| GLOSSARTIST AVIATION GLOSSARY |
| WOW. |  Weight on wheels
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| WYPT. | Waypoint
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| APS AERO CHART |
| W | Warning Area (followed by identifier), also, Watts, also West (direction), also White
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| W/T | Wireless Telegraphy
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| WA | Namibia (S Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Angola, Caprivi Strip, Botswana and South Africa)
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| WA | Washington (ConUS northwest state)
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| WAC | World Aeronautical Chart
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| wbar | with bar lights (horizontal bar approach aids prior to and aligned with Runway)
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| Wbnd | Westbound
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| WDI | wind direction indicator
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| wdspr | widespread
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| Wed | Wednesday
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| WEF | With Effect From, also, Effective From
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| WEPS | Weapons
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| WF | Wallis Island and Futuna (French islands in S Pacific - approx 1565nm N by NE of New Zealand)
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| Wg | Wing
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| WGS | World Geodetic System
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| WI | Western Sahara (N Africa nation on Atlantic Ocean - bordered by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania)
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| WI | Wisconsin (ConUS east central state)
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| wi | within
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| wid | width
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| WIE | with immediate effect
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| win | winter
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| WIP | work in progress
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| wk | week
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| wkd | weekday
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| wkend | weekend
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| wkly | weekly
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| wng | warning
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| wo | without
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| WPM | Words per minute
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| WPT | waypoint (RNAV)
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| WQ | Wake Island (US North Pacific island - approx 2085nm W of Hawaii and 1935nm SE of Japan)
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| WS | Western Samoa (S Pacific islands nation - approx 1720nm NNE of New Zealand
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| wt | weight
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| WV | West Virginia (ConUS northeast state)
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| WxR | Weather Radar
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| WY | Wyoming (ConUS northwest state)
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| WZ | Swaziland (S Africa nation - bordered by S Africa and Mozambique
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| EUROCONTROL |
| w | Wake Vortex category
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| W | Watt
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| WAA | Wide Area Augmentation *
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| WAAS | Wide Area Augmentation System * (USA)
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| WAC | World Aeronautical Chart *
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| WACS | Wireless Airport Communications Systems
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| WAD | Wide Area Differential
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| WAD-GNSS | Wide Area Differential GNSS *
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| WADGPS | Wide Area Differential GPS *
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| WAFC | World Area Forecast Centre *
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| WAFS | World Area Forecast System *
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