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Order JO 7340.2P - Contractions

Document Information

Type
Order
Number
JO 7340.2P
Title
Contractions
Date issued
2025-08-01
Status
Active
Office of Primary Responsibility
AJV-P, Policy-Mission Support Services
Access restriction
Public
Order purpose statement

This handbook contains the approved word and phrase contractions used by personnel of the Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies that provide air traffic control, communications, weather, charting, and associated aviation-communication services. Also contained are aircraft-type designators; civil aircraft company three-letter identifiers and telephony designator assignments; aircraft nationality assignments; and civil/military aircraft-type designators.

Content

For more information, contact 9-awa-ait-directives@faa.gov.

Current notices
Current notices associated with this order
Number GENOT Title Effective Cancelled
JO 7340.863 DELETION OF ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “GRY” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “GRAY RIDER” 2025-09-08 2026-09-08
JO 7340.867 25/34 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “SGE” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “SAGE AIR” 2025-09-15 2026-09-15
JO 7340.868 25/35 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “FWA” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “PINECONE” 2025-09-15 2026-09-15
JO 7340.864 25/31 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “PFA” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “PARIS AIR” 2025-09-10 2026-09-10
JO 7340.865 25/30 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “NWX” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “NATIONWIDE” 2025-09-10 2026-09-10
JO 7340.866 25/32 THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) CHANGE FOR “MBD/RESCUE JET” 2025-09-10 2026-09-10
JO 7340.862 Foreign ICAO Three Letter Designator (3LD) and Telephony Designator Additions, Modifications, and Deletions (excluding U.S.) 2025-08-11 2026-08-11
JO 7340.859 25/27 COMMEMORATIVE “ROUTE 66” FLIGHTS 2025-08-06 2026-08-06
JO 7340.860 25/24 COMPANY NAME CHANGE: AVIATION PARTNER OF BOYTON BEACH, LLC D/B/A SKY ATLANTIC 2025-08-04 2026-08-04
JO 7340.861 25/25 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “AUB” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “AUBIE” 2025-08-04 2026-08-04
JO 7340.857 25/22 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “MBD” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “RESCUE JET” 2025-07-28 2026-07-28
JO 7340.858 25/23 THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR AND CALL SIGN CHANGE FOR “KTY/KRYPTAR” 2025-07-28 2026-07-28
JO 7340.854 25/21 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “CTX” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “CENTEN” 2025-07-17 2026-07-17
JO 7340.855 25/20 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “MUG” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “MORNINGSIDE” 2025-07-17 2026-07-17
JO 7340.856 25/19 COMPANY NAME CHANGE: NEXGEN AVIATION, LLC 2025-07-17 2026-07-17
JO 7340.849 Foreign ICAO Three Letter Designator (3LD) and Telephony Designator Additions, Modifications, and Deletions (excluding U.S.) 2025-07-08 2026-07-08
JO 7340.850 25/17 CANCELLATION OF ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “IMA” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “INTER-MOUNTAIN” 2025-07-15 2026-07-15
JO 7340.851 25/15 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “NMJ” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “BACKWOODS” 2025-07-15 2026-07-15
JO 7340.852 25/16 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “NOM” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “JANDERS” 2025-07-15 2026-07-15
JO 7340.853 25/14 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “POD” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “AIRPOD” 2025-07-15 2026-07-15
JO 7340.847 25/13 ICAO THREE LETTER DESIGNATOR (3LD) “RFS” AND ASSOCIATED CALL SIGN “RAINIER SKY” 2025-06-10 2026-06-10
Cancels
Cancelled documents
Number Title Date
JO 7340.2N Contractions 2024-05-16