| 1AF | First Air Force | ETTC | Eastern Technical Training Command | NPG | Naval Proving Grounds | |
| 2AF | Second Air Force | Fld | Field | NW | North West | |
| 3AF | Third Air Force | FS | Flight Strip | OLF | Out Lying Field | |
| 4AF | Fourth Air Force | ID | Identification | PDC | Personnel Distribution Command | |
| A/N | Army / Navy | LF | Landing Field | RAC | Regional Aeronautical Chart | |
| AAB | Army Air Base | LTA | Lighter-Than-Air | RR | Rail Road | |
| AAF | Army Air Field | MCAAF | Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Facility | S | South | |
| ADC | Airport Directory Company - commercial published directory of airports in USA | MCAF | Marine Corps Air Facility | SAC | Sectional Aeronautical Chart | |
| AFS | Army Flying School | MCAS | Marine Corps Air Station | SB | Sub Base | |
| ATC | Air Transport Command | MCGB | Marine Corps Glider Base | SE | South East | |
| ATS | Army Technical School | N | North | SSE | South South East | |
| ATSC | Air Technical Service Command | N/S | North / South | SSW | South South West | |
| Aux Fld | Auxiliary Field | NAAF | Naval Auxiliary Air Facility | SW | South West | |
| CAA | Civil Aeronautics Commission (part of the Department of Commerce) | NAAS | Naval Auxiliary Air Station | TBD | To-Be-Determined | |
| CAF | Continental Air Forces | NAF | Naval Air Facility | TC | Training Command | |
| CCTS | Combat Crew Training Station | NAFC | Naval Air Ferry Command | TCC | Troop Carrier Command | |
| CFTC | Central Flying Training Command | NANS | Naval Aerial Navigational School | U.S. | United States | |
| CG | Commanding General | NAOTC | Naval Air Operational Training Command | U.S.A. | United States of America | |
| CGAS | Coast Guard Air Station | NAS | Naval Air Station | USGS | United States Forest Service | |
| CO | Company | NAT | Naval Air Transport | W | West | |
| CPS | Contractor Pilot School | NATS | Naval Air Transport Service | WAC | World Aeronautical Chart | |
| DOC | Department of Commerce | NE | North East | WFTC | Western Flying Training Command | |
| E | East | NNE | North North East | WSW | West South West | |
| EFTC | Eastern Flying Training Command | NNW | North North West | WTTC | Western Technical Training Command | |
| ESE | East South East | NPG | Naval Proving Grounds |