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Instrument Procedures Handbook

FAA-H-8083-16B Version 2017

Appendix B: Acronyms

MSAW—Minimum Safe Altitude Warning

MSL—Mean Sea Level

MTA—Minimum Turning Altitude

MTR—Military Training Route

MVA—Minimum Vectoring Altitude

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NA—Not Authorized

NACO—National Aeronautical Charting Office

NAS—National Airspace System

NASA—National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAT—North Atlantic

NAVAID—Navigational Aid

NCAR—National Center for Atmospheric Research

NDB—Non-Directional Beacon

NextGen—Next Generation Air Transportation System

NFDC—National Flight Data Center

NGA—National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency

NM—Nautical Mile

NMAC—Near Mid-Air Collision

NNEW—Next Generation Network-Enabled