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Appendix D. ICAO Difference for the
United States
Below is a listing (not all inclusive)
of words that we use frequently in a domestic NOTAM, but are not
recognized ICAO contractions.
ARFF – Airport Rescue and Fire
Fighting
ARTCC – Air Route Traffic Control
Center
ATCSCC – Air Traffic Control System
Command Center
BC – Back Course
Cardinal
Directions
NORTH, NORTH NORTHEAST, NORTHEAST, EAST NORTHEAST, EAST, EAST SOUTHEAST,
SOUTHEAST, SOUTH SOUTHEAST, SOUTH, SOUTH SOUTHWEST, SOUTHWEST, WEST
SOUTHWEST, WEST, WEST NORTHWEST, NORTHWEST, NORTH NORTHWEST
NOTE-
When using cardinal directions to describe an alternate location
(airspace) or plain language location (obstructions), the contraction is
allowable.
FDC – Flight Data Center
FICON – Field Condition
Friction Testers:
BOW, BRD, ERD, GRT, MUM, RFT, RT3, SFH, SFL, SKH, SKL, TAP, VER, NAC
LB – Pounds
LOM – Compass locator at ILS outer
marker
IN – Inch
MU – Friction value representing
runway surface conditions
NA – Not Authorized
NTAP – Notice to Airmen Publication
ORIG – Original
RVRM – Runway Visual Range Midpoint
RVRR – Runway Visual Range Rollout
RVRT – Runway Visual Range Touchdown
SAA – Special Activity Airspace
SSALR – Short Approach Lighting System
with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
STAR – Standard Terminal Arrival
TFR – Temporary Flight Restriction
VASI – Visual Approach Slope Indicator
WAAS – Wide Area Augmentation System
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