| Abreviations | |
| A/D | Aerodrome |
| AAF | U.S. Army-Air Force |
| ABD | Airbus Directives and Procedures |
| ACC | accessory drive |
| acft | Aircraft |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finder |
| ADI | Altitude Director Indicator |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AITM | Airbus Industrie Test Methods |
| ALPA | Air Line Pilots Association: amerikanischer Pilotenverband |
| alt | altitude |
| AMECO | Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Corporation (Beijing), Beteiligungen: 60% China Air, 40% Lufthansa |
| AN | Air Force-Navy Aeronautical Standard |
| ANSI | American National Standard Institution |
| AOPA | Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |
| AP | Autopilot |
| APP | Auxiliary Power Plant |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| ATA | Actual Time of Arrival |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control |
| ATIS | Automatic Terminal Information Service |
| ATS | Air Traffic Services |
| bcn | Beacon |
| BOAC | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| CCC | Crew Coordination Concept |
| ccw | counterclockwise |
| CDI | Course Deviation Indicator -> OBI |
| CDU | Control Display Unit |
| cw | clockwise |
| DH | Decision Height |
| DME | Distance Measuring Equipment |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| EET | Estimated Elapsed Time |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETE | Estimated Time Enroute |
| ETOPS | Extended Range Twin-engine-Operations |
| F/O | First Officer |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (u.s.) |
| FADEC | Full Authority Digital Engine Control |
| FBL | Fly-By-Light |
| FBW | Fly-By-Wire |
| gnd | ground |
| gph | gallon per hour Gallonen pro Stunde (3,785dm3/h) |
| GPWS | Ground Proximity Warning System (Bodennäherungswarnsystem) |
| GS | Ground Speed |
| HOTAS | Hands on Throttle and Stick |
| HUD | Head-Up-Display |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| IFF | Identification Friend or Foe |
| IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
| ILS | Instrument Landing System |
| IMC | Instrument Meteorologic Condition (Instrumentenflugbedingungen) |
| INS | Inertial Navigation System |
| ISA | International Standard Atmosphere |
| ITPS | International Test Pilots' School |
| JAA | Joint Aviation Authorities (european) |
| JAR | Joint Aviation Requirements (u.s.) |
| lb(s) | pound(s) |
| LBA | Luftfahrtbundesamt (germany) |
| LLZ | Localizer (Landekurssender) |
| LN | Luftfahrtnormen (germany) |
| LOF | Lift off |
| LTB | Luftfahrt-technischer Betrieb |
| MDA | Minimum Descent Altitude |
| MEL | Minimum Equipment List |
| METAR | Aviation Routine Weather Report |
| MIL | U.S. Military Specification |
| MLW | Maximum Landing Weight |
| MS | Military Standard |
| MTBF | Meantime between failure |
| MTOW | Maximum Takeoff Weight |
| NAS | National Aerospace Standard |
| NATS | National Air Traffic Services: englische Flugsicherung |
| NDB | Non-Directional Beacon |
| NORAD | North American Aerospace Defence Command |
| OAT | Outer Air Temperature |
| OBI | Omni-Bearing-Indicator |
| OBS | omni bearing setting |
| PAPI | Precision Approach Path Indicator |
| PET | Point of Equal Times |
| PIC | Pilot in Command |
| PIK | Pilot Information Kiosk |
| PNF | Pilot Non Flying |
| PNR | Point of no Return |
| QANTAS | Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services |
| QFE | Question Field Elevation (Luftdruck auf Platzhöhe) |
| QNH | Question Normal High (Luftdruck auf Meereshöhe) |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RNAV | Aera Navigation |
| rpm | revolution per minute |
| s/n | serial number |
| SAR | Search And Rescue |
| SETP | Society of Experimental Test Pilots |
| SFAR | Special Federal Aviation Requirements |
| SID | Standard Instrument Departure |
| STOL | Short Takeoff and Landing |
| TACAN | Tactical Air Navigation Equipment |
| TAS | True Air Speed |
| TCAS | Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System |
| UTC | Universal Time Coordinated |
| VASIS | Visual Approach Slope Indicator System |
| VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
| VG | Verteidigung Gerätenorm |
| VOR | VHF omnidirectional Range |
| VOR | Very high frequency Omnidirectional Radio range |
| VTOL | Vertical Takeoff and Landing |
| WCA | Wind Correction Angle |
| Wilco | will comply |
| Z | Zulu-Time (UTC) |