Abbr_csv Flashcards
1
Q
ACC
A
Area Control Center
2
Q
AIP
A
Aeronautical Information Publications
3
Q
AIS
A
Aeronautical Information Service
4
Q
ALS
A
ALerting Service
5
Q
ANSP
A
Air Navigation Service Provider
6
Q
APP
A
APProach Control
7
Q
ATC
A
Air Traffic Control
8
Q
ATIS
A
Automatic Terminal Information Service
9
Q
ATM
A
Air Traffic Management
10
Q
ATN
A
Aeronautical Telecommunication Network
11
Q
ATS
A
Air Traffic Service
12
Q
ATZ
A
Aerodrome Traffic Zone
13
Q
CNS
A
Communication - Navigation and Surveillance
14
Q
CTA
A
ConTrol Area
15
Q
CTR
A
Controlled Traffic Region
16
Q
EHAM
A
Schiphol (Amsterdam - ICAO code)
17
Q
EUROCAE
A
EURopean Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment
18
Q
FAB
A
Functional Airspace Block
19
Q
FABEC
A
Functional Airspace Block Europe Central
20
Q
FIR
A
Flight information Region
21
Q
FIS
A
Flight information Service
22
Q
FL
A
Flight Level (= each 100 ft above 1013.25 Pa)
23
Q
IAF
A
Initial Approach Fix
24
Q
ICAO
A
International Civil Aviation Organisation
25
IFR
Instrument Flight Rules
26
IMC
Instrument Meteorological Conditions
27
MET
Aeronautical METeorological Service
28
METAR
METeorological Aerodrome Report
29
MSL
Mean Sea Level
30
NOTAM
NOTice to AirMen
31
SID
Standard Instrument Departure route
32
STAR
STandard Arrival Route
33
SUA
Special Use Airspace
34
SVFR
Special VFR
35
TAF
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
36
TMA
TerMinal Control Area
37
TWR
Tower -Aerodrome Control
38
UTA
Upper conTrol Area
39
VFR
Visual Flight Rules
40
VMC
Visual Meteorological Conditions
41
ACARS
Aircraft Communications and Reporting System
42
ADF
Automatic Direction Finder
43
AM
Amplitude Modulation
44
AP
Autopilot
45
AT/ATS
AutoThottle System
46
CDM
Collaborative Decision making
47
CEP
Circular Error Probable
48
CFMU
Central Flow Management Unit
49
CPDLC
Controller Pilot Data link Communication
50
CVOR
Conventional VOR
51
DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
52
DVOR
Doppler VOR
53
EHF
Extremely High Frequency (30-300 GHz)
54
FAF
Final Approach Fix
55
FANS
Future Air Navigation System
56
FM
Frequency Modulation
57
FMC
Flight Management Computer
58
FMS
Flight Management System
59
FTE
Flight Technical Error
60
GBAS
Ground Based Augmentation System
61
GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
62
GPS
Global Positioning System
63
HF
High Frequency (3-30 MHz)
64
ILS
Instrument Landing System
65
LAAS
Local Area Augmentation System
66
LF
Low Frequency (30-300 kHz)
67
MF
Medium Frequency (300-3000 kHz)
68
MGRS
Military Grid Reference System
69
MLS
Microwave Landing System
70
NDB
Non-Directional Beacon
71
NSE
Navigation System Error
72
PBN
Performance Based Navigation
73
PDE
Path Definition Error (PDE)
74
PENS
Pan-European Network Service
75
R/T
Radio Telephony
76
RMS
Root Mean Square error
77
RNAV
aRea NAVigation
78
RNP
Required Navigation Performance
79
SBAS
Satellite Based Augmentation System
80
SHF
Super High Frequency (3 - 30 GHz)
81
SWIM
System Wide Iformation Management
82
TACAN
TACtical Air Navigation system
83
TSE
Total System Error ( = NSE + FTE )
84
TVOR
Terminal VOR
85
UHF
Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz)
86
VHF
Very High Frequency (30-300 MHz)
87
VOR
VHF Omnidirectional Range
88
VORTAC
VOR/TACAN
89
WAAS
Wide Area Augmentation System
90
WGS
World Geodetic System (e.g. WGS '84)
91
RADAR
Radio Detection And Ranging
92
CW
Continuous Wave
93
PPI
Plan Position Indicator
94
PRF
Pulse Repetition Frequency
95
MTI
Moving Target Indicator
96
MTD
Moving Target Detection
97
ATCRBS
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
98
SSR
Secondary Surveillance Radar
99
ISLS
Interrogation Side Lobe Suppression
100
EHS
Enhanced Surveillance
101
ES
Extended Squitter
102
ASR
Airport Surveillance Radar
103
PAR
Precision Approach Radar
104
SMR
Surface Movement Radar
105
ASDE
Airport Surface Detection Equipment
106
MLAT
MultiLATeration
107
ACAS
Airborne Collision Avoidance System
108
TCAS
Traffic alerting & Collision Avoidance Systems
109
ASAS
Airborne Separation Assurance/Assistance System
110
PAZ
Protected Aircraft Zone
111
NMAC
Near MidAir Collision
112
CDTI
Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
113
Airprox
AIRcraft PROXimity
114
T/C
Top of Climb
115
T/D
Top of Descent
116
FDR
Feeder Controller
117
ARR
Arrival Controller
118
DCO
Departure Controller
119
SUC
Start-Up Controller
120
GND
Ground (Controller)
121
ATCO
Air Traffic Control Officer
122
AAA
Amsterdam Advanced ATC system
123
ARTAS
ATM suRveillance Tracker And Serve
124
TID
Touch Input Device
125
MTCD
Medium Term Conflict Detect
126
STCA
Short Term Conflict Alert
127
EDD
Electronic Data Display
128
VIDAS
VIsual Display of Approach Sequence
129
MUAC
Maastricht Upper Area Control
130
CPA
Closest Point of Approach
131
CD
Conflict Detection
132
CR
Conflict Resolution
133
CD&R
Conflict Detection and Resolution
134
CP
Conflict Prevention
135
PASAS
Predivtive ASAS (=CP)
136
SSD
Solution Space Diagram
137
HITL
Human-In-The-Loop
138
ASDA
Association for Scientific Development of ATM in Europe
139
PHARE
Programme for Harmonized ATM Research in Europe
140
SES
Single European Sky
141
SESAR
Single European Sky ATM Research
142
DMAN
Departure Manager (system)
143
AMAN
Arrival Manager (system)
144
PPP
Public-Private Partnership
145
SJU
SESAR Joint Undertaking (=the SESAR organisation)
146
DAG-TM
Distributed Air-Ground Traffic Management (USA)
147
AATT
Advanced Air Transport Technology (USA)
148
NextGen
Next Generation Air Transport System (USA)
149
NAS
National Airspace System (USA)
150
FAA
Federal Aviation Agency
151
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
152
BADA
Base of Aircraft Data (Eurocontrol)
153
DDR
Demand Data Repository (Eurocontrol)
154
ADS-B
Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast
155
TIS-B
Traffic Information Service - Broadcast
156
ADS-C
Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Contract
157
ATSAW
Air Traffic Situation Awareness
158
ASPA
Airborne SPAcing
159
UAT
Universal Access Transceiver (for ADS-B)
160
1090ES
1090 MHz Extended Squitter
161
NIC
Navigation Integrity Category
162
DEP
Domino Effect Parameter
163
DD
Dynamic Density
164
IM
Interval Management
165
LF
Low Frequency
166
MF
Medium Frequency
167
HF
High Frequency
168
VHF
Very High Frequency
169
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
170
SHF
Super High Frequency
171
EHF
Extremely High Frequency
