Appendix 4.
Abbreviations/Acronyms
As used in this manual, the following abbreviations/acronyms have the meanings indicated.
Abbreviation/Acronym |
Meaning |
AAWU |
Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit |
AAS |
Airport Advisory Service |
AC |
Advisory Circular |
ACAR |
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System |
ADCUS |
Advise Customs |
ADDS |
Aviation Digital Data Service |
ADF |
Automatic Direction Finder |
ADIZ |
Air Defense Identification Zone |
ADS-B |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFCS |
Automatic Flight Control System |
A/FD |
Airport/Facility Directory |
AFIS |
Automatic Flight Information Service |
AFM |
Aircraft Flight Manual |
AFSS |
Automated Flight Service Station |
AGL |
Above Ground Level |
AHRS |
Attitude Heading Reference System |
AIM |
Aeronautical Information Manual |
AIRMET |
Airmen's Meteorological Information |
ALD |
Available Landing Distance |
ALS |
Approach Light Systems |
AMSL |
Above Mean Sea Level |
ANP |
Actual Navigation Performance |
AOCC |
Airline Operations Control Center |
AP |
Autopilot System |
APV |
Approach with Vertical Guidance |
ARENA |
Areas Noted for Attention |
ARFF IC |
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Incident Commander |
ARINC |
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated |
ARO |
Airport Reservations Office |
ARSA |
Airport Radar Service Area |
ARSR |
Air Route Surveillance Radar |
ARTCC |
Air Route Traffic Control Center |
ARTS |
Automated Radar Terminal System |
ASDE-X |
Airport Surface Detection Equipment - Model X |
ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing System |
ASR |
Airport Surveillance Radar |
ASRS |
Aviation Safety Reporting System |
ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
ATCRBS |
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System |
ATCSCC |
Air Traffic Control System Command Center |
ATCT |
Airport Traffic Control Tower |
ATD |
Along-Track Distance |
ATIS |
Automatic Terminal Information Service |
ATT |
Attitude Retention System |
AWC |
Aviation Weather Center |
AWOS |
Automated Weather Observing System |
AWSS |
Automated Weather Sensor System |
AWTT |
Aviation Weather Technology Transfer |
AWW |
Severe Weather Forecast Alert |
BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
BC |
Back Course |
BECMG |
Becoming group |
C/A |
Coarse Acquisition |
CARTS |
Common Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS) (to include ARTS IIIE and ARTS IIE) |
CAT |
Clear Air Turbulence |
CD |
Controller Display |
CDI |
Course Deviation Indicator |
CDR |
Coded Departure Route |
CERAP |
Combined Center/RAPCON |
CFA |
Controlled Firing Area |
CFIT |
Controlled Flight into Terrain |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
COA |
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization |
CPDLC |
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications |
CTAF |
Common Traffic Advisory Frequency |
CVFP |
Charted Visual Flight Procedure |
CVRS |
Computerized Voice Reservation System |
CWA |
Center Weather Advisory |
CWSU |
Center Weather Service Unit |
DA |
Decision Altitude |
DCA |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport |
DCP |
Data Collection Package |
DER |
Departure End of Runway |
DF |
Direction Finder |
DH |
Decision Height |
DME |
Distance Measuring Equipment |
DME/N |
Standard DME |
DME/P |
Precision DME |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DP |
Instrument Departure Procedure |
DPU |
Data Processor Unit |
DRT |
Diversion Recovery Tool |
DRVSM |
Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum |
DUATS |
Direct User Access Terminal System |
DVA |
Diverse Vector Area |
DVFR |
Defense Visual Flight Rules |
DVRSN |
Diversion |
EDCT |
Expect Departure Clearance Time |
EFAS |
En Route Flight Advisory Service |
ELT |
Emergency Locator Transmitter |
EMAS |
Engineered Materials Arresting System |
EPE |
Estimate of Position Error |
ESV |
Expanded Service Volume |
ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
ETD |
Estimated Time of Departure |
ETE |
Estimated Time En Route |
EWINS |
Enhanced Weather Information System |
EWR |
Newark International Airport |
FA |
Area Forecast |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FAF |
Final Approach Fix |
FAWP |
Final Approach Waypoint |
FB |
Fly-by |
FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
FD |
Flight Director System |
FDC |
Flight Data Center |
FDE |
Fault Detection and Exclusion |
FIR |
Flight Information Region |
FIS |
Flight Information Service |
FISDL |
Flight Information Services Data Link |
FLIP |
Flight Information Publication |
FMS |
Flight Management System |
FMSP |
Flight Management System Procedure |
FO |
Fly-over |
FPNM |
Feet Per Nautical Mile |
FSDO |
Flight Standards District Office |
FSS |
Flight Service Station |
GBAS |
Ground Based Augmentation System |
GEO |
Geostationary Satellite |
GLS |
GNSS Landing System |
GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
GNSSP |
Global Navigation Satellite System Panel |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRI |
Group Repetition Interval |
GSD |
Geographical Situation Display |
GUS |
Ground Uplink Station |
HAT |
Height Above Touchdown |
HDTA |
High Density Traffic Airports |
HEMS |
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services |
HIRL |
High Intensity Runway Lights |
HIWAS |
Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service |
HRR |
Helicopter Rapid Refueling Procedures |
Hz |
Hertz |
IAF |
Initial Approach Fix |
IAP |
Instrument Approach Procedure |
IAS |
Indicated Air Speed |
IAWP |
Initial Approach Waypoint |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
IF |
Intermediate Fix |
IFIM |
International Flight Information Manual |
IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
ILS/PRM |
Instrument Landing System/Precision Runway Monitor |
IM |
Inner Marker |
IMC |
Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
INS |
Inertial Navigation System |
IOC |
Initial Operational Capability |
IR |
IFR Military Training Route |
IRU |
Inertial Reference Unit |
ITWS |
Integrated Terminal Weather System |
JFK |
John F. Kennedy International Airport |
kHz |
Kilohertz |
LAA |
Local Airport Advisory |
LAAS |
Local Area Augmentation System |
LAHSO |
Land and Hold Short Operations |
LAWRS |
Limited Aviation Weather Reporting Station |
LDA |
Localizer Type Directional Aid |
LDA/PRM |
Localizer Type Directional Aid/Precision Runway Monitor |
LGA |
LaGuardia Airport |
LIRL |
Low Intensity Runway Lights |
LLWAS |
Low Level Wind Shear Alert System |
LLWAS NE |
Low Level Wind Shear Alert System Network Expansion |
LLWAS-RS |
Low Level Wind Shear Alert System Relocation/Sustainment |
LNAV |
Lateral Navigation |
LOC |
Localizer |
LOP |
Line-of-position |
LORAN |
Long Range Navigation System |
LP |
Localizer Performance |
LPV |
Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance |
LZ |
Landing Zone |
MAHWP |
Missed Approach Holding Waypoint |
MAP |
Missed Approach Point |
MAWP |
Missed Approach Waypoint |
MDA |
Minimum Descent Altitude |
MEA |
Minimum En Route Altitude |
MEARTS |
Micro En Route Automated Radar Tracking System |
METAR |
Aviation Routine Weather Report |
MHz |
Megahertz |
MIRL |
Medium Intensity Runway Lights |
MLS |
Microwave Landing System |
MM |
Middle Marker |
MOA |
Military Operations Area |
MOCA |
Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude |
MRA |
Minimum Reception Altitude |
MRB |
Magnetic Reference Bearing |
MSA |
Minimum Safe Altitude |
MSAW |
Minimum Safe Altitude Warning |
MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
MTI |
Moving Target Indicator |
MTOS |
Mountain Obscuration |
MTR |
Military Training Route |
MVA |
Minimum Vectoring Altitude |
MWA |
Mountain Wave Activity |
MWO |
Meteorological Watch Office |
NACO |
National Aeronautical Charting Office |
NAS |
National Airspace System |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAVAID |
Navigational Aid |
NAVCEN |
Coast Guard Navigation Center |
NCWF |
National Convective Weather Forecast |
NDB |
Nondirectional Radio Beacon |
NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
NFDC |
National Flight Data Center |
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NIDS |
National Institute for Discovery Sciences |
NM |
Nautical Mile |
NMAC |
Near Midair Collision |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOPAC |
North Pacific |
NoPT |
No Procedure Turn Required |
NOTAM |
Notice to Airmen |
NPA |
Nonprecision Approach |
NRS |
Navigation Reference System |
NSA |
National Security Area |
NSW |
No Significant Weather |
NTAP |
Notices to Airmen Publication |
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
NTZ |
No Transgression Zone |
NWS |
National Weather Service |
OAT |
Outside Air Temperature |
OBS |
Omni-bearing Selector |
ODP |
Obstacle Departure Procedure |
OIS |
Operational Information System |
OIS |
Obstacle Identification Surface |
OM |
Outer Marker |
ORD |
Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
PA |
Precision Approach |
PAPI |
Precision Approach Path Indicator |
PAR |
Precision Approach Radar |
PAR |
Preferred Arrival Route |
PC |
Personal Computer |
P/CG |
Pilot/Controller Glossary |
PDC |
Pre-departure Clearance |
PFD |
Personal Flotation Device |
PinS |
Point-in-Space |
PIREP |
Pilot Weather Report |
POB |
Persons on Board |
POFZ |
Precision Obstacle Free Zone |
POI |
Principal Operations Inspector |
PPS |
Precise Positioning Service |
PRM |
Precision Runway Monitor |
PT |
Procedure Turn |
QICP |
Qualified Internet Communications Provider |
RA |
Resolution Advisory |
RAA |
Remote Advisory Airport |
RAIM |
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring |
RAIS |
Remote Airport Information Service |
RBDT |
Ribbon Display Terminals |
RCAG |
Remote Center Air/Ground |
RCC |
Rescue Coordination Center |
RCLS |
Runway Centerline Lighting System |
RCO |
Remote Communications Outlet |
RD |
Rotor Diameter |
REIL |
Runway End Identifier Lights |
REL |
Runway Entrance Lights |
RFM |
Rotorcraft Flight Manual |
RLIM |
Runway Light Intensity Monitor |
RMI |
Radio Magnetic Indicator |
RNAV |
Area Navigation |
RNP |
Required Navigation Performance |
ROC |
Required Obstacle Clearance |
RPAT |
RNP Parallel Approach Runway Transitions |
RVR |
Runway Visual Range |
RVSM |
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum |
RWSL |
Runway Status Light |
SAAAR |
Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required |
SAM |
System Area Monitor |
SAR |
Search and Rescue |
SAS |
Stability Augmentation System |
SBAS |
Satellite-based Augmentation System |
SCAT-1 DGPS |
Special Category I Differential GPS |
SDF |
Simplified Directional Facility |
SFL |
Sequenced Flashing Lights |
SFR |
Special Flight Rules |
SIAP |
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure |
SID |
Standard Instrument Departure |
SIGMET |
Significant Meteorological Information |
SM |
Statute Mile |
SMGCS |
Surface Movement Guidance Control System |
SNR |
Signal-to-noise Ratio |
SOIA |
Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches |
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
SPC |
Storm Prediction Center |
SPS |
Standard Positioning Service |
STAR |
Standard Terminal Arrival |
STARS |
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System |
STMP |
Special Traffic Management Program |
SWSL |
Supplemental Weather Service Locations |
TA |
Traffic Advisory |
TAA |
Terminal Arrival Area |
TAC |
Terminal Area Chart |
TACAN |
Tactical Air Navigation |
TAF |
Aerodrome Forecast |
TAS |
True Air Speed |
TCAS |
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System |
TCH |
Threshold Crossing Height |
TD |
Time Difference |
TDLS |
Tower Data Link System |
TDWR |
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar |
TDZL |
Touchdown Zone Lights |
TEC |
Tower En Route Control |
THL |
Takeoff Hold Lights |
TIBS |
Telephone Information Briefing Service |
TIPH |
Taxi into Position and Hold |
TIS |
Traffic Information Service |
TIS-B |
Traffic Information Service-Broadcast |
TLS |
Transponder Landing System |
TPP |
Terminal Procedures Publications |
TRSA |
Terminal Radar Service Area |
TSO |
Technical Standard Order |
TWEB |
Transcribed Weather Broadcast |
TWIB |
Terminal Weather Information for Pilots System |
UA |
Unmanned Aircraft |
UAS |
Unmanned Aircraft System |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UFO |
Unidentified Flying Object |
UHF |
Ultrahigh Frequency |
U.S. |
United States |
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
UWS |
Urgent Weather SIGMET |
VAR |
Volcanic Activity Reporting |
VASI |
Visual Approach Slope Indicator |
VCOA |
Visual Climb Over the Airport |
VDA |
Vertical Descent Angle |
VDP |
Visual Descent Point |
VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
VGSI |
Visual Glide Slope Indicator |
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
VIP |
Video Integrator Processor |
VMC |
Visual Meteorological Conditions |
VMINI |
Instrument flight minimum speed, utilized in complying with minimum limit speed requirements for instrument flight |
VNAV |
Vertical Navigation |
VNE |
Never exceed speed |
VNEI |
Instrument flight never exceed speed, utilized instead of VNE for compliance with maximum limit speed requirements for instrument flight |
VOR |
Very High Frequency Omni-directional Range |
VORTAC |
VHF Omni-directional Range/Tactical Air Navigation |
VOT |
VOR Test Facility |
VR |
VFR Military Training Route |
VREF |
The reference landing approach speed, usually about 1.3 times Vso plus 50 percent of the wind gust speed in excess of the mean wind speed. |
VSO |
The stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration at maximum weight. |
VTF |
Vector to Final |
VV |
Vertical Visibility |
VVI |
Vertical Velocity Indicator |
VY |
Speed for best rate of climb |
VYI |
Instrument climb speed, utilized instead of VY for compliance with the climb requirements for instrument flight |
WA |
AIRMET |
WAAS |
Wide Area Augmentation System |
WAC |
World Aeronautical Chart |
WFO |
Weather Forecast Office |
WGS-84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WMS |
Wide-Area Master Station |
WMSC |
Weather Message Switching Center |
WMSCR |
Weather Message Switching Center Replacement |
WP |
Waypoint |
WRS |
Wide-Area Ground Reference Station |
WS |
SIGMET |
WSO |
Weather Service Office |
WSP |
Weather System Processor |
WST |
Convective Significant Meteorological Information |
WW |
Severe Weather Watch Bulletin |