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- A/C aircraft
- ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System
- ACARS Aircraft Communication and Addressing Reporting System
- ACC Area Control Centre
- A/D aerodrome
- ADF Automatic Direction Finder
- AMSL Above Mean Sea Level
- AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
- A/P airplane (USA), aeroplane (ICAO)
- ARINC Aeronautical Radio Inc.
- ASM Airspace management
- ATC Air Traffic Control
- ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management
- ATM Air Traffic Management
- ATS Air Traffic Services
- CAA Civil Aviation Authority
- CAS Calibrated airspeed
- CFIT Controlled Flight Into Terrain
- CG Center of Gravity
- CPDLC Controller Pilot Data Link Communications
- CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder
- DA/H Decision Altitude / Height (rel. to THR)
- DER Departure End of RWY
- DME Distance Measuring Equipment
- DR Dead reckoning
- EAS Equivalent airspeed
- EICAS Engine Indicator and Crew Alert System
- ELT Emergency Location Transmiter
- ESA Emergency Safe Altitude
- FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control
- FAF Final Approach Fix
- FAP Final Approach Point
- FEP Final End Point
- FDR Flight Data Recorder (also known as black box)
- FIR Flight Information Region
- FL Flight Level
- FMS Flight Management System
- FPL Filed Flight Plan
- FMC Flight Management Computer
- GND Ground
- GP Glide Path
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System
- EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
- GS Glideslope
- GSE Ground Service Equipment
- H Heavy
- HL Height Loss
- HUD Head-up display
- IAF Initial Approach Fix
- IAS Indicated airspeed
- ICAO International Civial Aviation Organization
- IF Intermediate Approach Fix
- IFR Instrument Flight Rules
- ILS Instrument Landing System
- IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions
- INS Inertial Navigation System
- IRS Inertial Reference System
- ISA International Standard Atmosphere
- LLZ Localizer (ILS)
- LNAV Lateral Navigation
- MAPt Missed Approach Point
- MATS Manual of Air Traffic Services
- MDA/H Minimum Descent Altitude/Height
- MLS Microwave Landing System
- MM Middle Marker
- MOC Minimum Obstacle Clearance
- MSA Minimum Safe Altitude/Minimum Sector Altitude
- MSL Mean Sea Level
- MTOW Maximum Take-Off Weight
- NDB Non-Directional Beacon
- OCA/H Obstacle Clearance Altitude/Height
- OM Outer Marker
- PAR Precision Approach Radar
- PDG Procedure Design Gradient
- PFAF Precision Final Approach Fix
- QFE the Q-code for: Atmosheric pressure at a/d elevation (or at THR)
- QNH the Q-code for: Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the :ground
- RDH Reference Datum Height for ILS
- RNAV Area Navigation (relates to ability navigate in theh space between VOR :stations)
- RSR En-route Surveillance Radar
- RWY Runway
- SIGMET Significant Meteorological Advisory
- SOC Start of Climb at Missed Approach
- SID Standard Instrument Departure
- SR Sunrise
- SS Sunset
- STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route
- TAA Terminal Arrival Area
- TAS True airspeed
- TCAS Traffic Allert and Collision Avoidance System
- TCH Threshold Crossing Height
- TERPS Terminal Procedures
- THR RWY Threshold
- TOW Take-off weight
- TP Turning Point at Missed Approach
- TRA Temporary Reserved Airspace
- TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control
- TWR Tower
- UHF Ultra High Frequeny
- UIR Upper Information Region
- VDP Visual Descent Point
- VFR Visual flight rules
- VHF Very High Frequency
- Vmo Maximum Operating Speed
- VNAV Vertical Navigation
- VOR VHF omnidirectional range
- XMIT Transmit
- XPDR Transponder
- XPNDR Transponder
References
- Aerospace acronyms Terms and Glossary
- Aviada Terminaro, verkita de Gilbert R. LEDON, 286 pagxoj.
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