LIST OF AIRPORTS, VOR CODE & ICAO CODE IN INDIA

CHENNAI FIR

NAME OF AIRPORT VOR CODE ICAO CODE

AGATI VOAT
BANGLORE VOBG
BANGLORE INTL. AIRPORT VOBL
BIDAR VOBR
CALICUT VOCL
CARNICOBAR VOCX
CHENNAI VOMM
CHENNAI (FIC) VOMF
COCHIN (NAVY) VOCC
COCHIN INTERNATIONAL VOCL
COIMBATORE VOCB
CUDDAPAH VOCP*
DONAKONDA VODK
DUNDIGUL VODG
GULBARGA VOGB
HYDRABAD VOHY
HYDRABAD INTL. AIRPORT VOHL
KANCHEEPURAM VOKP*
KAVARATI VOKV
KHAMAMPET VOKM*
MADURAI VOMD
MAGADI VOMG
MAHAD VOMH
MANGLORE VOML
MYSORE VOMY*
NAGARJUNSAGAR VONS
NEYWELI VONV
PONDICHERRY VOPC
RAICHUR VORR*
RAJAMUNDRY VORY*
RAMAGUNDAM VORG
RAMNAD VORM*
TAMBRAM VOTX
TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI VOTR
TIRUPATI VOTP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM VOTV
VELLORE VOVR*
VIJAYWADA VOBZ*
VIKARABAD VOVB*
WARANGAL VOWA*
DELHI FIR

NAME OF AIRPORT VOR CODE ICAO CODE

AGRA VIAG
ALIGARH VIAH
ALLAHABAD VIAL*
AMRITSAR VIAR
BAKSHIKA TALAB VIBL*
BANIHAL VIBH*
BAREILLY VIBY
BHATINDA VIBT
BHIWANI VIBW*
BHUNTAR VIBR
BIKANER VIBK*
CHAKERI VICX
CHANDIGARH VICG
DADRI VIDR*
DEHRADUN VIDN
DELHI VIDP
FARIDKOT VIFD*
FARRUKHABAD VIFB
FIROZPUR VIFZ*
GUNA VIGN*
GWALIOR VIGR
HISSAR VIHR
JAIPUR VIJP
JAISALMER VIJR*
JAMMU VIJU
JHANSI VIJN*
JODHPURPUR VIJO
KANPUR VIKA
KOTA VIKO*
KUD VIKD*
LALITPUR VILP*
LEH VILH
LUCKNOW VILK
LUDHIYANA VILD*
MOGA VIMG*
NARNAUL VINL*
NUH VINH*
PANTNAGAR VIPT
PATHANKOT VIPK
PATIYALA VIPL*
QAZIGUND VIQG*
RAIBARELLY VIRB*
REENGUS VIRG*
SAFDARGUNJ VIDD
SAHARABPUR VISP*
SARASAWA VISP
 SATNA VIST
SHIMLA VISM
SIKANDRABAD VISB*
SRINAGAR VISR
VARANASI VIBN

KOLKATA FIR

NAME OF AIRPORT VOR CODE ICAO CODE

AGARTALA VEAT
AIZWAL VEAZ*
ALONG VEAN*
BAGDOGRA VEBD
BALURGHAT VEBG
BARBIL VEBL*
BERACHAMPA VEBC*
BHUBNESHWAR VEBS
BOKARO VEBK
CHAKULIA VECK*
COOCH-BEHAR VECO
DEPARIJO VEDZ*
DHANBAD VEDB*
GAYA VEGY
GORAKHPUR VEGK
GUWAHATI VEGT
HIRAKUD VEHK*
IMPHAL VEIM
JAMSEDPUR VEJS
JAYPORE VEJP*
JHARSUGUDA VEJH*
JORHAT VEJT
KAILASHAR VEKR*
KAMALPUR VEKM*
KATHIAR VEKH*
KEONJHAR VEKJ*
KHOWAI VEKW*
KOLKATA VECC
KONARK VEKN*
LENGPUI VELP*
LILABARI VELR
MALDA VEMH*
MUZAFFARPUR VEMZ*
MOHANBARI VEMN*
NAWAPARA VENP*
PADAMPURA VEPP*
PANAGARH VEPH*
PASSIGHAT VEPG*
PATNA VEPT
 PHULBANI VEPN*
PURENA VEPU*
RANCHI VERC
RANGEILUNDA VERN*
RANUNA VERA*
RAXAUL VERL*
RAYAGUDA VERG*
ROURKELA VERK*
RUPSI VERU*
SILCHAR VEKU
TARKESHWAR VETK*
TEZU VETJ*
TUSRA VETS*
UTKELA VEUK*
VISHAKHPATNAM VEVZ
ZERO VEZO

MUMBAI FIR

NAME OF AIRPORT VOR CODE ICAO CODE

AHEMDABAD VAAH
AKOLA VAAK
AURANGABAD VAAU
BELGAUM VABM
BHAVNAGAR VABV
BHOPAL VABP
BHUJ VABJ
BILASPUR VABI*
DAMAN VADN*
DESSA VADS*
GOA VAGO
GUNA VAGN
HUBLI VAHB
INDORE VAID
JABALPUR VAJB*
JAMNAGAR VAJM
KANDLA VAKE
KESHOD VAKS*
KHAJURAO VAKJ
KHANDAWA VAKD*
KOLHAPUR VAKP*
MANDASAUR VAMS*
MUMBAI VABB
NAGPUR VANP
NANDED VAND
NASIKROAD VANR*
PORBANADAR VAPR
PRATAPGARH VAPG
 PUNE VAPO
RAIPUR VARP*
RAJKOT VARK
RATNAGIRI VARG
SHOLAPUR VASL*
SIHORA VASA*
SONGADH VASG*
SURAT VASU*
UDAIPUR VAUD
VADODRA VABO

Following abbreviation and symbols may be used by examinee while writing his answer in
RTR(A) examination part-1.

Abbreviation Word
Abm Abeam
Abt About
Abv Above
Acft Aircraft
ACC Area control centre or control
Ack Acknowledge
Acpt Accept
AD Aerodrome
Adj Adjacent
Ady Advice
Aft After
Agn Again
Attn Attention
Alt Altitude
Altn Alternate
AP Airport
A/P Auto pilot
Apch Approach
App Approach control service
Apn Apron
Aprx Approximately
Apv Approved
Arng Arrange
Asc Ascending to or Ascent
ATA Actual time of arrival
ATC Air traffic control
ATD Actual time of departure
Attn Attention
Auth Authorized or Authorization
Avbl Available
AWY Airway
 Azm Azimuth

BA Braking action
Bat Battery
Bost Broadcast
Bdry Boundary
Becmg Becoming
Bfr Before
BKN Broken
Bldg Building
Blw Below
Brg Bearing
Brk Brake
Btn Between

Capt Captain
Cb Cumulonimbus
Cfm Confirm
Cld Cloud
Clr Clear or cleared or clearance
Clsd Closed or close or closing
Cmb Climb or Climbing to
Cmpl Complete
Cnl Cancel
Com Communication
Cond Condition
Cons Continuous
Co-ord Co-ordination or Co-ordinate
Crs Course
Ctn Caution

DA Decision height
Dct Direct
Dev Deviation
Div Divert or Diverting
Dep Departure
Dtrt Deteriorate or Deterioration
Des Descend or Descending to
Dest Destination
 DH Decision height
Dist Distance
Dla Delay
Dng Danger
Doc Documents
Dur Duration
Deg Degree

EB East bound
Elect Electric or Electricity
Elev Elevation
Emer Emergency
Eng Engine
Engg Engineering
Eqpt Equipment
Est Estimate or Estimated
Exer Exercise or Exercising
Ext External
Extd Extended or Extending
Eto Estimated time over
Exc Except

Fcst Forecast
FL Flight level
Flr Flares
Flg Flashing
Flt Flight
Fluc Fluctuating or Fluctuated or Fluctuation
Flw Follow or Following
Fm From
Fsl Full stop landing
Fwd Forward

GA Go around or Going around

Gld Glider
Gnd Ground
GP Glide path
Gr Group
GS Ground speed
G/S Glide slope
 H

Hdg Heading
Hgt Height
Hldg Holding
Hr Hours
Hyd Hydraulic
Hvy Heavy

Ident Identification
Impr Improve or Improving
Imt Immediate or Immediately
Inbd Inbound
Info Information
Inop Inoperative
Instr Instrument
Int Intersection
Intst Intensity
Isol Isolated
Intl International
IR Ice on Runway

Jtst Jet stream

Kt Knots
KHZ Kilo hertz

Lat Latitude
Long Longitude
Ldg Landing
Len Length
Lgt Light
Lgtd Lighted
LH Left hand
LLZ Localizer
Lsq Line squall
Lvl Level
LW Landing Weight
M

M… Mach number
…M,m Meter
Mag Magnetic
Maint Maintenance
Max Maximum
Met Meteorology
MM Middle marker
Mnm Minimum
Mnt Monitor
Mntn Maintain
Mntng Maintaining
Mod Moderate
Msg Message

N/A Not available or Not applicable

Nav Navigation
NC No change
Ngt Night
NM Nautical mile
Nml Normal
Nr Number
Nxt Next

Obs Observe or Observed or Observation

Obstr Obstruction
OM Outer marker
Opn Open or Opened or Opening

P…. Prohibited area

Parl Parallel
Pax Passenger
Per Performance
Perm Permanent
Pje Parachute jumping exercise
PN Prior notice required
POB Person on board
Poss Possible
Pri Primary
 Prkg Parking
Prov Provisional
PS Plus
Psn Position
Pt Point
PTN Procedure turn
Pvt Private
Pwr Power

Quad Quadrant
QTE True bearing

R… Restricted area
R… Runway (Runway identification by fig.)
RWY Runway
R Rate of turn
Rad Radius
Rash Rain showers
RCF Radio communication failure
RCL Runway centre line
Rdl Radial
Rdo Radio
Rd Road
RH Right hand
Rec Receiver or Receive
REDL Runway edge light
Ref Reference to or refer to
Reg Registration
RENL Runway end light
Rep Report or Reporting or Reporting point
Req Request
Rerte Reroute
RG Range
RH Rescue helicopter
RLCE Request level change en-route
RNN Resume normal navigation
Rif Re-clearance in flight
ROC Rate of climb
ROD Rate of descent
RON Receiving only
RPL Repetitive flight plan
RPCL Replace or Replaced
Rpt Repeat
RR Report reaching
 RTE Route
RAG Runway arresting gear

SAP As soon as possible

SAR Search & Rescue
Sec Second
Sect Sector
Sfc Surface
Sgl Signal
Spd Speed
SPOT Spot wind
SQ Squall
Sry Secondary
STA Straight in approach
Std Standard
Stn Station
Stnr Stationary
Subj Subject to
Svcbl Serviceable
Sys System

T Temperature
TA Transition altitude
Tail Tail wind
TAS True air speed
Tax Taxi
Tfc Traffic
TGL Touch & go landing
Thru Through
Til Until
Tkof Takeoff
T/O Take off
TOC Top of climb
TOD Top of descent
Trng Training
Turb Turbulence
TWR Tower
TWY Taxiway
Typ Type of aircraft

UFN Until further notice

 UNA Unable
Unrel Unreliable
U/S Unserviceable

Vcy Vicinity
Vis Visibility
Vrb Variable
Vsp Vertical speed

WDI Wind direction indicator

WEF With effect from
WIE With immediate effect
WIP Work in progress
Wpt Way point
Wrng Warning
WS Wind shear
Wt Weight
Wx Weather
WXR Weather Radar

X Cross
Xng Crossing
XCVR Transceiver
XFR Transfer
Xmtr Transmitter

Yr YR Yours

WORDS SYMBOLS

Maintaining

Climb

Descent

Co-ordinate (

Passing Level 150

Reached Level 70
 More >

Less <

TRASMITTING TECHNIQUE

The following transmitting techniques will ensure that the transmitted speech is clearly
and satisfactorily received.

a) Before transmitting pause, check that the receiver volume is set at the optimum level
and listen out on the frequency to be used to ensure that there will be no interference
with a transmission from another station.
b) Be familiar with microphone operating techniques and don’t turn the head away from it
while talking or vary the distance between it and the mouth. Severe distortion may occur
due to
 Talking too close to the microphone
 Touching the microphone with the lips.
 Holding the microphone or boom (of headset).
c) Use the normal conversation tone, speak clearly and distinctly.
d) Maintain an even rate of speech not exceeding 100 words per minutes. When it is
known that elements of a message will be written down by the recipient, speak slightly
slower.
e) Maintain the speech volume at constant level.
f) A slight pause before and after number will assist in making them easier to understand.
g) Avoid using hesitation sounds such as “er”.
h) Depress the transmit switch fully before speaking and don’t release it until the message
is complete. This will ensure that the entire message is transmitted.
i) Be aware that the mother tongue of the person receiving the message may not be
English. Therefore, speak clearly and use standard, radiotelephony words and phrases
whenever possible.

 One of the most irritating and potentially dangerous situations in radiotelephony is a

“stuck” microphone switch. Always ensure that the switch is released after the
transmission.
 Do keep in mind that the controller may have additional tasks to accomplish prior of
responding to your call. Hence, after a call has been made, a period of 10 seconds should
elapse before a second call is made. This should eliminate unnecessary transmissions while
the receiving station is getting ready to the initial call.
 If there is a doubt that a message has been incorrectly received, a repetition of the
message shall be requested either in full or part.

TRANSMISSION LETTERS

PHRASE MEANING
Say Again Repeat entire message
Say Again…..(item) Repeat specific item
 Say again all before…. The first word satisfactorily received
Say again all after The last word satisfactorily received
Say again…(word before missing portion)
to….(word after missing portion)

The Alphabet in the table below shall be used when individual letters are required to be
transmitted. The syllabus to be emphasized is underlined.

LETTER WORD

A ALPHA
B BRAVO
C CHARLIE
D DELTA
E ECHO
F FOXTROT
G GOLF
H HOTEL
I INDIA
J JULIETT
K KILO
L LIMA
M MIKE
N NOVEMBER
O OSCAR
P PAPA
Q QUEBEC
R ROMEO
S SIERRA
T TANGO
U UNIFORM
V VICTOR
W WHISKEY
X X-RAY
Y YANKEE
Z ZULU

TRANSMISSION OF NUMBERS

LETTER PRONOUNCIATION
0 ZERO
1 WUN
2 TOO
3 TREE
4 FOWER
5 FIFE
6 SIX
 7 SEVEN
8 AIT
9 NINER
. DECIMAL

NUMBER TRANSMITTED AS
FL100 Flight level one hundred
FL180 Flight level one eight zero
FL200 Flight level two hundred
HDG150 Heading one five zero
18 KNOTS One eight knots
118.1 One one eight decimal one
6500 Six five zero zero
FL300 Flight level three hundred

10)Prohibited Area(P) - (Distress Situation)- The Area where the entry of flight is
prohibited. If you entered in this area in advertency then you leave the area as soon as
possible without descending further and after clearing the prohibited area land at the
nearest suitable AIRPORT.
. if you enter prohibited area you give the Distress call(MAYDAY) to ATC, SQUAK 7500,
7700 0n SSR.
.Prohibited Area in India
1) Rashtrapati Bhavan
2) Parliament House
3) Many Airspace around Indian Air force
4) Trupati Temple
5) Tajmahal
6) Tower of Silence, Mumbai
7) Mathura Refinery
8) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
9) Golden Temple, Punjab
11)Restricted Area(R) - To fly in Restricted area we need to take permission of the ATC
and also avoid the restricted, in restricted area time and Level is bound.
12) Danger Area(D) - We need to exercise caution while flying over danger area.
. on Charts Danger area Mark as VIR 36, VAR 42….and like it.
. Red color Boundary could be any shape like
. When there is a threat to safety like military bases on gun shooting area.
. No special permission required but exercise caution while flying over danger area.
13) Controlled Area-
. It has APRON, TAXIWAY & CONTROLLED Tower.
. Also should be ATC Tower and One NAV. AID.

14) Uncontrolled Area-

. No ATC Tower but has APRON, TAXIWAY & RUNWAY.
. This is mainly for Training purpose flight school.