Eastern Europe and Asia

AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY LEGEND A-28
arng . . . . . . . .arrange
arpt . . . . . . . .airport
arr. . . . . . . . . .arrive
ARS . . . . . . . .Air Reserve Station
ARSA . . . . . . .Airport Radar Service Area
ARSR . . . . . . .Air Route Surveillance Radar
ARTCC . . . . . .Air Route Traffic Control
Center
AS. . . . . . . . . .Air Station
AS. . . . . . . . . .Australia
ASAP . . . . . . .as soon as possible
ASDA . . . . . . .Accelerate-Stop Distance
Available
asgn . . . . . . . .assign
ASL. . . . . . . . .Above Sea Level
ASOS . . . . . . .Automated Surface Observing
System
ASR . . . . . . . .Airport Surveillance Radar
ASU . . . . . . . .Aircraft Starting Unit
AT . . . . . . . . . .Ashmore & Cartier I
ATA. . . . . . . . .Actual Time of Arrival
ATC . . . . . . . .Air Traffic Control
ATCC . . . . . . .Air Traffic Control Center
ATD . . . . . . . .Actual Time of Departure;
Along Track Distance
ATIS . . . . . . . .Automatic Terminal
Information Service
ATS . . . . . . . . .Air Traffic Service
attn. . . . . . . . .attention
AU . . . . . . . . .Austria
Aug . . . . . . . .August
auth . . . . . . . .authority
auto . . . . . . . .automatic
AUW. . . . . . . .All Up Weight (gross weight)
aux . . . . . . . . .auxiliary
AV. . . . . . . . . .Anguilla
AVASI . . . . . . .abbreviated VASI
avbl . . . . . . . .available
AvGas. . . . . . .Aviation gasoline
avn . . . . . . . . .aviation
AvOil . . . . . . .aviation oil
AWOS . . . . . .Automatic Weather Observing
System
awt . . . . . . . . .await
awy. . . . . . . . .airway
AY. . . . . . . . . .Antarctica
az . . . . . . . . . .azimuth
BA . . . . . . . . .Bahrain
BA . . . . . . . . .braking action
BASH . . . . . . .Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard
BB. . . . . . . . . .Barbados
BC . . . . . . . . .back course
BC . . . . . . . . .Botswana
bcn . . . . . . . . .beacon
bcst . . . . . . . .broadcast
BD . . . . . . . . .Bermuda
B
bdry . . . . . . . . boundary
BE . . . . . . . . . Belgium
BF. . . . . . . . . .The Bahamas
BG . . . . . . . . . Bangladesh
BH . . . . . . . . . Belize
BK . . . . . . . . . Bosnia and Herzegovina
BL. . . . . . . . . .Bolivia
bldg . . . . . . . . building
blkd . . . . . . . . blocked
blw . . . . . . . . . below
BM . . . . . . . . . Burma
BN . . . . . . . . . Benin
BO . . . . . . . . . Belarus
BOQ. . . . . . . . Bachelor Officers Quarters
BP. . . . . . . . . .Soloman I
BQ . . . . . . . . . Navassa I
BR . . . . . . . . . Brazil
brg . . . . . . . . . bearing
BT. . . . . . . . . .Bhutan
btn . . . . . . . . . between
BU . . . . . . . . . Bulgaria
bus . . . . . . . . . business
BV . . . . . . . . . Bouvet I
BX . . . . . . . . . Brunei
BY . . . . . . . . . Burundi
byd. . . . . . . . . beyond
C
C . . . . . . . . . . Commercial Circuit (Telephone)
CA . . . . . . . . . Canada
CAC . . . . . . . . Centralized Approach Control
cap . . . . . . . . . capacity
CAR . . . . . . . . Caribbean (ICAO Region)
CAT . . . . . . . . Clear Air Turbulence
cat . . . . . . . . . category
CB . . . . . . . . . Cambodia
CCW or . . . . . counterclockwise
cntclkws
CD . . . . . . . . . Chad
CE . . . . . . . . . Sri Lanka
ceil . . . . . . . . . ceiling
CERAP . . . . . .Center Radar Approach
Control
CF . . . . . . . . . Congo
CG . . . . . . . . . Democratic Republic of the
Congo
CGAF . . . . . . . Coast Guard Air Facility
CGAS . . . . . . . Coast Guard Air Station
CH . . . . . . . . . channel
CH . . . . . . . . . China (Peoples’ Republic of)
chan . . . . . . . . channel
CHAPI . . . . . . Chase Helicopter Approach
Path Indicator
chg . . . . . . . . . change
cht . . . . . . . . . chart
CI . . . . . . . . . .Chile, Easter I
cir . . . . . . . . . .circle; circling