ATC Dictionary
Your aviation communication guide
Aviation English Glossary
1. Operational Verbs
Abort
Accelerate
Acknowledge
Advise
Affirm
Align
Arm
Ascend
Authorize
Blew
Buffet
Calculate
Check
Clear
Climb
Commence
Confirm
Contact
Correction
Cross
Crosscheck
Decelerate
Declare
Depressurize
Descend
Deviate
Disarm
Discharge
Disengage
Disregard
Divert
Egress
Encounter
Engage
Establish
Execute
Expedite
Extend
Feather
Flare
Flew
Go-around
Hold
Hold Short
Identify
Intercept
Isolate
Jettison
Maintain
Monitor
Navigate
Negative
Orbit
Overrun
Overshoot
Overtake
Penetrate
Pitch
Plot
Pressurize
Proceed
Pull
Push
Raise
Readback
Refuel
Reject
Relay
Release
Repair
Request
Reset
Respond
Restrict
Retard
Retract
Review
Revise
Roll
Rotate
Run
Secure
Select
Share
Shatter
Shut Down
Simulate
Squawk
Squawk Ident
Stall
Steer
Strike
Struck
Suffer
Supply
Sustain
Swap
Taxi
Tie
Touchdown
Tow
Track
Transfer
Transmit
Trip
Troubleshoot
Tune
Unbalance
Undershoot
Unload
Unstable
Update
Vacate
Vector
Verify
Warp
Wear
Wilco
Yaw
Yield
Zoom
1.2 Non-Routine Actions
Strike / Struck
Fly / Flew / Flown
Blow / Blew / Blown
2. Physics of Flight & Aerodynamics
Roll (Yatış)
Pitch (Yunuslama)
Yaw (Sapma)
Bank (Yatış Açısı)
Attitude (Durum/Nezih)
Angle of Attack - AOA (Hücum Açısı)
Chord Line (Veter Hattı)
Camber (Kamburluk)
Dihedral
Anhedral
Lift (Taşıma)
Drag (Sürükleme)
Thrust (İtki)
Weight (Ağırlık)
Stall (Tutunma Kaybı)
Buffet (Sarsıntı)
Laminar Flow (Laminer Akış)
Ground Effect (Yer Etkisi)
3. Meteorology & Weather
METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report)
TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast)
CAVOK (Ceiling and Visibility OK)
BKN (Broken)
OVC (Overcast)
SCT (Scattered)
FEW
DZ (Drizzle)
RA (Rain)
SN (Snow)
BR (Mist)
FG (Fog)
HZ (Haze)
TS (Thunderstorm)
CB (Cumulonimbus)
TCU (Towering Cumulus)
GR (Hail)
Turbulence (Türbülans)
Wind Shear (Rüzgar Kesmesi)
Crosswind (Yan Rüzgar)
Tailwind (Arka Rüzgar)
Headwind (Baş Rüzgar)
Gust (Hamle)
Visibility (Görüş)
Ceiling (Tavan)
Dew Point (Çiy Noktası)
Icing (Buzlanma)
4. Navigation & ATM
VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range)
NDB (Non-Directional Beacon)
ILS (Instrument Landing System)
Localizer
Glideslope
Waypoint (Yol Noktası)
Heading (Baş)
Bearing (Kerteriz)
Course (Rota)
Radial (Radyal)
Vector (Vektör)
VFR (Visual Flight Rules)
IFR (Instrument Flight Rules)
VMC (Visual Meteorological Conditions)
IMC (Instrument Meteorological Conditions)
Controlled Airspace (Kontrollü Hava Sahası)
NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions)
5. Aircraft Systems & Terminology
Fuselage (Gövde)
Empennage (Kuyruk Takımı)
Landing Gear / Undercarriage (İniş Takımı)
Flaps (Flaplar)
Slats (Slatlar)
Spoiler / Speedbrake
Engine (Motor)
Fan Blade (Fan Palesi)
Compressor (Kompresör)
Turbine (Türbin)
Thrust Reverser (İtki Ters Çevirici)
Combustion Chamber (Yanma Odası)
Exhaust (Egzoz)
PFD (Primary Flight Display)
ND (Navigation Display)
FMS (Flight Management System)
AP (Autopilot)
Transponder
TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System)
GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System)
Altimeter
ASI (Airspeed Indicator)
VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator)
6. Ground Operations
Apron / Ramp
Stand / Gate
Docking
Chocks
Pushback
Tug / Tractor
Marshaller
Jetway / Airbridge / PBB
FOD (Foreign Object Debris)
GPU (Ground Power Unit)
APU (Auxiliary Power Unit)
Taxiway
Runway (RWY)
Threshold (Eşik)
Displaced Threshold (Kaydırılmış Eşik)
Holding Point (Bekleme Noktası)
Line Up and Wait
Active Runway
7. Emergency & Medical
Mayday
Pan-Pan
Hypoxia (Hipoksi)
Incapacitation (İş Göremezlik)
Decompression (Basınç Boşalması)
Gastroenteritis
Heart Attack / Myocardial Infarction
8. Communication & Plain English
Plain English Scenario
9. Aviation Grammar
Function Words Omission (İşlev Kelimelerinin Atılması)
Modality (Kiplik) ve Nezaket
10. A-Z Critical Vocabulary Index
Abeam
Abort
Above
Accelerate
Accept
Accumulator
Acknowledge
Active
Advection
Advise
Affirm
Air
Airborne
Aircraft
Airframe
Airmanship
Airspace
Airspeed
Airworthiness
Align
Alternate
Alternator
Altitude
Ambient
Amendment
Analog
Analysis
Anchor
Ancillary
Anti-collision
Anti-ice
AP
Approach
Approval
Apron
APU
Arc
Area
Arm
Arrival
Artificial Horizon
Ascend
ASI
Assembly
Assessment
Assign
Assist
Atmosphere
Attachment
Attempt
Attitude
Audio
Authority
Authorize
Auto-flight
Automatic
Auxiliary
Available
Average
Avionics
Avoid
Axis
Azimuth
Backtrack
Balance
Bank
Bar
Base
Beacon
Beam
Bearing
Belt
Bird
Blade
Blanket
Blast
Bleed
Blew
Block
Board
Boarding
Body
Bogie
Bolt
Bonding
Book
Boom
Boost
Borescope
Boundary
BR
Brake
Break
Breaker
Breathe
Briefing
Brightness
Broken (BKN)
Buckle
Buffer
Buffet
Bump
Burn
Bus
Busy
Button
Bypass
Cabin
Cable
Cage
Calculate
Calibrate
Call
Callsign
Camber
Cancel
Canopy
Capacity
Captain
Capture
Carbon
Carburetor
Care
Cargo
Carrier
Cart
Case
Category
Caution
CAVOK
CB
Ceiling
Center
Centerline
Certificate
Chamber
Change
Channel
Chart
Check
Checklist
Chock
Chord
Circle
Circuit
Circulate
Clamp
Class
Clean
Clear
Clearance
Climb
Clock
Clockwise
Clog
Close
Cloud
Clutch
Coast
Coat
Cockpit
Code
Coil
Cold
Collapse
Collect
Collision
Column
Combustion
Combustion Chamber
Command
Commander
Commence
Commercial
Common
Communication
Commutator
Company
Compass
Compensate
Component
Composite
Compress
Compressor
Computer
Concave
Condition
Cone
Configuration
Confirm
Conflict
Confusion
Connect
Connection
Connector
Console
Constant
Construct
Consumption
Contact
Container
Contaminate
Continuous
Contour
Contract
Control
Controlled Airspace
Controller
Convection
Converge
Conversion
Convert
Convex
Conveyor
Cool
Coolant
Coordinate
Coordinates
Copilot
Core
Corner
Correct
Correction
Corrode
Corrosion
Counter
Counter-clockwise
Couple
Course
Cover
Cowling
Crack
Craft
Crane
Crank
Crash
Crew
Critical
Cross
Crosscheck
Crossfeed
Crosswind
Cruise
Cue
Cumulonimbus (CB)
Cumulus
Current
Curtain
Curve
Cushion
Customs
Cut
Cycle
Cylinder
Damage
Damp
Danger
Dangerous
Data
Date
Datum
Day
De-ice
Dead
Debris
Decal
Decelerate
Decision
Deck
Declare
Decompression
Decrease
Deep
Defect
Defense
Defer
Deficiency
Define
Deflect
Defog
Degree
Delay
Deliver
Delivery
Demand
Demo
Density
Dent
Depart
Departure
Deploy
Deposit
Depressurize
Depth
Descend
Descent
Description
Design
Designator
Destination
Destroy
Detach
Detail
Detect
Detector
Detergent
Deteriorate
Determine
Develop
Deviate
Device
Dew
Diagonal
Diagram
Diameter
Diaphragm
Difference
Differential
Difficult
Diffuse
Digital
Dim
Dimension
Dip
Direct
Direction
Dirt
Disable
Disarm
Disc
Discharge
Disconnect
Discontinuity
Discover
Discrete
Disengage
Disk
Dispatch
Dispatcher
Displace
Displaced Threshold
Display
Disposable
Dispose
Disregard
Distance
Distinguish
Distortion
Distress
Distribute
Distribution
Disturb
Ditch
Dive
Divert
Divide
Divider
Dock
Docking
Document
Dome
Door
Doppler
Dorsal
Double
Down
Downgrade
Downlock
Downwind
Drag
Drain
Draw
Drift
Drill
Drink
Drive
Drizzle (DZ)
Drop
Drum
Dry
Dual
Duct
Due
Dull
Dummy
Dump
Duration
Dust
Duty
Dynamic
Ear
Early
Earth
Ease
East
Edge
Effect
Effective
Efficiency
Efficient
Effort
Egress
Eject
Ejection
Elastic
Elbow
Electric
Electrical
Electrician
Electricity
Electronic
Element
Elevate
Elevation
Elevator
Eliminate
Emergency
Emission
Emit
Empennage
Empty
Enable
Enclose
Encode
Encounter
End
Endurance
Energy
Engage
Engine
Engineer
Enhance
Enough
Enroute
Ensure
Enter
Entire
Entrance
Entry
Envelope
Environment
Equal
Equator
Equip
Equipment
Equivalent
Error
Escape
Essential
Establish
Estimate
Estimated
Evacuate
Evacuation
Evaluate
Evaporate
Event
Exact
Examine
Exceed
Excess
Excessive
Exchange
Exclude
Execute
Exercise
Exhaust
Exhibit
Exist
Exit
Expand
Expansion
Expect
Expedite
Expendable
Expensive
Experience
Experiment
Expire
Explain
Explode
Explosion
Explosive
Expose
Extend
Extension
Exterior
External
Extinguish
Extinguisher
Extra
Extract
Extreme
Eye
Fabric
Face
Facilitate
Facility
Fact
Factor
Factory
Fade
Fail
Failure
Fair
Fairing
Fall
False
Fan
Fan Blade
Far
Fare
Fast
Fasten
Fastener
Fatal
Fatigue
Fault
Feather
Feature
Feed
Feedback
Feeder
Feel
Ferry
Fiber
Field
Figure
Filament
File
Fill
Filler
Film
Filter
Fin
Final
Find
Fine
Finger
Finish
Fire
Firewall
Firm
First
Fit
Fitting
Fix
Fixed
Fixture
Flag
Flame
Flameout
Flammable
Flap
Flare
Flash
Flat
Flatten
Flaw
Fleet
Flew
Flexibility
Flexible
Flicker
Flight
Float
Flood
Floor
Flow
Fluctuate
Fluid
Flush
Flutter
Fly
FMS
Foam
Focus
FOD
Fog (FG)
Fold
Follow
Food
Foot
Force
Forecast
Foreign
Forest
Form
Formation
Forward
Foul
Foundation
Frame
Fray
Free
Freeze
Freight
Frequency
Fresh
Friction
Front
Frost
Frozen
Fuel
Full
Fume
Function
Fundamental
Funnel
Fuse
Fuselage
Future
Gain
Gale
Galley
Gallon
Gap
Garage
Gas
Gasket
Gate
Gauge
Gear
General
Generate
Generator
Geography
Geometric
Get
Gimbal
Give
Glare
Glass
Glide
Glider
Glideslope
Glisten
Global
Globe
Glove
Glow
Glue
Go
Go-around
Goggles
Good
Govern
GPWS
GR
Grade
Gradient
Gradual
Grain
Graph
Grasp
Grate
Gravel
Gravity
Grease
Green
Grid
Grip
Groove
Gross
Ground
Ground Effect
Group
Grow
Guard
Guidance
Guide
Gun
Gust
Gyro/Gyroscope
Hail (GR)
Hand
Handle
Handling
Handover
Hangar
Hard
Hardware
Harm
Harness
Harsh
Hatch
Haul
Hazard
Haze (HZ)
Head
Heading
Headphone
Headset
Health
Hear
Heart
Heart Attack
Heat
Heater
Heavy
Height
Helicopter
Help
High
Hijack
Hinge
Hiss
Hit
Hoist
Hold
Holder
Holding
Holding Point
Hole
Hollow
Hook
Horizon
Horizontal
Horn
Hose
Hot
Hour
Housing
Hover
Hub
Hull
Human
Humidity
Hydraulic
Hydroplane
Hygiene
Hypoxia
Ice
Icing
Ideal
Ident/Identify
Identification
Idle
IFR
Ignite
Ignition
Ignore
Illness
Illuminate
Illusion
ILS
Image
IMC
Immediate
Immerse
Impact
Impair
Impedance
Impeller
Imperative
Implement
Implication
Improve
Impulse
Impurity
Inboard
Inbound
Incapacitation
Inch
Incidence
Incident
Include
Incorrect
Increase
Indicate
Indication
Indicator
Individual
Induce
Induction
Industry
Inertia
Infect
Infer
Inflight
Inform
Information
Infrared
Ingest
Inhale
Inhibit
Initial
Initiate
Inject
Injection
Injury
Inlet
Inner
Inoperative (INOP)
Input
Insert
Inside
Inspect
Inspection
Instability
Install
Installation
Instant
Instruction
Instructor
Instrument
Insulate
Insulation
Intact
Intake
Integral
Integrated
Integrity
Intend
Intense
Intensity
Intention
Intercept
Interchange
Intercom
Interconnect
Interface
Interfere
Interference
Interior
Intermediate
Intermittent
Internal
International
Interpret
Interrogate
Interrupt
Intersect
Intersection
Interval
Intoxicated
Introduce
Intrude
Invalid
Inventory
Invert
Investigate
Invisible
Involve
Inward
Ionosphere
Irregular
Isolate
Issue
Item
Jack
Jacket
Jam
Jar
Jet
Jettison
Jetway / Airbridge / PBB
Join
Joint
Journal
Journey
Joystick
Judge
Judgment
Jump
Junction
Keep
Kerosene
Key
Keyboard
Kick
Kill
Kilometer
Kinetic
Kit
Kneeboard
Knob
Knot
Know
Knowledge
Label
Laboratory
Lack
Ladder
Lag
Lamp
Land
Landing
Landing Gear / Undercarriage
Landmark
Landside
Language
Lap
Lapse
Large
Laser
Last
Latch
Late
Lateral
Latitude
Launch
Law
Layer
Layout
Lead
Leader
Leading
Leak
Lean
Learn
Leave
Left
Leg
Legal
Legend
Length
Lens
Less
Let
Letter
Level
Lever
License
Lid
Life
Lift
Light
Lighting
Lightning
Limit
Limitation
Line
Linear
Liner
Link
Liquid
List
Listen
Liter
Literature
Lithium
Live
Load
Loader
Loading
Local
Localizer
Locate
Location
Lock
Locker
Log
Logic
Long
Longitude
Look
Loop
Loose
Loosen
Loss
Lost
Loud
Loudspeaker
Low
Lower
Lubricant
Lubricate
Luggage
Luminous
Lump
Lung
Mach
Machine
Machinery
Magnet
Magnetic
Magneto
Magnify
Magnitude
Main
Maintain
Maintenance
Major
Make
Male
Malfunction
Manage
Management
Mandatory
Maneuver
Manifold
Manipulate
Manual
Manufacture
Manufacturer
Map
Margin
Mark
Marker
Marking
Marshaller
Mask
Mass
Master
Mat
Match
Material
Maximum
May
Mayday
Mean
Measure
Measurement
Mechanic
Mechanical
Mechanism
Medical
Medium
Meet
Melt
Member
Memorize
Memory
Mental
Mention
Mercator
Mercury
Meridian
Mesh
Message
Metal
METAR
Meteorology
Meter
Method
Metric
Microphone
Microswitch
Mid
Middle
Mile
Military
Millibar
Millimeter
Mind
Mineral
Minimum
Minor
Minus
Minute
Mirror
Miscellaneous
Miss
Missile
Mission
Mist (BR)
Mistake
Mix
Mixture
Mobile
Mode
Model
Moderate
Modern
Modification
Modify
Module
Moist
Moisture
Moment
Momentum
Monitor
Mono
Monocoque
Month
Moon
Mooring
Morning
Morse
Motion
Motor
Mount
Mountain
Mouth
Move
Movement
Moving
Mud
Muffler
Multiple
Multiply
Music
Must
Nacelle
Name
Narrow
National
Native
Natural
Nautical
Naval
Navigate
Navigation
NDB
Near
Necessary
Neck
Need
Needle
Negative
Neglect
Negligible
Neon
Nerve
Net
Network
Neutral
Never
New
Night
Nil
Nitrogen
No
Noise
Nominal
Non-destructive
Non-flammable
Non-routine
Normal
North
Nose
NOTAM
Note
Notice
Notify
Nozzle
Nuclear
Number
Numeral
Nut
Nylon
Object
Oblique
Observation
Observe
Observer
Obstacle
Obstruction
Obtain
Obvious
Occupy
Occur
Ocean
Octane
Odd
Off
Off-load
Offer
Office
Officer
Official
Offset
Often
Ohm
Oil
Old
Omit
Omni
On
Onboard
Once
One
Only
Open
Opening
Operate
Operation
Operational
Operator
Opposite
Option
Orange
Orbit
Order
Ordinary
Organize
Orientation
Orifice
Origin
Original
Oscillate
Other
Ounce
Out
Outboard
Outcome
Outer
Outfit
Outlet
Outline
Output
Outside
Oval
Oven
Over
Overall
Overboard
Overcast (OVC)
Overcharge
Overcome
Overflow
Overhaul
Overhead
Overheat
Overlap
Overload
Override
Overrun
Overseas
Overshoot
Overspeed
Overtake
Overturn
Overweight
Own
Owner
Oxidation
Oxide
Oxygen
Pack
Package
Pad
Page
Paint
Pair
Pan-Pan
Panel
Paper
Parachute
Parallel
Parameter
Parcel
Park
Parking
Part
Partial
Particle
Partition
Pass
Passage
Passenger
Passive
Passport
Past
Paste
Patch
Path
Pattern
Pause
Pave
Pavement
Pay
Payload
Peak
Pedal
Peel
Penalty
Pencil
Penetrate
People
Per
Percent
Perfect
Perform
Performance
Period
Permanent
Permission
Permit
Perpendicular
Person
Personal
Personnel
Petrol
PFD
Phase
Phone
Photo
Physical
Physics
Pick
Picture
Piece
Pier
Pilot
Pin
Pipe
Piston
Pitch
Pitot
Pivot
Place
Plain
Plan
Plane
Planet
Plant
Plastic
Plate
Platform
Play
Plot
Plug
Plus
Ply
Pneumatic
Pocket
Point
Pointer
Polar
Polarity
Pole
Police
Policy
Polish
Pollution
Polymer
Pool
Poor
Pop
Port
Portable
Position
Positive
Possible
Post
Potable
Potential
Pound
Pour
Powder
Power
Powerplant
Practice
Precaution
Precede
Precise
Precision
Predict
Prefer
Preflight
Preliminary
Premature
Preparation
Prepare
Present
Preserve
Press
Pressure
Pressurize
Prevent
Previous
Primary
Prime
Principal
Print
Priority
Private
Probability
Probable
Probe
Problem
Procedure
Proceed
Process
Produce
Product
Production
Profile
Program
Progress
Prohibit
Project
Prolong
Prominent
Promise
Promote
Proof
Prop
Propagate
Propel
Propeller
Proper
Property
Proportion
Proposal
Propose
Propulsion
Protect
Protection
Protocol
Prototype
Protrude
Provide
Provision
Proximity
Public
Pull
Pulley
Pulse
Pump
Punch
Puncture
Pure
Purge
Purify
Purple
Purpose
Push
Pushback
Quality
Quantity
Quarter
Question
Quick
Quiet
Quit
Rack
Radar
Radial
Radiate
Radiator
Radio
Radius
Radome
Rag
Rail
Rain (RA)
Raise
Ram
Ramp
Random
Range
Rapid
Rare
Rate
Rating
Ratio
Raw
Ray
Reach
Reaction
Read
Readable
Readback
Ready
Real
Rear
Reason
Receive
Receiver
Recent
Receptacle
Reception
Reciprocating
Recognize
Recommend
Record
Recover
Recovery
Rectangule
Rectifier
Red
Reduce
Reduction
Redundant
Reel
Refer
Reference
Refill
Reflect
Reflection
Refuel
Refuse
Region
Register
Registration
Regular
Regulate
Regulation
Regulator
Reinforce
Reject
Relate
Relation
Relative
Relax
Relay
Release
Reliable
Relief
Rely
Remain
Remainder
Remark
Remedy
Remember
Remote
Remove
Render
Renew
Repair
Repeat
Replace
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