Accronyms 101 Flashcards
(150 cards)
1
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VFR
A
Visual Flight Rules
2
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IFR
A
Instrument Flight Rules
3
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SERA
A
Standardised European Rules of the Air
4
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ICAO
A
International Civil Aviation Organisation
5
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ECAC
A
European Civil Aviation Conference
6
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EASA
A
European Aviation Safety Agency
7
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FIR
A
Flight Information Region
8
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UIR
A
Upper Information Region
9
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CTR
A
Control Zone
10
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CTA
A
Control Area
11
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TMA
A
Terminal Control Area
12
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AWY
A
Airway
13
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ATS
A
Air Traffic Service
14
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SDR
A
Standard Departure Route
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SID
A
Standard Instrument Departure
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STAR
A
Standard Terminal Arrival Route
17
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ATZ
A
Aerodrome Traffic Zone
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AAL
A
Above Aerodrome Level
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PAR
A
Precision Approach Radar
20
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RADAR
A
RAdio Detection And Ranging
21
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DTFI
A
Distance From Touchdown Indicator
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IRVR
A
Instrument Runway Visual Range
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RVR
A
Runway Visual Range
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BURT
A
Back Up Radio Transmitter
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ATC
Air Traffic Control
26
FIS
Flight Information Service
27
ALRS
Alerting Service
28
SIGMET
Significant Meteorological Information
29
AIRMET
Airmen’s Meteorological Information
30
METAR
Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report
31
TAF
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
32
SPECI
Special METAR
33
RTF
Radio Telephony
34
INCERFA
Uncertainty Phase
35
ALERFA
Alert Phase
36
DISTREFA
Distress Phase
37
VOR
Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range
38
NDB
Non Directional Beacon
39
ILS
Instrument Landing System
40
MLS
Microwave Landing System
41
CPDLC
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications
42
VDF
VHF Direction Finder
43
VCCS
Voice Communications Control System
44
Selcal
Selective Call
45
ACARS
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
46
AMS
Aeronautical Mobile Service
47
UDF
UHF Direction Finder
48
ISA
International Standard Atmosphere
49
MSL
Mean Sea Level
50
QFE
Query Field Elevation.
| Atmospheric pressure corrected to a specific elevation
51
QNH
Query Nautical Height.
| Atmospheric pressure corrected to MSL
52
GPS
Global Positioning System
53
IAF
Initial Approach Fix
54
IF
Intermediate Approach Fix
55
FAF
Final Approach Fix
56
FAP
Final Approach Point
57
MAPt
Missed Approach Point
58
DOC
Designated Operational Coverage
59
OCA/H
Obstacle Clearance Altitude/Height
60
INS
Inertial Navigation Systems
61
FMS
Flight Management System
62
QDR
Magnetic Bearing of Aircraft to Airfield
63
QDM
Magnetic Track from aircraft to airfield. Reciprocal of QDR
64
QTE
True Bearing of aircraft from station
65
QUJ
True track required (to reach DF station)
66
DRDF
Digital Readout Direction Finder
67
OBS
Omni-Bearing Selector
68
CDI
Course Deviation Indicator
69
ADF
Automatic Direction Finder
70
CAT
Commercial Air Transport
71
CR
Commission Regulation
72
FAB
Functional Airspace Block
73
PSR
Primary Surveillance Radar
74
SSR
Secondary Surveillance Radar
75
SONAR
Sound Navigation and Range
76
MTI
Moving Target Indicator
77
OTJI
On The Job Training Instructor
78
SMR
Surface Movement Radar
79
DAPs
Down-linked Airborne Parameters
80
STCA
Short Term Conflict Alert
81
TCAS
Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems
82
ADS-(B)(C)
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-(Broadcast)(Contract)
83
MLAT
Multilateration
84
LAM
Local Area Multilateration
85
WAM
Wide Area Multilateration
86
TDOA
Time Difference Of Arrival
87
A-SMGCS
Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System
88
SI
System International (for units of measurement)
89
ISA
International Standard Atmosphere
90
NSC
No Significant Cloud
91
RH
Relative Humidity
92
ELR
Environmental Lapse Rate
93
DALR
Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
94
SALR
Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate
95
SPS
Standard Pressure Setting
96
AFTN
Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network
97
TAF
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
98
NOTAM
Notice to Airmen
99
SNOWTAM
Special Notice to Airmen
100
CAV
Cloud and Visual
101
RPL
Repetitive Flight Plan
102
IFPS
Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System
103
IFPSZ
IFPS Zone
104
ATFCM
Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management
105
GAT
General Air Traffic
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FPL
Flight Plan
107
NMOC
Network Manager Operations Centre
108
IFATCA
International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations
109
IFALPA
International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations
110
CRM
Crew Resource Management
111
TAS
True Air Speed
112
IAS
Indicated Air Speed
113
RAS
Rectified Air Speed
114
ASI
Air Speed Indicator
115
GS
Groundspeed
116
DR
Dead Reckoning
117
nm
Nautical Miles
118
TDB
Track Data Block
119
EET
Estimated En Route Time
120
EOBT
Estimated Off Blocks Time
121
MTOW
Maximum Take Off Weight
122
NOSIG
No Significant Change
123
NSC
No Significant Cloud
124
RVP
Rendezvous Point
125
ANSP
Air Navigation Service Provider
126
APC
Assessment of Prior Competence
127
RVSM
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima
128
VMC
Visual Meteorological Conditions
129
IMC
Instrument Meteorological Conditions
130
CAS
Controlled Airspace
131
ATSU
Air Traffic Services Unit
132
SVFR
Special Visual Flight Rules
133
RP
Reporting Point
134
UAS
Unmanned Aerial Systems
135
MATS
Manual of Air Traffic Services
136
FUA
Flexible Use of Airspace
137
UA
Unmanned Aircraft
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CDR
Conditional Route
139
CBA
Cross Border Area
140
TSA
Temporary Segregated Area
141
TRA
Temporary Reserved Area
142
AIP
Aeronautical Information Publication
143
GCS
Ground Control Station
144
AAR
Air to Air Refuelling
145
WSIS
With Surface In Sight
146
ATOTN
Air Traffic Operations Telephone Network
147
PABX
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
148
QSY
Q code indicating frequency change
149
WAYSRAYL
Write As You Speak, Read As You Listen
150
ROC
Rate Of Climb
