Abbreviations/Definitions Flashcards
(100 cards)
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ACCCL
A
Accept clearance
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ABI
A
Advance boundary information
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ACT
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Activation message used for sending data between centres
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Active flight
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A flight whose plan filed in the database has had its status raised by an active message
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ADPF
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Air defence priority flight
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ADS
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Automatic dependant surveillance
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ADT
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Automatic data transfer (between centres)
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Airspace reservation
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A volume of airspace set aside for special use. Aircraft are not usually allowed to penetrate or fly within a given distance of such airspace unless specifically authorised
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ARINC
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Datalink communications network
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ATA
A
At or after
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ATB
A
At or before
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ATC/
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ATC remarks appended to a clearance by the controller
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ATLEV
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At flight level
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ATT
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Automatic track tool
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AVANA
A
Approval void for aircraft not airborne by (time)
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BAM
A
Ballygirreen alerting message
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CADS
A
Centralised ADS
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CAR
A
ICAO Caribbean region
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CDO
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Clearance delivery officer
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CFRS
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Centralised FMC waypoint reporting system
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CLA
A
ORCA message type for confirming received clearance
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CLR
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East/West clearance (estimate) message between shanwick, gander and Reykjavik
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CLX
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ORCA message type for issuing clearance
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CMC
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Canadian met centre
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Communications envelope
The parts of a message before and after the data content, which ensure that it will be handled correctly by the communication system
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Conflict probe
The system check into conflict detection software
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CPDLC
Controller pilot data link communications
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CPRA
Conflict prediction and resolution area
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Datum line
A line across oceanic airspace used to define an area where specified levels may be used which do not accord with the appropriate allocation of levels to a direction of flight (SAATS definition only)
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EBS
Electronic briefing system
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ERA
En route assistant
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EST
Estimate message
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EUR
ICAO European region
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FANS
Future air navigation systems
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FDD
Flight data display
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FEP
Front end processor
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FLAS
Flight level allocation system
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FMC
Flight management computer
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FMG
Forward message
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Formation flight
A flight of more than one aircraft which by prior arrangement between the pilots operates as a single aircraft. With regard to navigation and position reporting for that portion of the flight conducted within MNPS airspace, the wing aircraft are required to maintain a distance of not more than one nautical mile laterally or longitudinally with a vertical displacement of not more than 100 feet from the flight leader
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FSM
Flight service message
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GAATS
Gander automated air traffic system
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GDD
Geographical data display
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GNE
Gross navigational error
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Iberian tracks
Eastbound or westbound tracks routeing between New York and Santa Maria which do not enter shanwick or gander
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Inactive flight
A flight whose plan, filed in the database, has not had its status raised by an active message
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MANCL
Manual clearance, to provide the ability to over ride a conflict
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MASPS
Minimum aircraft system performance specification
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MARSA
Military assumes responsibility for separation of aircraft
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MECS
Message entry and correction system
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MFO
Message for output
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Moving airspace reservation
An airspace reservation whose position in space changes with time
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MFS
Message for STIP (Paris flight plan centre)
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MNPS
Minimum navigation performance specification
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MRSP
Manual reversion strip printer
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MSFL
Minimum safe overflying level
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MTP
Minimum time path
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NARTEL
North Atlantic radio telecommunications
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NATCMA
North Atlantic Central monitoring agency
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NAT tracks
North Atlantic organised tracks
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New York tracks
Eastbound OTS tracks that are separated from the main OTS by more than one degree at 30W (FLAS definition)
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NCGW
NavCanada gate way
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NDA
Next data authority (CPDLC message)
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OCA
Oceanic control area
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OCM
Oceanic clearance message
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ODL
Opposite direction level
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ORCA
Oceanic route clearance authorisation
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OTS
Organised track system
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PASLEV
Passing/leaving flight level
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PCM
MET forecast activation message
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Random flight
A flight not flying in accordance with the organised track structure. A random flight may cross, join or leave an organised track
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RBK
Read back message from shanwick radio
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RCL
Request clearance message
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REA
Reservation entry authorisation
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REDOS
Rapid extraction of database for operational systems
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RLM
Route loading message
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RMG
Recall message
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RMK/
Remark field to provide additional information
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RPE
Revised estimate message
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RPT
Repeat message to originator
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RQP
Request flight plan message
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RVSM
Reduced vertical separation minima
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SAM
ICAO South American region
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SELCAL
Code used by HF radio stations to alert flight to receive a message
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SEP
System engineering position
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SIGMET
Significant met information notified by the met office
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SITA
Datalink communications network
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SMG
Send message
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SO
Support operator
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Stationary airspace reservation
An airspace reservation whose position in space remains fixed with relation to the surface of the earth
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TAM
Technical acknowledgment message
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TAS
True air speed
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Temporary airspace reservation
A defined volume of airspace which by agreement between the competent ATS authority and a requesting agency is temporarily reserved for exclusive use by the requesting agency
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TIN
System time initiated action
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TLM
Track loading message
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TMI
Track message identification
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VCS
Voice communications system
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SOTA
Shannon oceanic transition area
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NOTA
Northern oceanic transition area
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BOTA
Brest oceanic transition area
