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Abbreviation,Definition
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AB,Air Base
AC,Aircraft
ACAS,Airborne Collision Avoidance System
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ACC,Area Control Centre
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ADAC,Abu Dhabi Airports
ADP,Aeroportes de Paris
AENA,Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
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AF,Air Field
AFM,Aircraft Flight Manual
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AGL,Above Ground Level
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AIP,Aeronautical Information Publication
AMAN,Arrival Manager
AOA,Angle of Attack
AOM,Airplane Operating Manual
AOR,Area of Responsibility
AFIS,Aerodrome Flight Information Service
AFM,Airplane Flight Manual
AGL,Above Ground Level
AIP,Aeronautical Information Publication
ANSP,Air Navigation Service Provider
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ARTCC,Air Route Traffic Control Centre
ASB,Airspace Block
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ATA,Actual Time of Arrival
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ATC,Air Traffic Control
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ATIS,Automatic Terminal Information Service
ATO,Air Traffic Organization
BAF,Belgian Air Force
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BWI,Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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CAAC,Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAS,Civil Aviation Authorization of Singapore
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CANSO,Civil Air Navigation Services Organization
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CAS,Calibrated Airspeed
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CAT,Category of Aircraft
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CAVOK,Ceiling And Visibility OK
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CCBC,Community College Baltimore County
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COG,Center of Gravity
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COTS,Commercial-of-the-shelf
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CRDA,Converging Runway Display Aid
CTA,Controlled Time of Arrival
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CTA,Controlled Area
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CTOT,Calculated Take-Off Time
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CTR,Control Zone or Controlled Traffic Region
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DAS,DFS Aviation Services (DFS subcompany for services outside Germany)
DCIA,Dependent Converging Instrument Approach
DFS,Deutsche Flugsicherung (ATC in Germany)
DGAC,Direction générale de l'aviation civile
DTI,Direction Technique Innovation
DW,Downwind
EAS,Equivalent Airspeed
EAVA,Estonian Aviation Academy
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ECAC,European Civil Aviation Conference
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EFM,Gesellschaft für Enteisen und Flugzeugschleppen
ETA,Estimated Time of Arrival
ETOPS,Extended Range Twin-engine Aircraft Operations
FAA,Federal Aviation Administration (USA)
FAT,Factory Acceptance Test (see also SAT and RAT)
FE,Field Elevation (highest point of an airport’
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FIA,Flight Information Area
FIR,Flight Information Region
FL,Flight Level
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FMG,Flughafen München GmbH
FOD,Foreign Object Debris
FOV,Field of View
GP,Glide Path
GPS,Global Positioning System
GS,Ground Speed or Glideslope
HKIA,Hong Kong International Airport
IAA,Israeli Airport Authority
IAF,Israeli Air Force
IANS,Institute of Air Navigation Services, a division of Eurocontrol
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IAS,Indicated Air Speed
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IATA,International Air Transport Association, HQ in Montreal, Canada
IG,Image Generator
IGLR,Integrated Ground Lighting and Radar
IMC,Instrument Meteorological Conditions
KAT,Kaufbeuren ATM Training (DFS subcompany)
LAA,Lappland Aviation Academy
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LL,Lower Limit
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LMUK,Lockheed Martin UK
LOD,Level of Detail
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LTA,Lower Traffic Area
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LVNL,Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (Air Traffic Control the Netherlands)
LVP,Low Visibility Procedures
MATS,Malta Air Traffic Services
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MEA,Minimum En-route Altitude
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METAR,Meteorological Aerodrome Report
MSL,Median Sea Level
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OCTA,Outside Control Areas
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PAPI,Precision Approach Path Indicator
PAR,Precision Approach Radar
POH,Pilot's Operating Handbook
PPL,Private Pilot License
QFE,the altimeter setting that will cause the altimeter to read the height above a specific
QNE,pressure altitude at the landing runway threshold
QNH,atmospheric pressure
RAT,Reliability Acceptance Test (see also FAT and SAT)
RBAF,Royal Belgium Armed Forces
RCAF,Royal Canadian Air Force
RET,Rapid Exit Taxiways
RJAF,Royal Jordanian Air Force
RPI,Runway Point of Intercept
RPM,Rotations per Minute
RVR,Runway Visual Range
RWY,Runway
SAT,Site Acceptance Test (see also FAT and RAT)
SLOC,Slovenia Control
STARS,Standard Arrival Routes
SID,Standard Instrument Departure
SKYGUIDE,ATC Swiss
SOW,Statement of Work
SSR,Secondary Surveillance Radar
SWT,Switch
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TA,Terminal Airspace
TAS,Terminal Airspace System
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TAS,True Airspeed
TCAS,Traffic Collision Avoidance System
TCL,Taxi Center Lights
TFDM,Terminal Flight Data Management
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TMA,Terminal Control Area
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TSTC,Texas State Technical College
TWR,Control Tower,
UAA,University of Alaska Anchorage
UMASS,University of Massachusetts
USAF,US Air Force
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UTA,Upper Traffic Area
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V1,Decision speed, the speed beyond which takeoff should no longer be aborted
V2,Takeoff speed. The speed at which the aircraft may safely be climbed with one engine inoperative
VASI,Visual Approach Slope Indicator
VHF,Very High Frequency
VMO,maximum operation speed is the air speed than should never be exceeded deliberately in normal operation, whatever the flight situation is
VOR,VHF Omni-directional Range
VREF,1.3 times the stalling speed of the aircraft in the stated landing configuration and at the prevailing aircraft weight
VRR,Voice Recognition & Response
VS,Stall speed, defined as the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable
VTC,Visual Terminal Chart
VTOL,vertical take-off and landing
VSTOL,vertical short take-off and landing
VTOSL,vertical take-off and short landing
WTC,Wake Turbulence Category
