Appendix

	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Air Traffic Organization Policy	ORDER JO 7340.2E
		Effective Date: July 24, 2014


Subject: Contractions Includes: Change 2 dated 3/5/15 and Change 1 dated 11/13/14

TWO-LETTER STATE AND TERRITORY ABBREVIATIONS

STATE(TERRITORY)		STATE(TERRITORY)		STATE(TERRITORY)
Alabama	AL	Kentucky	KY	Ohio	OH
Alaska	AK	Louisiana	LA	Oklahoma	OK
Arizona	AZ	Maine	ME	Oregon	OR
Arkansas	AR	Maryland	MD	Pennsylvania	PA
American Samoa	AS	Massachusetts	MA	Puerto Rico	PR
California	CA	Michigan	MI	Rhode Island	RI
Colorado	CO	Minnesota	MN	South Carolina	SC
Connecticut	CT	Mississippi	MS	South Dakota	SD
Delaware	DE	Missouri	MO	Tennessee	TN
District of Columbia	DC	Montana	MT	Texas	TX
Florida	FL	Nebraska	NE	Trust Territories	TT
Georgia	GA	Nevada	NV	Utah	UT
Guam	GU	New Hampshire	NH	Vermont	VT
Hawaii	HI	New Jersey	NJ	Virginia	VA
Idaho	ID	New Mexico	NM	Virgin Islands	VI
Illinois	IL	New York	NY	Washington	WA
Indiana	IN	North Carolina	NC	West Virginia	WV
Iowa	IA	North Dakota	ND	Wisconsin	WI
Kansas	KS	Northern Mariana Islands	CM	Wyoming	WY

MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS

DAYS OF THE WEEK		MONTHS OF THE YEAR		POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS		POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
Sunday	Sun.	January	Jan.	Annex	Anx.	Parkway	Pkwy.
Monday	Mon.	February	Feb.	Avenue	Ave.	Place	Pl.
Tuesday	Tues.	March	Mar.	Boulevard	Blvd.	Plaza	Plz.
Wednesday	Wed.	April	Apr.	Camp	Cp.	Road	Rd.
Thursday	Thurs.	May	May	Circle	Cir.	Rural Route	RR
Friday	Fri.	June	June	Court	Ct.	Saint	St.
Saturday	Sat.	July	July	Drive	Dr.	San	Sn.
		August	Aug.	Estates	Est.	Santa	Sn.
		September	Sept.	Expressway	Expy	Santo	Sn.
		October	Oct.	Fort	Ft.	Square	Sq.
		November	Nov.	Highway	Hwy.	State	St.
		December	Dec.	In care of	c/o	Station	Stn.
				Island	Is.	Street	St.
				Junction	Jct.	Terrace	Ter.
				Lane	Ln.	Turnpike	Tpk.
				Mount	Mt.

TIME ZONES (EAST TO WEST)

TIME ZONE		CONVERSION	TIME ZONE		CONVERSION
Atlantic standard time	A.s.t.	(+4=UTC)	Alaskan standard time	A.s.t.	(+9=UTC)
Atlantic daylight time	A.d.t.	(+3=UTC)	Alaskan daylight time	A.d.t.	(+8=UTC)
eastern standard time	e.s.t.	(+5=UTC)	Bering standard time	B.s.t.	(+10=UTC)
eastern daylight time	e.d.t.	(+4=UTC)	Bering daylight time	B.d.t.	(+9=UTC)
central standard time	c.s.t.	(+6=UTC)	Hawaiian standard time	H.s.t.	(+10=UTC)
central daylight time	c.d.t	(+5=UTC)	Hawaiian daylight time	H.d.t.	(+9=UTC)
mountain standard time	m.s.t	(+7=UTC)	Pacific standard time	P.s.t.	(+8=UTC)
mountain daylight time	m.d.t.	(+6=UTC)	Pacific daylight time	P.d.t.	(+7=UTC)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

WEIGHT				CAPACITY
ENGLISH SYSTEM		METRIC SYSTEM		ENGLISH SYSTEM		METRIC SYSTEM
Units of Measure		Units of Measure		Units of Measure		Units of Measure
ton	t	metric ton	mt	gallon	gal	kiloliter	kL
hundred weight	cwt	kilogram	kg	quart	qt	liter	L
pound	lb	gram	g	pint	pt	deciliter	dL
ounce	oz	decigram	dg	bushel	bu	centiliter	cL
		centigram	cg	peck	pk	milliliter	mL
		milligram	mg

LENGTH				AREA
Units of Measure		Units of Measure		Units of Measure		Units of Measure
mile	mi	meter	m	square mile	mi²	square kilometer	km²
yard	yd	decimeter	dm	square yard	yd²	square centimeter	cm²
foot	ft	centimeter	cm	square foot	ft²
inch	in	millimeter	mm	square inch	in²

ENGLISH SYSTEM		METRIC SYSTEM
Units of Measure		Units of Measure
cubic yard	yd³	cubic inch	in³
cubic foot	ft³	cubic centimeter	cm³

COMPASS DIRECTIONS

DECODE		ENCODE
E	east	north	N
ENE	east-north east	north-east	NE
ESE	east-south east	north-north east	NNE
N	north	east-north east	ENE
NE	north-east	east	E
NNE	north-north east	east-south east	ESE
NW	north-west	south-east	SE
NNW	north-north west	south-south east	SSE
S	south	south	S
SE	south-east	south-south west	SSW
SSE	south-south east	south-west	SW
SSW	south-south west	west-south west	WSW
SW	south-west	west	W
W	west	west-north west	WNW
WNW	west-north west	north-west	NW
WSW	west-south west	north-north west	NNW

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