Notices to Airmen
Contractions
NOTAM CONTRACTIONS This list contains most of the commonly used contractions currently in use in Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) and the standard aviation weather products, such as METAR/TAF, area forecasts, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, etc. Contraction
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Contraction BRG
Bearing
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ABN ABV ACC ACCUM
Airport Beacon Above Area Control Center (ARTCC) Accumulate
BYD
Beyond
CAAS
Class A Airspace
ACFT ACR ACT ADJ
Aircraft Air Carrier Active Adjacent
CAT CBAS CBSA CCAS
Category Class B Airspace Class B Surface Area Class C Airspace
ADZD AFD AGL ALS ALT ALTM ALTN ALTNLY ALSTG AMDT AMGR AMOS AP
Advised Airport Facility Directory Above ground level Approach Light System Altitude Altimeter Alternate Alternately Altimeter Setting Amendment Airport Manager Automatic Meteorological Observing System Airport
CCLKWS CCSA CD CDAS CDSA CEAS CESA CFR CGAS CHG CIG CK CL
Counterclockwise Class C Surface Area Clearance Delivery Class D Airspace Class D Surface Area Class E Airspace Class E Surface Area Code of Federal Regulations Class G Airspace Change Ceiling Check Centerline
APCH AP LGT APP ARFF
Approach Airport Lights Approach control Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting
CLKWS CLR CLSD CMB
Clockwise Clearance, clear(s), cleared to Closed Climb
ARR ASOS ASPH ATC ATCSCC
Arrive, arrival Automated Surface Observing System Asphalt Air Traffic Control Air Traffic Control System Command Center
CMSND CNL COM CONC CPD
Commissioned Cancel Communications Concrete Coupled
ATIS AUTH AUTOB AVBL AWOS AWY AZM
Automatic Terminal Information Service Authority Automatic Weather Reporting System Available Automatic Weather Observing/Reporting System Airway Azimuth
CRS CTC CTL
Course Contact Control
BA FAIR BA NIL BA POOR BC BCN BERM
Braking action fair Braking action nil Braking action poor Back Course Beacon Snowbank(s) Containing Earth/Gravel
DALGT DCMSND DCT DEGS DEP DEPPROC DH DISABLD DIST DLA
Daylight Decommissioned Direct Degrees Depart/Departure Departure procedures Decision Height Disabled Distance Delay or delayed
BLW BND
Below Bound
DLT DLY
Delete Daily
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C
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