 | AAC aeronautical administrative
communications |
| AAIM aircraft autonomous integrity
monitoring |
| ABAS aircraft-based augmentation |
| ACARS aircraft communication
addressing and reporting system |
| ACAS airborne collision avoidance
system |
| ACC area control centre |
| ADS automatic dependent
surveillance |
| ADS-B ADS-broadcast |
| AFS aeronautical fixed service |
| AFTN aeronautical fixed
telecommunication network |
| AIDC ATS inter-facility data
communications |
| AIP aeronautical information
publication |
| AIREP air-report |
| AIS aeronautical information
service |
| ALLPIRG All Chairmen of the
Planning and Implementation Regional Groups |
| AMSS aeronautical mobile-satellite
service |
| ANC Air Navigation Commission |
| ANP regional air navigation
plan |
| ANS air navigation services |
| ANSEP Air Navigation Services
Economics Panel |
| AOC aeronautical operational
control |
| APC aeronautical passenger
communications |
| APIRG AFI Planning and
Implementation Regional Group |
| ASD AeroSpace and Defence
Industries Association of Europe |
| ASDE airport surface detection
equipment |
| ASECNA Agency for the Safety
of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar |
| ASM airspace management |
| ATC air traffic control |
| ATCAA Air Traffic Control Assigned
Airspace |
| ATCO air traffic controller |
| ATFM air traffic flow management |
| ATIS automatic terminal
information service |
| ATM air traffic management |
| ATN aeronautical
telecommunication network |
| ATS air traffic services |
| ATSC air traffic services
communications |
| BORPC Basic Operational Requirements
and Planning Criteria |
| CAA Civil Aviation
Administration |
| CAPS civil aviation purchasing
service |
| CASITAF CNS/ATM Systems
Implementation Task Force |
| CATCs civil aviation training
centres |
| CDTI cockpit display of traffic
information |
| CNS communications, navigation
and surveillance |
| CNS/ATM communications,
navigation, and surveillance / air traffic management |
| COCESNA Central American Safety
Services Corporation |
| DARP dynamic air route planning |
| D-ATIS digital-automatic terminal
information service |
| DCPC direct controller-pilot
communications |
| EANPG European Air Navigation
Planning Group |
| EATMS European ATM System |
| EBAA European Business Aviation
Association |
| ECAC European Civil Aviation
Conference |
| EU European Union |
| Eurocontrol European
Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation |
| FANS Special Committee on Future
Air Navigation Systems |
| FANS Phase 11 Special
Committee for the Monitoring and Co -ordination of Development and Transition
Planning for the Future Air Navigation System |
| FASID Facilities and Services
Implementation Document |
| FDPS flight data processing
system |
| FIC flight information centre |
| FIR flight information region |
| FIS flight information
service |
| FMS flight management system |
| FPL flight plan |
| FUA flexible use of airspace |
| GBAS ground-based augmentation
systems |
| GES ground earth stations |
| GLONASS global orbiting
navigation satellite system |
| GMU global positioning system
monitoring unit |
| GNSS global navigation satellite
system |
| GPS global positioning system |
| HF high frequency |
| HMI human-machine interface |
| IAOPA International Council of
aircraft Owner and pilot association |
| IATA International Air Transport
Association |
| ICAO International Civil Aviation
Organization |
| IFALPA International Federation of
Air Line Pilots' Associations |
| IFATCA International Federation of
Air Traffic Controllers' Associations |
| IFR instrument flight rules |
| ILS instrument landing system |
| IMC instrument meteorological
conditions |
| ISO-OSI International
Organization for Standardization - Open Systems Interconnection |
| JAA Joint Aviation Authorities |
| LAAS local area augmentation
system |
| MAP aeronautical charts |
| MASPS minimum aircraft system
performance specifications |
| MET meteorological services for
air navigation |
| MMR multimode receiver |
| MNPS minimum navigation
performance specifications |
| MNT Mach number technique |
| MWO meteorological watch office |
| NAT SPG North Atlantic Systems
Planning Group |
| NATO North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation |
| NOTAM notice to airmen |
| NPA non -precision approach |
| NPV net present value |
| OPMET operational metrological
information |
| PA precision approach |
| PANS Procedures for Air Navigation
Services |
| PANS-ATM Procedures for Air
Navigation Services - Air Traffic Management (Doc 4444) |
| PAR precision approach radar |
| PAX Association Passenger
Association |
| PIRG planning and implementation
regional group |
| PSR primary surveillance radar |
| R&D research and development |
| RAeS Royal Aeronautical Society |
| RAFC regional area forecast centre |
| RAIM receiver autonomous
integrity monitoring |
| RAs resolution advisories |
| RCC rescue coordination centre |
| RCP required communication
performance |
| RF radio frequency |
| RFI RF interference |
| RGCSP Review of the General Concept
of Separation Panel |
| RNAV area navigation |
| RNP required navigation
performance |
| RSP required surveillance
performance |
| RTSP required total systems
performance |
| RVSM reduced vertical separation
minimum |
| SARPs Standards and Recommended
Practices |
| SBAS satellite-based augmentation |
| SIDs standard instrument
departures |
| SIGWX significant weather |
| SMGCS surface movement guidance and
control systems |
| SSR secondary surveillance
radar |
| STARs standard instrument arrivals |
| STDMA self-organizing time division
multiple access |
| STP standardized training
package |
| SUA special use airspace |
| TAF aerodrome forecast |
| TCB Technical Co -operation
Bureau |
| TCDC Technical Co-operation
amongst Developing Countries |
| TDMA time division multiple access |
| TMA Terminal Control Area |
| UTC Co-ordinated Universal Time |
| VAAC volcanic ash advisory centre |
| VDL VHF digital link |
| VFR visual flight rules |
| VHF very high frequency |
| VMC visual meteorological
conditions |
| VOLMET meteorological
information for aircraft in flight |
| VORVHF omni-directional radio
range |
| VSM vertical separation minimum |
| WAFC world area forecast centre |
| WAFS world area forecast system |
