AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
GEN 2.2-1
05 FEB 2015
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
GEN 2.2 Abbreviations used in AIS publications
Abbreviations marked by an asterisk (*) are either different
from or not contained in ICAO Doc 8400.
A
A
A/A
A/G
AAA
AAD
AAIM
AAL
ABI
ABM
ABN
ABT
ABV
AC
ACARS
ACAS
ACC
ACCID
ACFT
ACK
ACL
ACL*
ACM*
ACN
ACP
ACPT
ACT
AD
ADA
ADC
ADDN
ADEP*
ADES*
ADF
ADIZ
ADJ
ADO
ADR
ADS
ADS-B
ADS-C
ADSU
ADVS
ADZ
AES
AFIL
AFIS
AFM
AFS
AFT
AFTN
AGA
AGL
AGN
AIC
AIDC
AIM*
AIM*
AIP
AIRAC
AIREP
AIRMET
AIRPROX*
AIS
ALA
ALERFA
ALR
Amber
Air-to-air
Air-to-ground
(or AAB, AAC . . . etc., in sequence) Amended
meteorological message (message type designator)
Assigned altitude deviation
Aircraft autonomous integrity monitoring
Above aerodrome level
Advance boundary information
Abeam
Aerodrome beacon
About
Above
Altocumulus
Aircraft communication addressing and reporting system
Airborne collision avoidance system
Area control centre or area control
Notification of an aircraft accident
Aircraft
Acknowledge
Altimeter check location
ATC clearances and instructions
ATC Communications Management
Aircraft classification number
Acceptance (message type designator)
Accept or accepted
Active or activated or activity
Aerodrome
Advisory area
Aerodrome chart
Addition or additional
Airport of departure
Airport of destination
Automatic direction-finding equipment
Air defence identification zone
Adjacent
Aerodrome office (specify service)
Advisory route
The address [when this abbreviation is used to request
a repetition, the question mark (IMI) precedes the
abbreviation, e.g. IMI ADS] (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
Automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast
Automatic dependent surveillance - contract
Automatic dependent surveillance unit
Advisory service
Advise
Aircraft earth station
Flight plan filed in the air
Aerodrome flight information service
Yes or affirm or affirmative or that is correct
Aeronautical fixed service
After . . . (time or place)
Aeronautical fixed telecommunication network
Aerodromes, air routes and ground aids
Above ground level
Again
Aeronautical information circular
Air traffic services interfacility data communication
Aeronautical Information Management
ATFM information message
Aeronautical information publication
Aeronautical information regulation and control
Air-report
Information concerning en-route weather phenomena
which may affect the safety of low-level aircraft
operations
Aircraft proximity
Aeronautical Information Services
Alighting area
Alert plase
Alerting (message type designator)
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
ALRS
ALS
ALT
ALTN
ALTN
AMA
AMC*
AMC*
AMD
AMDT
AMS
AMSL
AMSS
ANA*
ANC
ANCS
ANM*
ANS
AO*
AOC
AP
APAPI
APCH
APDC
APN
APP
APR
APRX
APSG
APU*
APV
AR*
ARC
ARNG
ARO
ARP
ARP
ARQ
ARR
ARR
ARS
ARSA*
ARST
ART*
AS
ASC
ASDA
ASE
ASHTAM
ASPH
AT
AT-VASIS
ATA
ATC
ATCC*
ATCSMAC
ATD
ATFCM*
ATFM
ATIS
ATM
ATN
ATP
ATS
ATTN
ATZ
AUG
AUP*
Alerting service
Approach lighting system
Altitude
Alternate or alternating (light alternates in colour)
Alternate (aerodrome)
Area minimum altitude
Airspace Management Cell
ATC Microphone Check
Amend or amended (used to indicate amended
meteorological message; message type designator)
Amendment (AIP Amendment)
Aeronautical mobile service
Above mean sea level
Aeronautical mobile satellite service
Administration de la navigation aérienne
Aeronautical chart - 1:500 000 (followed by name/title)
Aeronautical navigation chart - small scale (followed by
name/title and scale)
ATFM notification message
Answer
Aircraft Operator
Aerodrome obstacle chart (followed by type and
name/title)
Airport
Abbreviated precision approach path indicatorApproach
Approach
Aircraft parking/docking chart (followed by name/title)
Apron
Approach control office or approach control or approach
control service
April
Approximate or approximately
After passing
Auxiliary power unit
Approve or approved or approval
Royal Decree
Area chart
Arrange
Air traffic services reporting office
Aerodrome reference point
Air-report (message type designator)
Automatic error correction
Arrival (message type designator)
Arrive or arrival
Special air-report (message type designator)
Areas Requiring Special Attention
Arresting [specify (part of) aircraft arresting equipment]
Article
Altostratus
Ascend to or ascending to
Accelerate-stop distance available
Altimetry system error
Special series of NOTAM notifying, by means of a
specific format, change in activity of a volcano, a
volcanic eruption and/or volcanic ash cloud that is of
significance to aircraft operations
Asphalt
At (followed by time at which weather change is forecast
to occur)
Abbreviated T visual approach slope indicator system
Actual time of arrival
Air traffic control (in general)
Air traffic control centre (military abbreviation)
Air traffic control surveillance minimum altitude chart
(followed by name/title)
Actual time of departure
Air traffic flow control management
Air traffic flow management
Automatic terminal information service
Air traffic management
Aeronautical telecommunication network
At . . . (time or place)
Air traffic services
Attention
Aerodrome traffic zone
August
Airspace Use Plan
AMDT 02/2015
GEN 2.2-2
05 FEB 2015
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
AUTH
AUW
AUX
AVBL
AVG
AVGAS
AWTA
AWY
AZM
Authorized or authorization
All up weight
Auxiliary
Available or availability
Average
Aviation gasoline
Advise at what time able
Airway
Azimuth
B
B
BA
BARO-VNAV
BASE
BCFG
BCN
BCST
BDRY
BECMG
BFR
BKN
BL
BLDG
BLO
BLW
BOMB
BR
BRF
BRG
BRKG
BS
BTL
BTN
BUFR
Blue
Braking action
Barometric vertical navigation
Cloud base
Fog patches
Beacon (aeronautical ground light)
Broadcast
Boundary
Becoming
Before
Broken
Blowing (followed by DU = dust, SA = sand or SN =
snow)
Building
Below clouds
Below . . .
Bombing
Mist
Short (used to indicate the type of approach desired or
required)
Bearing
Braking
Commercial broadcasting station
Between layers
Between
Binary universal form for the representation of
meteorological data
C
C
C
CA
CAA*
CANAC*
CAT
CAT
CAVOK
Centre (runway identification)
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)
Course to an altitude
Civil Aviation Authority
Computer Assisted National Air traffic control Centre
Category
Clear air turbulence
Visibility, cloud and present weather better than
prescribed values or conditions
CB
Cumulonimbus
CC
Cirrocumulus
CCA
(or CCB, CCC . . . etc., in sequence) Corrected
meteorological message (message type designator)
CCTV*
Closed circuit television
CD
Candela
CDN
Co-ordination (message type designator)
CDO*
Continuous descent operations
CDR*
Conditional route
CEU*
Central executive unit
CF
Change frequency to . . .
CF
Course to a fix
CFIT*
Controlled flight into terrain
CFM
Confirm or I confirm (to be used in AFS as a procedure
signal)
CFMU*
Central flow management unit
CGL
Circling guidance light(s)
CH
Channel
CHEM
Chemical
CHG
Modification (message type designator)
CI
Cirrus
CIDIN
Common ICAO data interchange network
CIT
Near or over large towns
CIV
Civil
CK
Check
CL
Centre line
CLA
Clear type of ice formation
CLBR
Calibration
CLD
Cloud
CLG
Calling
CLIMB-OUT Climb-out area
CLR
Clear(s) or cleared to . . . or clearance
CLRD
Runway(s) cleared (used in METAR/SPECI)
AMDT 02/2015
CLSD
cm
CMB
CMPL
CNL
CNL
CNS
COM
CONC
COND
CONS
CONST
CONT
COOR
COORD
COP
COR
COT
COV
CPDLC
CPL
CRC
CRC*
CRM
CRZ
CS
CS
CSAR*
CTA
CTAM
CTC
CTL
CTN
CTOT*
CTR
CU
CUF
CUST
CVR
CW
CWY
Close or closed or closing
Centimetre
Climb to or climbing to
Completion or completed or complete
Cancel or cancelled
Flight plan cancellation (message type designator)
Communications, navigation and surveillance
Communications
Concrete
Condition
Continuous
Construction or constructed
Continue(s) or continued
Coordinate or coordination
Coordinates
Change-over point
Correct or correction or corrected (used to indicate
corrected meteorological message; message type
designator)
At the coast
Cover or covered or covering
Controller-pilot data link communications
Current flight plan (message type designator)
Cyclic redundancy check
Control and reporting centre
Collision risk model
Cruise
Call sign
Cirrostratus
Combat Search and Rescue
Control area
Climb to and maintain
Contact
Control
Caution
Calculated take-off time
Control zone
Cumulus
Cumuliform
Customs
Cockpit voice recorder
Continuous wave
Clearway
D
D
Downward (tendency in RVR during previous 10
minutes)
D
Danger area (followed by identification)
D-ATIS
Data link automatic terminal information service
D-VOLMET Data link VOLMET
DA
Decision altitude
DAT*
Significant data related to data link capability
dB*
Decibel
DCD
Double channel duplex
DCKG
Docking
DCL*
Data link clearance delivery service
DCP
Datum crossing point
DCPC
Direct controller-pilot communications
DCS
Double channel simplex
DCT
Direct (in relation to flight plan clearances and type of
approach)
DE
From (used to precede the call sign of the calling
station) (to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
DEC
December
DEG
Degrees
DEP
Depart or departure
DEP
Departure (message type designator)
DEPO
Deposition
DER
Departure end of the runway
DES
Descend to or descending to
DEST
Destination
DETRESFA Distress phase
DEV
Deviation or deviating
DF
Direction finding
DFDR
Digital flight data recorder
DFTI
Distance from touchdown indicator
DGS*
Docking guidance system
DH
Decision height
DIF
Diffuse
DIST
Distance
DIV
Divert or diverting
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
GEN 2.2-3
05 FEB 2015
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
DLA
DLA
DLIC
DLY
DME
DNG
DOC*
doc*
DOF*
DOM
DP
DPM*
DPT
DR
DR
Delay or delayed
Delay (message type designator)
Data link initiation capability
Daily
Distance measuring equipment
Danger or dangerous
Designated operational coverage
Document
Date of flight (YYMMDD : year, month, day)
Domestic
Dew point temperature
Motorized deltaplane
Depth
Dead reckoning
Low drifting (followed by DU = dust, SA = sand or SN
= snow)
DRG
During
DS
Duststorm
DSB
Double sideband
DTAM
Descend to and maintain
DTG
Date-time group
DTHR
Displaced runway threshold
DTRT
Deteriorate or deteriorating
DTW
Dual tandem wheels
DU
Dust
DUC
Dense upper cloud
DUPE
This is a duplicate message (signal for use in the
teletypewriter service only) (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
DUR
Duration
DVOR
Doppler VOR
DVORTAC* DVOR and TACAN combination
DW
Dual wheels
DZ
Drizzle
E
E
eAIP*
EAT
EAUP*
EB
ECAC*
EDA
EEE
EET
EFC
EFIS
EGNOS
EHF
ELBA
ELEV
ELR
ELT
EM
EMBD
EMERG
En*
END
ENE
ENG
ENR
ENRC
EOBT
EQPT
ER
ESE
EST
EST*
ETA
ETD
ETO
ETOT*
EUR
RODEX
EUUP*
EV
EVS
EXC
East or eastern longitude
Electronic aeronautical information publication
Expected approach time
European airspace use plan
Eastbound
European Civil Aviation Conference
Elevation differential area
Error (signal for use in the teletypewriter service only)
(to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
Estimated elapsed time
Expect further clearance
Electronic flight instrument system
European geostationary navigation overlay service
Extremely high frequency (30 000 to 300 000 MHz)
Emergency location beacon - aircraft
Elevation
Extra long range
Emergency locator transmitter
Emission
Embedded in a layer (to indicate cumulonimbus
embedded in layers of other clouds)
Emergency
English
Stop-end (related to RVR)
East-north-east
Engine
En-route
En-route chart (followed by name/title)
Estimated off block time
Equipment
Here... or herewith
East-south-east
Estimate or estimated or estimate (message type
designator)
Estimated (preceded by time-group)
Estimated time of arrival or estimating arrival
Estimated time of departure or estimating departure
Estimated time over significant point
Estimated take-off time
European regional OPMET data exchange
European updated airspace use plan
Every
Enhanced vision system
Except
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
excl*
EXER
EXP*
EXTD
Excluded
Exercises or exercising or to exercise
Expect or expected or expecting
Extend or extending
F
F
FA
FAC
FAF
FAL
FAP
FAS
FATO
FAX
FBL
FC
FCST
FCT
FDPS
FEB
FEW
FG
FIC
FIR
FIS
FISA
FL
FLD
FLG
FLR
FLT
FLTCK
FLUC
FLW
FLY
FM
FM
FM
FMC
FMP*
FMS
FMU
FNA
FPAP
FPL
FPM
FPR
FPS*
FR
Fr*
FRA*
FREQ
FRI
FRNG
FRONT
FROST
FRQ
FSL
FSS
FST
ft
FTE
FTP
FTT
FU
FZ
FZDZ
FZFG
FZRA
Fixed
Course from a fix to an altitude
Facilities
Final approach fix
Facilitation of international air transport
Final approach point
Final approach segment
Final approach and take-off area
Facsimile transmission
Light (used to indicate the intensity of weather
phenomena, interference or static reports, e.g. FBL RA
= light rain)
Funnel cloud (tornado or water spout)
Forecast
Friction coefficient
Flight data processing system
February
Few
Fog
Flight information centre
Flight information region
Flight information service
Automated flight information service
Flight level
Field
Flashing
Flares
Flight
Flight deck
Fluctuating or fluctuation or fluctuated
Follow(s) or following
Fly or flying
Course from a fix to manual termination (used in
navigation database coding)
From
From (followed by time weather change is forecast to
begin)
Flight management computer
Flow management position
Flight management system
Flow management unit
Final approach
Flight path alignment point
Filed flight plan (message type designator)
Feet per minute
Flight plan route
Federal Public Service
Fuel remaining
French
Free route airspace
Frequency
Friday
Firing
Front (relating to weather)
Frost (used in aerodrome warnings)
Frequent
Full stop landing
Flight service station
First
Feet (dimensional unit)
Flight technical error
Fictitious threshold point
Flight technical tolerance
Smoke
Freezing
Freezing drizzle
Freezing fog
Freezing rain
G
G
G
G/A
G/A/G
Green
Variations from the mean wind speed (gusts) (used in
METAR/SPECI and TAF)
Ground-to-air
Ground-to-air and air-to-ground
AMDT 02/2015
GEN 2.2-4
05 FEB 2015
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
GA
GAGAN
GAIN
GAMET
GARP
GAT*
GBAS
GCA
Ge*
GEN
GEO
GES
GLD
GLONASS
GLS
GMC
GND
GNDCK
GNSS
GP
GPA
GPIP
GPS
GPU*
GPWS
GR
GRAS
GRASS
GRIB
GRVL
GS
GS
GUND
Go ahead, resume sending (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
GPS and geostationary earth orbit augmented
navigation
Airspeed or headwind gain
Area forecast for low-level flights
GBAS azimuth reference point
General air traffic
Ground-based augmentation system
Ground controlled approach system or ground controlled
approach
German
General
Geographic or true
Ground earth station
Glider
Global orbiting navigation satellite system
GBAS landing system
Ground movement chart (followed by name/title)
Ground
Ground check
Global navigation satellite system
Glide path
Glide path angle
Glide path intercept point
Global positioning system
Ground Power Unit
Ground proximity warning system
Hail
Ground-based regional augmentation system
Grass landing area
Processed meteorological data in the form of grid point
values expressed in binary form (aeronautical
meteorological code)
Gravel
Ground speed
Small hail and/or snow pellets
Geoid undulation
H
H
H24
HA
HAPI
HBN
HDF
HDG
HEL
HEMS*
HF
HF
HGT
HJ
HLDG
HM
HN
HO
HOL
HOSP
hPa
HR
HS
HT*
HTA*
HUD
HURCN
HVDF
HVY
HVY
HX
HYR
HZ
Hz
High pressure area or the centre of high pressure
Continuous day and night service
Holding/racetrack to an altitude
Helicopter approach path indicator
Hazard beacon
High frequency direction-finding station
Heading
Helicopter
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
High frequency (3 000 to 30 000 kHz)
Holding/racetrack to a fix
Height or height above
Sunrise to sunset
Holding
Holding/racetrack to a manual termination
Sunset to sunrise
Service available to meet operational requirements
Holiday
Hospital aircraft
Hectopascal
Hours
Service available during hours of scheduled operations
High tension
Helicopter training area
Head-up display
Hurricane
High and very high frequency direction-finding stations
(at the same location)
Heavy
Heavy (used to indicate the intensity of weather
phenomena, e.g. HVY RA = heavy rain)
No specific working hours
Higher
Haze
Hertz (cycle per second)
I
IAC
IAF
IAO
IAP
IAR
Instrument approach chart (followed by name/title)
Initial approach fix
In and out of clouds
Instrument approach procedure
Intersection of air routes
AMDT 02/2015
IAS
IATA*
IBN
IC
ICAO
ICE
ID
IDENT
IF
IFF
IFPS*
IFPU*
IFR
IGA
ILS
IM
IMC
IMG
IMI
IMPR
IMT
INA
INBD
INC
INCERFA
incl*
INFO
INOP
INP
INPR
INS
INSTL
INSTR
INT
INTL
INTRG
INTRP
INTSF
INTST
IR
IRM*
IRS
ISA
ISB
ISOL
Indicated airspeed
International Air Transport Association
Identification beacon
Ice crystals (very small ice crystals in suspension, also
known as diamond dust)
International Civil Aviation Organization
Icing
Identifier or identify
Identification
Intermediate approach fix
Identification friend/foe
Integrated initial flight plan processing system
Integrated initial flight plan processing unit
Instrument flight rules
International general aviation
Instrument landing system
Inner marker
Instrument meteorological conditions
Immigration
Interrogation sign (question mark) (to be used in AFS
as a procedure signal)
Improve or improving
Immediate or immediately
Initial approach
Inbound
In cloud
Uncertainty phase
Included
Information
Inoperative
If not possible
In progress
Inertial navigation system
Install or installed or installation
Instrument
Intersection
International
Interrogator
Interrupt or interruption or interrupted
Intensify or intensifying
Intensity
Ice on runway
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
Inertial reference system
International standard atmosphere
Independent sideband
Isolated
J
JAA*
JAN
JTST
JUL
JUN
Joint Aviation Authorities
January
Jet stream
July
June
K
kg
kHz
KIAS
km
kmH
kPa
kt
kW
Kilograms
Kilohertz
Knots indicated airspeed
Kilometres
Kilometres per hour
Kilopascal
Knots
Kilowatts
L
L
L
L
l*
LAM
LAN
LAT
LCN*
LCTA*
LDA
LDAH
LDG
LDI
LEN
LF
LFA*
Left (runway identification)
Locator (see LM, LO)
Low pressure area or the centre of low pressure
Litres
Logical acknowledgement (message type designator)
Inland
Latitude
Load classification number
Lower control area
Landing distance available
Landing distance available, helicopter
Landing
Landing direction indicator
Length
Low frequency (30 to 300 kHz)
Low flying area
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
GEN 2.2-5
05 FEB 2015
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
LGT
LGTD
LIH
LIL
LIM
LINE
LLFC*
LLZ*
LM
LMT
LNAV
LNG
LO
LOC*
LONG
LORAN
LOSS
LPV
LR
LRG
LS
LT*
LTD
LTP
LTT
Lux*
LV
LVE
LVL
LVP
LYR
Light or lighting
Lighted
Light intensity high
Light intensity low
Light intensity medium
Line (used in SIGMET)
Low level forecast chart
Localizer
Locator, middle
Local mean time
Lateral navigation
Long (used to indicate the type of approach desired or
required)
Locator, outer
Local or locally or location or located
Longitude
Long range air navigation system
Airspeed or headwind loss
Localizer performance with vertical guidance
The last message received by me was . . .(to be used
in AFS as a procedure signal)
Long range
The last message sent by me was . . . or Last message
was . . .(to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
Left turn
Limited
Landing threshold point
Landline teletypewriter
Luxembourgish
Light and variable (relating to wind)
Leave or leaving
Level
Low Visibility Procedures
Layer or layered
M
M
M
m
MAA
MAG
MAHF
MAINT
MAN*
MAP
MAPT
MAR
MAR
MAS
MATF
MAX
MAY
MBST
MCA
MCW
MDA
MDC*
MDF
MDH
MEA
MEHT
MET
MET*
MET
REPORT
METAR
MF
MHDF
MHVDF
MHz
MID
MIFG
MIL
MIN
MIS
Indicator for minimum value of runway visual range
(used in the METAR/SPECI code forms)
Mach number (followed by figures)
Metres (preceded by figures)
Maximum authorized altitude
Magnetic
Missed approach holding fix
Maintenance
Manual
Aeronautical maps and charts
Missed approach point
March
At sea
Manual A1 simplex
Missed approach turning fix
Maximum
May
Microburst
Minimum crossing altitude
Modulated continuous wave
Minimum descent altitude
Military Detachment for Co-ordination
Medium frequency direction-finding station
Minimum descent height
Minimum en-route altitude
Minimum eye height over threshold (for visual approach
slope indicator systems)
Meteorological or meteorology
Ministère de l'Equipement et des Transports
Local routine meteorological report (in abbreviated plain
language)
Aviation routine weather report (in aeronautical
meteorological code)
Medium frequency (300 to 3 000 kHz)
Medium and high frequency direction-finding stations
(at the same location)
Medium, high and very high frequency direction-finding
stations (at the same location)
Megahertz
Mid-point (related to RVR)
Shallow fog
Military
Minutes
Missing . . . (transmission identification) (to be used in
AFS as a procedure signal)
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
MKR
MLS
MM
mm*
MNM
MNPS
MNT
MNTN
MOA
MOC
MOCA
MOD
Marker radio beacon
Microwave landing system
Middle marker
millimeter
Minimum
Minimum navigation performance specifications
Monitor or monitoring or monitored
Maintain
Military operating area
Minimum obstacle clearance (required)
Minimum obstacle clearance altitude
Moderate (used to indicate the intensity of weather
phenomena, interference or static reports, e.g. MOD
RA = moderate rain)
MON
Above mountains
MON
Monday
MOPS
Minimum operational performance standards
MOPSC*
Maximum operational passenger seating configuration
MOV
Move or moving or movement
mpH
Statute miles per hour
mps
Metres per second
MRA
Minimum reception altitude
MRG
Medium range
MRP
ATS/MET reporting point
MS
Minus
MSA
Minimum sector altitude
MSAS
Multi-functional transport satellite (MTSAT)
satellite-based augmentation system
MSAW
Minimum safe altitude warning
MSC*
Mission Support Centre
MSG
Message
MSL
Mean sea level
MSR
Message . . . (transmission identification) has been
misrouted (signal for use in the teletypewriter service
only) (to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
MSSR
Monopulse secondary surveillance radar
MT
Mountain
MTOW*
Maximum authorized take-off weight
MTOWTON* Maximum authorized take-off weight expressed in tons
MTU
Metric units
MTW
Mountain waves
MVDF
Medium and very high frequency direction-finding
stations (at the same location)
MWO
Meteorological watch office
MX
Mixed type of ice formation (white and clear)
N
N
N
NA*
NADP
NASC
NAT
NAV
NB
NBFR
NC
NCD
NDB
NDV
NE
NEB
NEG
NGT
NIL
Nl*
NM
NML
NN
NNE
NNW
NO
NOF
NOSIG
NOTAM
No distinct tendency (in RVR during previous 10
minutes)
North or northern latitude
Not available
Noise abatement departure procedure
National AIS system centre
North Atlantic
Navigation
Northbound
Not before
No change
No cloud detected (used in automated METAR/SPECI)
Non-directional radio beacon
No directional variations available (used in automated
METAR/SPECI)
North-east
North-eastbound
No or negative or permission not granted or that is not
correct
Night
None or I have nothing to send to you
Dutch
Nautical miles
Normal
No name, unnamed
North-north-east
North-north-west
No (negative) (to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
International NOTAM office
No significant change (used in trend-type landing
forecasts)
A notice distributed by means of telecommunication
containing information concerning the establishment,
condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service,
AMDT 02/2015
GEN 2.2-6
05 FEB 2015
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
NOV
NOZ
NPA
NR
NRH
NS
NSC
NSE
NSW
NTL
NTZ
NW
NWB
NXT
procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is
essential to personnel concerned with flight operations
November
Normal operation zone
Non precision approach
Number
No reply heard
Nimbostratus
Nil significant cloud
Navigation system error
Nil significant weather
National
No transgression zone
North-west
North-westbound
Next
O
O/R
OAC
OAS
OAT*
OBS
OBSC
OBST
OCA
OCA
Occ
OCH
OCNL
OCS
OCT
OFZ
OGN
OHD
OIS
OK
OLDI
OM
OPA
OPC
OPMET
OPN
OPR
OPS
ORCAM*
ORD
OSV
OTP
OTS
OUBD
OVC
On request
Oceanic area control centre
Obstacle assessment surface
Operational air traffic
Observe or observed or observation
Obscure or obscured or obscuring
Obstacle
Oceanic control area
Obstacle clearance altitude
Occulting (light)
Obstacle clearance height
Occasional or occasionally
Obstacle clearance surface
October
Obstacle free zone
Originate (to be used in AFS as a procedure signal)
Overhead
Obstacle identification surface
We agree or It is correct (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
On-line data interchange
Outer marker
Opaque, white type of ice formation
Control indicated is operational control
Operational meteorological (information)
Open or opening or opened
Operator or operate or operative or operating or
operational
Operations
Originating region code assignment method
Order
Ocean station vessel
On top
Organized track system
Outbound
Overcast
P
P
P
PA
PALS
PANS
PAPI
PAR
PARL
PATC
PAX
PBN
PCD
PCL
PCN
PDC
PDG
PER
PERM
PIB
PJE
PL
PL*
PLA
PLN
Indicator for maximum value of wind speed or runway
visual range (used in the METAR/SPECI and TAF code
forms)
Prohibited area (followed by identification)
Precision approach
Precision approach lighting system (specify category)
Procedures for air navigation services
Precision approach path indicator
Precision approach radar
Parallel
Precision approach terrain chart (followed by name/title)
Passenger(s)
Performance-based navigation
Proceed or proceeding
Pilot-controlled lighting
Pavement classification number
Pre-departure clearance
Procedure design gradient
Performance
Permanent
Pre-flight information bulletin
Parachute jumping exercise
Ice pellets
Plain language
Practice low approach
Flight plan
AMDT 02/2015
PLVL
PN
PNR
PO
POB
POSS
PPI
PPR
PPSN
PRFG
PRI
PRKG
PROB
PROC
PROV
PRP
PS
PSG
PSN
PSP
PSR
PSYS
PTN
PTS
PWR
Present level
Prior notice required
Point of no return
Dust/sand whirls (dust devils)
Persons on board
Possible
Plan position indicator
Prior permission required
Present position
Aerodrome partially covered by fog
Primary
Parking
Probability
Procedure
Provisional
Point-in-space reference point
Plus
Passing
Position
Pierced steel plank
Primary surveillance radar
Pressure system(s)
Procedure turn
Polar track structure
Power
Q
QC*
QDM
QDR
QFE
QFU
QNH
QTE
QUAD
Quota count
Magnetic heading (zero wind)
Magnetic bearing
Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation (or at
runway threshold)
Magnetic orientation of runway
Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on
the ground
True bearing
Quadrant
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R*
RA
RA
RAC
RAD*
RAG
RAG
RAI
RAIM
RASC
RASS
RB
RCA
RCC
RCF
RCH
RCL
RCLL
RCLR
RCP
RDH
RDL
RDO
RE
REC
REDL
REF
REG
REJ*
RENL
REP
REQ
RERTE
RESA
RETIL*
Rate of turn
Runway (used in the METAR/SPECI code forms)
Red
Right (runway identification)
Received (acknowledgement of receipt) (to be used in
AFS as a procedure signal)
Restricted area (followed by identification)
Radial (followed by three figures)
Rain
Resolution adivsory
Rules of the air and air traffic services
Route availability document
Ragged
Runway arresting gear
Runway alignment indicator
Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
Regional AIS system centre
Remote altimeter setting source
Rescue boat
Reach cruising altitude
Rescue co-ordination centre
Radiocommunication failure (message type designator)
Reach or reaching
Runway centre line
Runway centre line light(s)
Recleared
Required communication performance
Reference datum height (for ILS)
Radial
Radio
Recent (used to qualify weather phenomena, e.g. RERA
= recent rain)
Receive or receiver
Runway edge light(s)
Reference to . . . or refer to . . .
Registration
Rejected
Runway end light(s)
Report or reporting or reporting point
Request or requested
Re-route
Runway end safety area
Rapid exit taxiway indicator lighting
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
GEN 2.2-7
05 FEB 2015
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
RF
RFF*
RFP*
RG
RHC
RIF
RIME
RITE
RL
RLA
RLCE
RLLS
RLNA
RMK
RMZ*
RNAV
RNG
RNP
ROBEX
ROC
ROD
RON
RPDS
RPI
RPL
RPLC
RPS
RPT
RQ
RQMNTS
RQP
RQS
RR
RRA
RSC
RSCD
RSP
RSR
RSS
RT*
RTD
RTE
RTF
RTG
RTHL
RTN
RTODAH
RTS
RTT
RTZL
RUT
RV
RVR
RVSM*
RWY
Constant radius arc to a fix
Rescue and fire fighting
Replacement flight plan (related to ATFM)
Range (lights)
Right-hand circuit
Reclearance in flight
Rime (used in aerodrome warnings)
Right (direction of turn)
Report leaving
Relay to
Request level change en route
Runway lead-in lighting system
Request level not available
Remark
Radio mandatory zone
Area navigation
Radio range
Required navigation performance
Regional OPMET bulletin exchange (scheme)
Rate of climb
Rate of descent
Receiving only
Reference path data selector
Radar position indicator
Repetitive flight plan
Replace or replaced
Radar position symbol
Repeat or I repeat (to be used in AFS as a procedure
signal)
Indication of a request (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
Requirements
Request flight plan (message type designator)
Request supplementary flight plan (message type
designator)
Report reaching
(or RRB, RRC . . . etc., in sequence) Delayed
meteorological message (message type designator)
Rescue sub-centre
Runway surface condition
Responder beacon
En-route surveillance radar
Root sum square
Right turn
Delayed (used to indicate delayed meteorological
message; message type designator)
Route
Radiotelephone
Radiotelegraph
Runway threshold light(s)
Return or returned or returning
Rejected take-off distance available, helicopter
Return to service
Radioteletypewriter
Runway touchdown zone light(s)
Standard regional route transmitting frequencies
Rescue vessel
Runway visual range
Reduced vertical separation minimum
Runway
S
S
S
SA
SALS
SAM*
SAN
SAP
SAR
SARPS
SAT
SATCOM
SB
SBAS
SC
SCT
SD
SDBY
SDF
Indicator for state of the sea (used in the METAR/SPECI
code forms)
South or southern latitude
Sand
Simple approach lighting system
Slot allocation message
Sanitary
As soon as possible
Search and rescue
Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO)
Saturday
Satellite communication
Southbound
Satellite-based augmentation system
Stratocumulus
Scattered
Standard deviation
Stand by
Step down fix
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
SE
SEA
South-east
Sea (used in connection with sea-surface temperature
and state of the sea)
SEB
South-eastbound
SEC
Seconds
SECN
Section
SECT
Sector
SELCAL
Selective calling system
SEP
September
SER
Service or servicing or served
SEV
Severe (used e.g. to qualify icing and turbulence
reports)
SFC
Surface
SG
Snow grains
SGL
Signal
SH
Showers (followed by RA = rain, SN = snow, PL = ice
pellets, GR = hail, GS = small hail and/or snow pellets
or combinations thereof, e.g. SHRASN = showers of
rain and snow)
SHF
Super high frequency (3 000 to 30 000 MHz)
SI
International system of units
SID
Standard instrument departure
SIF
Sellective identification feature
SIG
Significant
SIGMET
Information concerning en-route weather phenomena
which may affect the safety of aircraft operations
SIMUL
Simultaneous or simultaneously
SITA*
Société Internationale des Télécommunications
Aéronautiques
SIWL
Single isolated wheel load
SKED
Schedule or scheduled
SLP
Speed limiting point
SLW
Slow
SMC
Surface movement control
SMR
Surface movement radar
SN
Snow
SNOCLO
Indicator for the aerodrome being closed due to snow
on the runway (used in the METAR/SPECI code forms)
SNOWTAM A special series NOTAM notifying the presence or
removal of hazardous conditions due to snow, ice, slush
or standing water associated with snow, slush and ice
on the movement area, by means of a specific format
SOC
Start of climb
SPECI
Aviation selected special weather report (in aeronautical
meteorological code)
SPECIAL
Special meteorological report (in abbreviated plain
language)
SPI
Special position indicator
SPL
Supplementary flight plan (message type designator)
SPOC
SAR point of contact
SPOT
Spot wind
SQ
Squall
SQL
Squall line
SR
Sunrise
SRA
Surveillance radar approach
SRE
Surveillance radar element of precision approach radar
system
SRG
Short range
SRR
Search and rescue region
SRY
Secondary
SS
Sandstorm
SS
Sunset
SSB
Single sideband
SSE
South-south-east
SSR
Secondary surveillance radar
SST
Supersonic transport
SSW
South-south-west
ST
Stratus
STA
Straight-in approach
STAR
Standard instrument arrival
STD
Standard
STF
Stratiform
STN
Station
STNR
Stationary
STOL
Short take-off and landing
STS
Status
STWL
Stopway light(s)
SUBJ
Subject to
SUN
Sunday
SUP
Supplement (AIP Supplement)
AMDT 02/2015
GEN 2.2-8
05 FEB 2015
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
SUPPS
SVC
SVCBL
SW
SWB
SWC-LL*
SWY
SYNOP*
Regional supplementary procedures
Service message
Serviceable
South-west
South-westbound
Significant weather chart - low level
Stopway
Synopsis
T
T
T
t*
T-VASIS
TA
TA
TA/H
TAA
TACAN
TAF
TAIL
TAR
TAS
TAX
TC
TCAC
TCAS RA
TCH
TCU
TDO
TDZ
TECR
TEL
TEMPO
TF
TFC
TGL
TGL*
TGS
THR
THRU
THU
TIBA
TIL
TIP
TKOF
TL
TLOF
TMA
TMZ*
TN
TNA
TNC*
TNH
TO
TOBT*
TOC
TODA
TODAH
TOP
TORA
TOX
TP
TR
TRA
TRANS
TREND
TRL
TROP
TS
TS
TSA*
Temperature
True (preceded by a bearing to indicate reference to
True North)
Metric ton
T visual approach slope indicator system
Traffic advisory
Transition altitude
Turn at an altitude/height
Terminal arrival altitude
UHF tactical air navigation aid
Aerodrome forecast
Tail wind
Terminal area surveillance radar
True airspeed
Taxiing or taxi
Tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclone advisory centre
Traffic alert and collision avoidance system resolution
advisory
Threshold crossing height
Towering cumulus
Tornado
Touchdown zone
Technical reason
Telephone
Temporary or temporarily
Track to fix
Traffic
Touch-and-go landing
Temporary Guidance Leaflet
Taxiing guidance system
Threshold
Through
Thursday
Traffic information broadcast by aircraft
Until
Until past . . . (place)
Take-off
Till (followed by time by which weather change is
forecast to end)
Touchdown and lift-off area
Terminal control area
Transponder mandatory zone
Indicator for minimum temperature (used in the TAF
code form)
Turn altitude
Terminal navigation charge
Turn height
To . . . (place)
Target off block time
Top of climb
Take-off distance available
Take-off distance available, helicopter
Cloud top
Take-off run available
Toxic
Turning point
Track
Temporary reserved airspace
Transmits or transmitter
Trend forecast
Transition level
Tropopause
Thunderstorm (in aerodrome reports and forecasts, TS
used alone means thunder heard but no precipitation
at the aerodrome)
Thunderstorm (followed by RA = rain, SN = snow, PL
= ice pellets, GR = hail, GS = small hail and/or snow
pellets or combinations thereof, e.g. TSRASN =
thunderstorm with rain and snow)
Temporary segregated area
AMDT 02/2015
TSAT*
TSUNAMI
TT
TUE
TURB
TVOR
TWR
TWY
TWYL
TX
TXT
TYP
TYPH
Target Start-up Approval Time
Tsunami (used in aerodrome warnings)
Teletypewriter
Tuesday
Turbulence
Terminal VOR
Aerodrome control tower or aerodrome control
Taxiway
Taxiway-link
Indicator for maximum temperature (used in the TAF
code form)
Text [when the abbreviation is used to request a
repetition, the question mark (IMI) precedes the
abbreviation, e.g. IMI TXT] (to be used in AFS as a
procedure signal)
Type of aircraft
Typhoon
U
U
U/S
UA
UAB
UAC
UAR
UAS
UAV*
UDF
UFN
UHDT
UHF
UIC
UIR
ULM*
ULR
UNA
UNAP
UNL
UNREL
UP
UPS*
USAF*
UTA
UTC
Upward (tendency in RVR during previous 10 minutes)
Unserviceable
Unmanned aircraft
Until advised by . . .
Upper area control centre
Upper air route
Unmanned aircraft system
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Ultra high frequency direction-finding station
Until further notice
Unable higher due traffic
Ultra high frequency (300 to 3 000 MHz)
Upper information centre
Upper flight information region
Ultra light motorized aircraft
Ultra long range
Unable
Unable to approve
Unlimited
Unreliable
Unidentified precipitation (used in automated
METAR/SPECI)
Uninterrupted power supply
United States Air Force
Upper control area
Coordinated Universal Time
V
V
VA
VA
VAAC
VAC
VAL
VAN
VAR
VAR
VASIS
VAT*
VC
VCY
VDF
VER
VFR
VHF
VI
VIP
VIS
VLF
VLR
VM
VMC
VNAV
VOLMET
VOR
VORTAC
VOT
VPA
VPT
Indicator for variations from the mean wind direction
(used in the METAR/SPECI code forms)
Heading to an altitude
Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash advisory centre
Visual approach chart (followed by name/title)
In valleys
Runway control van
Magnetic variation
Visual-aural radio range
Visual approach slope indicator system
Value-added tax
Vicinity of the aerodrome (followed by FG = fog, FC =
funnel clouds, SH = showers, PO = dust/sand whirls,
BLDU = blowing dust, BLSA = blowing sand or BLSN
= blowing snow, e.g. VC FG = vicinity fog)
Vicinity
Very high frequency direction-finding station
Vertical
Visual flight rules
Very high frequency (30 to 300 MHz)
Heading to an intercept
Very important person
Visibility
Very low frequency (3 to 30 kHz)
Very long range
Heading to a manual termination
Visual meteorological conditions
Vertical navigation
Meteorological information for aircraft in flight
VHF omnidirectional radio range
VOR and TACAN combination
VOR airborne equipment test facility
Vertical path angle
Visual manoeuvre with prescribed track
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
AIP Belgium and G.D. of Luxembourg
GEN 2.2-9
05 FEB 2015
~~~eaip-amdt~~~AMDT-2015-02
VRB
VSA
VSP
VTF
VTOL
VV
Variable
By visual reference to the ground
Vertical speed
Vector to final
Vertical take-off and landing
Vertical visibility (used in the METAR/SPECI and TAF
code forms)
W
W
W
W
WAAS
WAC
WAFC
WB
WBAR
WDI
WDSPR
WED
WEF
WGS-84
WI
WID
WIE
WILCO
WIND
WIP
WKN
WNW
WO
WPT
WRNG
WS
WSPD
WSW
WT
WTC*
WTSPT
WWW
WX
Indicator for sea-surface temperature (ued in the
METAR/SPECI code forms)
West or western longitude
White
Wide area augmentation system
World Aeronautical Chart - ICAO 1:1 000 000 (followed
by name/title)
World area forecast centre
Westbound
Wing bar lights
Wind direction indicator
Widespread
Wednesday
With effect from or effective from
World Geodetic System - 1984
Within
Width or wide
With immediate effect or effective immediately
Will comply
Wind
Work in progress
Weaken or weakening
West-north-west
Without
Way-point
Warning
Wind shear
Wind speed
West-south-west
Weight
Wake turbulence category
Waterspout
Worldwide web
Weather
X
X
XBAR
XNG
XS
Cross
Crossbar (of approach lighting system)
Crossing
Atmospherics
Y
Y
YCZ
YES
YR
Yellow
Yellow caution zone (runway lighting)
Yes (affirmative) (to be used in AFS as a procedure
signal)
Your
Z
Z
Coordinated Universal Time (in meteorological
messages)
© BELGOCONTROL AIM, 2014
AMDT 02/2015
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK