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Aviation Acronyms Glossary
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- AAAE
- American Association of Airport Executives
- AADC
- Approach and departure control
- AAP
- Association of Aviation Psychologists
- AAvPA
- Australian Aviation Psychologists Association
- AAS
- Advanced Automation System;
Airport Advisory Service
- ABV
- Above
- AC
- Advisory Circular issued by FAA
Advisory Circulars related to Aviation Psychology
- A/C
- Approach control
- ACARS
- ARINC Communications Adressing and Reporting System
- ACF
- Area Control Facility
- ACFT
- Aircraft
- ACI
- Airport Council International
- ACO
- Aircraft Certification Office
- ACRM
- Advanced Crew/Cockpit Resource Management
- AD
- Airworthiness Directives
- ADA
- Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Interested in learning more?
U.S. Airlines Mergers and Acquisitions After Deregulation
- AEA
- Association of European Airlines
- AF
- Airway Facility personnel (ATC)
- AFD (A/FD)
- Airport Facility Directory
- AFM
- Airplane Flight Manual
- AFSS
- Automated Flight Service Stations
- AGL
- Above ground level
- AIAA
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- AIM
- Aeronautical Information Manual
- AIRMETs
- Airman's Meteorological Information
- ALPA
- Air Line Pilots' Association
- AMT
- Aviation Maintenance Technician rating
- AMT-T
- Aviation Maintenance Technician - Transport rating
- ANDS
- Magnetic compass on east and west heading:
Accelerate, it turns North; Decelerate, South
- AOC
- Airline operations center
- AOE
- Airport of entry
- AOPA
- Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association
- APAAS
- ALPA PIlots Against Age Sixty
- APCH
- Approach
- APP CON
- Approach control
- AQP
- FAA's Advanced Qualification Program
- AQR
- Airline Quality Ratings
Interested in learning more? Click on:
Airline Quality Ratings Criteria
Industry Average AQR Scores: 1991
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- ARAC
- Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee;
Airworthiness Assurance Working Group
- ARINC
- Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
- ARROW
- Glider acronym:
Airworthiness Certificate
Registration Certificate
Radio License (on international flights)
Operating LImitations
Weight and balance information (or data)
- ARPT
- Airport
- ASRS
- NASA's Aviation safety reporting system
- ATA
- Air Transport Association
- ATAC
- Air Transport of Canada
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control
- ATIS
- Automatic Terminal Information Service
- ATP
- Airline transport; airline transport pilot
- ATPL
- Airline transport pilot's license
- AWOS
- Automated weather obsevations
- AWW
- Alert Weather Watches (Severe Weather Forecast Alerts)
- AZM
- Azimuth
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- B
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- Below or at contrained altitude
- BALPA
- British Air Line Pilots Association
- BASA
- Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements
- BASIS
- British Airways Safety Information System
- BC
- Back course
- BCN
- Beacon
- BITE
- Built-in test equipment in Line Replacement Units (LRUs)
- BRAF
- Breaking action fair
- BRAG
- Breaking action good
- BRAN
- Breaking action nil
- BRAP
- Breaking action poor
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- BRITE
- Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
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- C
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- CA
- Conflict alert
- CAA
- Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
- CAAS
- Class A airspace
Airspace VFR Flight Chart
- CAB
- Civil Aeronautics Board
- CAM
- Civil Aviation Manuals
- CAMI
- Civil Aeromedical Institute
- CAMP
- Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Programs
- CAR
- U.S. Civil Aviation Registry
- CAT
- Canadian Airports Council
- CAT
- Clear air turbulence; computer aided testing
- CAT I
- Facility providing operation down to 200 feet decision height and runway visual range not less than 2600 feet
- CAT II
- Facility providing operation down to 100 feet decision height and runway visual range not less than 1200 feet
- CAT III
- Facility providing operation with no decision height limit to and along the surface of the runway with external visual reference during final phase of landing and with a runway visual range not less than 700 feet
- CBAS
- Class B airspace
- CBSA
- Class B surface area
- CCAS
- Class C airpsce
- CCSA
- Class C surface area
- CD
- Clearance delivery
- CDAS
- Class D airspace
- CDI
- Course deviation indicator
- CDL
- Configuration Deviation List
- CDSA
- Class D surface area
- CDU
- Control display unit which is a pilot's interface to the FMS
- CEAS
- Class E airspace
- CFI
- Certified flight instructor
- CFIT
- Controlled flight into terrain
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
Title 14 Aeronautics and Space
- CG
- Center of gravity
- CGAS
- Class G airspace
- CIG
- Ceilings
- CMO
- Certificate Management Offices
- CMR
- Certification Maintenance Requirements
- CNS/ATM
- Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management
- COM
- Cockpit operating manual
- CONUS
- Continental, continguous, or conterminous United States
- CO ROUTE
- Company Route
- CO RTE
- Company Route
- CPI
- Crew performance indicators
Click on one of the examples of Northwest Airlines four clusters of CPIs based on NASA's Behavioral Markers:
Flight Operations Crew Resource Management CPI
Inflight Crew Resource Management CPI
System Operations Control Resource Management CPI
Maintenance Resource Management CPI
- CPL
- Commercial Pilot's license
- CRM
- Crew/cockpit resource management
- CRM/K
- CRM for cabin crew
- CTAF
- Common traffic advisory frequency
- CVR
- Cockpit voice recorder
- CWA
- Center Weather Advisory
- CZ
- Control zone
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- Developmental specialist or controller
- DARC
- Direct Access Radar Channel (ATC)
- DBMS
- Data base management system
- DEP
- Departure
- DES
- Descent
- DEST
- Destination
- DF
- Direction finder
- DFW
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- DL
- Delta
- DLP
- Data link processor
- DME
- Distance measuring equipment
- DMtCs
- Disqualifying Mental Conditions
FAR 67.207 Mental
- DNTKFX
- Down-track fix
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- DPCR
- Departure procedure
- DUAT
- Direct User Access Terminal
- DURC
- During climb
- DURD
- During descent
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- EAPP
- European Association for Aviation Psychology
- EASA
- European Aviation Safety Authority
- EBND
- Eastbound
- E/D
- End of decent
- EFAS
- En Route Flight Advisory Service (pseudonym - "Flight Watch")
- ELT
- Emergency locator transmitter
- EP
- Emergency procedure
- EPR
- Engine pressure ratio
- ERA
- European Regions Airline Association
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- FA
- Final approach; Area Forecasts
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAC
- Forward air controller; facility
- FACF
- Fleet Area Control Facility (ATC)
- FAF
- Final approach fix
- FAPA
- Future Aviation Professionals of America
- FAR
- Federal Aviation Regulation
- FD
- Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecasts
- FIR
- Flight information region
- FL
- Flight level
- FM
- Fan marker
- FO
- First officer
- FPM
- Feet per minute
- FPS
- Flight Program Strips (ATC)
- FRH
- Fly runway heading
- FSF
- Flight Safety Foundation
- FSS
- Flight Standards Service;
Flight Service Stations (ATC)
Toll-free telephone number: 1-800 WX BRIEF (1-800-992-7433)
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- GA
- General aviation
- GC
- Ground control
- GCA
- Ground control approach
- GP
- Glide path
- GPI
- Ground point of interception
- GPS
- Global positioning system
- GPWS
- Ground proximity warning system
- GS
- Glide scope
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- HAA
- Height above airport
- HAL
- Height above landing
- HAT
- Height above touchdown
- HEL
- Heliocopter
- HIRL
- High intensity runway lights
- HIWAS
- Hazardous in-flight weather advisory service
- HP
- Holding pattern
- HVAC
- Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
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- IAF
- Initial approach fix
- IAP
- Instrument approach procedure
- IAS
- Indicated airspeed
- IATA
- International Air Transport Association
- IBND
- Inbound
- ICAN
- International Convention for Air Navigation
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
See ICAO Annexes
- IFAPA
- International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
- IFR
- Instrument flight rules
Ceilings less than 1,000 feet and/or visibility less than 3 statute miles
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
- IG
- Inspector general
- IGS
- Instrument Guidance System
- ILS
- Instrument landing system
- IM
- Inner marker
- IMC
- Instrument meteorological conditions, or conditions below those required for VFR flight
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
- IMSAFE
- FAA fitness to fly checklist which is short for illness, medication, stress, slcohol, fatigue, and emotion
- INREQ
- Request for information
- IOE
- Initial operating experience which is a specialized training prgram required by the FAA before first officers become fully qualified for line flying
- IP
- Instructor pilot
- IPAI/D
- Identification-Position-Altitude-Intentions (or) Destination
- IR
- Ice on runway;
Military instrument flight training route
- ISD
- Inertial navigation system
- ISSS
- Initial sector suite subsystem
- IVRS
- Interim voice response system
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- JAA
- Joint Airworthiness Authority (formed in 1970)
- JAR
- Joint Aviation Regulations (JAA's regulations)
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- K
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- KIAS
- Knots indicated airspeed
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- L
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- LAA
- Local airport advisory
- LAHSO
- Land and Hold Short Operation
- LC
- Local control
- L/D
- Lift over Drag
- LIFR
- Ceiling less than 500 feet and/or visibility less than 1 statute mile
- LIRL
- Low intensity runway lights
- LLWAS
- Low-level wind shear alert system
- LOFT
- Line-oriented flight training
- LORAN
- Long Range Navigation
- LOS
- Line-Oriented Stimulation
- LRA
- Landing rights airport
- LSR
- Loose snow on runway
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- MALS
- Medium intensity runway lights
- MAP
- Missed approach pount
- MAW
- Medical airworthiness
- MEA
- Minimum en route altitude
- MEL
- Minimum equipment list
- METAR
- Aviation Routine Weather Report (international)
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
- MMEL
- Master minimum equipment list
- MOA
- Military Operations Area
- MPD
- Maintenance Planning Document
- MRB
- Maintenance Review Board
- MSL
- Mean sea level
- MTR
- Military Training Route
- MVFR
- Marginal VFR
Ceilings between 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility 3 to 5 statute miles, inclusive
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
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- NAA
- National Aeronautic Association
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATCA
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFL-CIO)
- NCWF
- National Convective Weather Forecast
- NDB
- Nondirectional radio beacon
- NMB
- National Mediation Board
- NOAA
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which contains the
The National Weather Service
- NORAD
- North American Air Defense Command
- NOTAM
- Notices to airmen
- NPRM
- Notice of proposed rule making that is published in the Federal Register .
The final rule is published as an amendment to 14 CFR 39
Electronic comments, which must include the FAA docket number at the beginning, can be sent through the Internet.
- NTS
- National Weather Service
- NTSB
- National Transportation Safety Board
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- ODALS
- Omnidirectional approach light system
- OEW
- Operating empty weight
- OM
- Outer marker
- OROCA
- Off-route obstruction clearance altitudes
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- PAJA
- Parachute jumping
- PAPI
- Precision approach path indicator
- PAR
- Precision approach radar
- PARROT
- Transponder
- PATCO
- Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
- PCL
- Pilot controlled lighting
- PIC
- Pilot in command
- PIREP
- Pilot weather report
- PMI
- Principal Maintenance Inspector
- PNF
- Pilot-not-flying
- POI
- Principle Operations Inspector
- PPL
- Private pilot's license
- PRICE
- Glider acronym for oxygen system:
Pressure
Regulators
Indicator
Connections
Emergency
- PROP
- Propeller
- PSGR
- Passenger
- PSR
- Packed snow on runway
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- Q
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- QAR
- Quick Access Recorder
- QRH
- The barometric pressure as reported by a particular station
- QUAD
- Quadrant
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- RAF
- Royal Air Force
- RCAG
- Remote Communication Air-to-Ground radio site (ATC)
- RF
- Radio failure
- RII
- Required inspection item
- RN
- Radar navigator
- RTCA
- Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
- RVR
- Runway visual range
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- SA
- Situational awareness
- SAR
- Search and rescue
- SD
- Spatial disorientation
- SELCAL
- Selective calling
- SFAR
- Special Federal Aviation Regulation issued by FAA
- SID
- Standard instrument departures
- SIGMET
- Significant Meteorological Advisory
- SM
- Statute miles
- SMAC
- Standard Maneuvers and Configurations
- SMGCS
- Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (pronounced "SMIGS")
See FAA Advisory Circular 120-57 for additional information.
Additional information on Runway Incursions and SMGCS
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure
- SOPA
- Standard operating procedures amplified
- SPECI
- Special weather codes (METAR)
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
- SUA
- Special use airspace
- SVFR
- Special visual flight rules
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
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- TA
- Transition area
- TAC
- Terminal area chart
- TACAN
- Tactical air navigation
- TAF
- Aerodrome Forecasts
- TCA
- Terminal control area
- TCAS
- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
- TDWR
- Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
- TI
- Thermal Index
- TIBS
- Telephone Information Briefing Service
- TMS
- Traffic Management System
- TMU
- Traffic Management Unit (ATC)
- TRW or TS
- Thunderstorm
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- UA
- Pilot report
- UHF
- Ultra high frequency
- UNICOM
- Nongovernment air/ground radio communications facility
- USAF
- United States Air Force
- USC
- United States Code
- UTC
- Coordinated Universal Time
- UUA
- Urgent pilot report
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- VASI
- Visual approach slope indicator
- VFR
- Visual flight rules
Ceilings greater than 3,000 feet and visibility greater than 5 statute miles
Click here to go to page related to Aviation Weather Sites
Links to:
U.S. Airspace - Chart for VFR Flight
- VHF
- Very high frequency
- VMC
- Visual meteorological conditions
- VOR
- VHF Omnidirectional Range
- VOR/DME
- VOR also equipped with DME (distance measuring equipment)
- VORTAC
- VOR collocated with TACAN (tactical air navigation)
- VRS
- Voice Response System
- VSCS
- Voice Switching Communications System
- VTO
- Vertical take-off
- VTOL
- Vertical take-off and landing
- VVI
- Vertical velocity indicator
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- WAAS
- Wide Area Augmentation System
- WAT
- Weight-and-temperature
- WID-WIO
- When in doubt, wait it out
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
- WMSC
- Weather Message Service Center
- WP
- Waypoint
- WR
- Wet runway
- WSFO
- Weather Service Forecast Officer
- WSO
- Weather Service Office
- WSR
- Wet snow on runway
- WST
- Convective SIGMET
- Wx
- Weather
- WX
- Weather Systems Interface
- WX MIL
- No significant weather
- WXR
- Weather Radar
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- XFSS
- Auxiliary Flight Service Center
- XM
- Execution Manager
- XMNS
- Transmission
- XPDR
- Transponder
- X/WIND
- Crosswind
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- YSAS
- Yaw Stability Augmentation System
- YD
- Yaw Damper
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- Z or ZULU
- Universal term for times of flight operation - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) which was formerly called Greenwich Mean Time
- ZFW
- Zero Fuel Weight
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