PowerShell/Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv

1	Abbreviation	Definition
2	A/A	Air to air TACAN function
3	A/C	Aircraft
4	A/D	Aerodrome
5	A/F	Autofeather
6	A/FD	Airport/Facility Directory
7	A/P	Autopilot
8	AAE	Above Aerodrome Elevation
9	AAIB	Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)
10	AAIM	Aircraft Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
11	AAO	Assumed Adverse Obstacle
12	AAS	Airport Advisory Service
13	AB	Air Base
14	AC	Aircraft
15	AC	Air Conditioning
16	ACAM	Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness Monitoring
17	ACARS	ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System
18	ACAS	Airborne Collision Avoidance System
19	ACC	Area Control Center
20	ADAC	Abu Dhabi Airports
21	ADP	Aeroportes de Paris
22	AENA	Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea
23	AF	Air Field
24	AFM	Aircraft Flight Manual
25	AGL	Above Ground Level
26	AIP	Aeronautical Information Publication
27	AMAN	Arrival Manager
28	AOA	Angle of Attack
29	AOM	Airplane Operating Manual
30	AOR	Area of Responsibility
31	AFIS	Aerodrome Flight Information Service
32	AFM	Airplane Flight Manual
33	AGL	Above Ground Level
34	AIP	Aeronautical Information Publication
35	ANSP	Air Navigation Service Provider
36	AR	Aerial Refueling
37	AR	Aspect Ratio
38	A/R	Altitude Rate
39	ARFOR	Area Forecast
40	ARINC	Aeronautical Radio Incorporated (USA)
41	ARTCC	Air Route Traffic Control Centre
42	ASB	Airspace Block
43	ATA	Actual Time of Arrival
44	ATC	Air Traffic Control
45	ATIS	Automatic Terminal Information Service
46	ATO	Air Traffic Organization
47	BAF	Belgian Air Force
48	BWI	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
49	CAAC	Civil Aviation Administration of China
50	CAAS	Civil Aviation Authorization of Singapore
51	CANSO	Civil Air Navigation Services Organization
52	CAS	Calibrated Airspeed
53	CAT	Category of Aircraft
54	CAVOK	Ceiling And Visibility OK
55	CCBC	Community College Baltimore County
56	COG	Center of Gravity
57	COTS	Commercial-of-the-shelf
58	CRDA	Converging Runway Display Aid
59	CTA	Controlled Time of Arrival
60	CTA	Controlled Area
61	CTOT	Calculated Take-Off Time
62	CTR	Control Zone or Controlled Traffic Region
63	DAS	DFS Aviation Services (DFS subcompany for services outside Germany)
64	DCIA	Dependent Converging Instrument Approach
65	DFS	Deutsche Flugsicherung (ATC in Germany)
66	DGAC	Direction générale de l'aviation civile
67	DTI	Direction Technique Innovation
68	DW	Downwind
69	EAS	Equivalent Airspeed
70	EAVA	Estonian Aviation Academy
71	ECAC	European Civil Aviation Conference
72	EFM	Gesellschaft für Enteisen und Flugzeugschleppen
73	ETA	Estimated Time of Arrival
74	ETOPS	Extended Range Twin-engine Aircraft Operations
75	FAA	Federal Aviation Administration (USA)
76	FAR	Fuel Air Ratio
77	FAS	Final Approach Segment
78	FAS	Final Approach Speed
79	FAST	Future Aviation Safety Team
80	FAT	Factory Acceptance Test (see also SAT and RAT)
81	FAT	Final Approach Track
82	FATO	Final Approach and Take-off Area
83	FAWP	Final Approach Waypoint
84	FAWS	Flight Advisory Weather Service
85	FBW	Fly-by-Wire
86	FCA	Final Cruise Altitude
87	FCC	Flight Control Computer
88	FCC	Federal Communications Commission (USA)
89	FCI	Flight Command Indicator
90	FCL	Flight Crew Licensing
91	FCLP	Field Carrier Landing Practice
92	FCLT	Freeze Calculated Landing Time
93	FCLTP	Flight Crew Licensing and Training Panel (ICAO)
94	FCOM	Flight Crew Operating Manual
95	FCOM	Flight Crew Operations Manual
96	FCPC	Flight Control Primary Computer
97	FE	Field Elevation (highest point of an airport’s usable runways and is measured in height above mean sea level)
98	FIA	Flight Information Area
99	FIR	Flight Information Region
100	FL	Flight Level
101	FMG	Flughafen München GmbH
102	FOD	Foreign Object Debris
103	FOV	Field of View
104	GP	Glide Path
105	GPS	Global Positioning System
106	GS	Ground Speed or Glideslope
107	HKIA	Hong Kong International Airport
108	IAA	Israeli Airport Authority
109	IAF	Israeli Air Force
110	IAS	Indicated Air Speed
111	IG	Image Generator
112	IGLR	Integrated Ground Lighting and Radar
113	IMC	Instrument Meteorological Conditions
114	KAT	Kaufbeuren ATM Training (DFS subcompany)
115	LAA	Lappland Aviation Academy
116	LL	Lower Limit
117	LMUK	Lockheed Martin UK
118	LOD	Level of Detail
119	LTA	Lower Traffic Area
120	LVNL	Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (Air Traffic Control the Netherlands)
121	LVP	Low Visibility Procedures
122	MATS	Malta Air Traffic Services
123	MEA	Minimum En-route Altitude
124	METAR	Meteorological Aerodrome Report
125	MSL	Median Sea Level
126	OCTA	Outside Control Areas
127	PAPI	Precision Approach Path Indicator
128	PAR	Precision Approach Radar
129	POH	Pilot's Operating Handbook
130	PPL	Private Pilot License
131	QNE	pressure altitude at the landing runway threshold
132	QNH	atmospheric pressure adjusted to mean sea level
133	RAT	Reliability Acceptance Test (see also FAT and SAT)
134	RBAF	Royal Belgium Armed Forces
135	RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force
136	RET	Rapid Exit Taxiways
137	RJAF	Royal Jordanian Air Force
138	RPI	Runway Point of Intercept
139	RPM	Rotations per Minute
140	RVR	Runway Visual Range
141	RWY	Runway
142	SAT	Site Acceptance Test (see also FAT and RAT)
143	SLOC	Slovenia Control
144	STARS	Standard Arrival Routes
145	SID	Standard Instrument Departure
146	SKYGUIDE	ATC Swiss
147	SOW	Statement of Work
148	SSR	Secondary Surveillance Radar
149	SWT	Switch
150	TA	Terminal Airspace
151	TAS	Terminal Airspace System
152	TAS	True Airspeed
153	TCAS	Traffic Collision Avoidance System
154	TCL	Taxi Center Lights
155	TFDM	Terminal Flight Data Management
156	TMA	Terminal Control Area
157	TSTC	Texas State Technical College
158	UAA	University of Alaska Anchorage
159	UMASS	University of Massachusetts
160	USAF	US Air Force
161	UTA	Upper Traffic Area
162	V2	Takeoff speed. The speed at which the aircraft may safely be climbed with one engine inoperative
163	VASI	Visual Approach Slope Indicator
164	VHF	Very High Frequency
165	VOR	VHF Omni-directional Range
166	VREF	1.3 times the stalling speed of the aircraft in the stated landing configuration and at the prevailing aircraft weight
167	VRR	Voice Recognition & Response
168	VTC	Visual Terminal Chart
169	VTOL	vertical take-off and landing
170	VSTOL	vertical short take-off and landing
171	VTOSL	vertical take-off and short landing
172	WTC	Wake Turbulence Category