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A/C -- Aircraft
A/G -- Air
to Ground
A/H -- Altitude/Height
AAC -- Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center
AAF -- Army Air Field
AAI -- Arrival Aircraft Interval
AAP -- Advanced Automation Program
AAR -- Airport Acceptance Rate
ABDIS -- Automated Data Interchange
System Service B
ACAIS -- Air Carrier
Activity Information System
ACAS --
Aircraft Collision Avoidance System
ACC
-- Airports Consultants Council
ACC --
Area Control Center
ACCT -- Accounting
Records
ACD -- Automatic Call
Distributor
ACDO -- Air Carrier
District Office
ACF -- Area Control
Facility
ACFO -- Aircraft Certification
Field Office
ACFT -- Aircraft
ACI-NA -- Airports Council
International - North America
ACID --
Aircraft Identification
ACIP -- Airport
Capital Improvement Plan
ACLS --
Automatic Carrier Landing System
ACLT
-- Actual Landing Time Calculated
ACO
-- Office of Airports Compliance and Field
Operations
ACO -- Aircraft
Certification Office
ACRP -- Airport
Cooperative Research Program
ADA -- Air
Defense Area
ADAP -- Airport
Development Aid Program
ADAS -- AWOS
Data Acquisition System
ADCCP --
Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure
ADDA -- Administrative Data
ADF -- Automatic Direction Finding
ADI -- Automatic De-Ice and Inhibitor
ADIN -- AUTODIN Service
ADIZ
-- Air Defense Identification Zone
ADL
-- Aeronautical Data-Link
ADLY --
Arrival Delay
ADO -- Airline Dispatch
Office
ADP -- Automated Data Processing
ADS -- Automatic Dependent Surveillance
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ADSIM --
Airfield Delay Simulation Model
ADSY --
Administrative Equipment Systems
ADTN
-- Administrative Data Transmission Network
ADTN2000 -- Administrative Data
Transmission Network 2000
ADVO --
Administrative Voice
AEG -- Aircraft
Evaluation Group
AERA -- Automated En-
Route Air Traffic Control
AEX --
Automated Execution
AF -- Airway
Facilities
AFB -- Air Force Base
AFIS -- Automated Flight Inspection
System
AFP -- Area Flight Plan
AFRES -- Air Force Reserve Station
AFS -- Airways Facilities Sector
AFSFO -- AFS Field Office
AFSFU -- AFS Field Unit
AFSOU -- AFS Field Office Unit
(Standard is AFSFOU)
AFSS -- Automated
Flight Service Station
AFTN --
Automated Fixed Telecommunications Network
AGIS -- Airports Geographic Information
System
AGL -- Above Ground Level
AID -- Airport Information Desk
AIG -- Airbus Industries Group
AIM -- Airman's Information Manual
AIP -- Airport Improvement Plan
AIRMET -- Airmen's Meteorological
Information
AIRNET -- Airport Network
Simulation Model
AIS -- Aeronautical
Information Service
AIT -- Automated
Information Transfer
ALP -- Airport
Layout Plan
ALS -- Approach Lighting
System
ALSF1 -- ALS with Sequenced
Flashers I
ALSF2 -- ALS with Sequenced
Flashers II
ALSIP -- Approach Lighting
System Improvement Plan
ALTRV --
Altitude Reservation
AMASS -- Airport
Movement Area Safety System
AMCC --
ACF/ARTCC Maintenance Control Center
AMOS -- Automated Meteorological
Observation Station
AMP -- ARINC
Message Processor (OR) Airport Master Plan
AMVER -- Automated Mutual Assistance
Vessel Rescue System
ANC -- Alternate
Network Connectivity
ANCA -- Airport
Noise and Capacity Act
ANG -- Air
National Guard
ANGB -- Air National
Guard Base
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ANMS -- Automated Network Monitoring
System
ANSI -- American National
Standards Group
AOA -- Air Operations
Area
AP -- Acquisition Plan
APP -- Approach
APS --
Airport Planning Standard
AQAFO --
Aeronautical Quality Assurance Field Office
ARAC -- Army Radar Approach Control
(AAF)
ARAC -- Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee
ARCTR -- FAA
Aeronautical Center or Academy
ARF --
Airport Reservation Function
ARFF --
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
ARINC
-- Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
ARLNO --
Airline Office
ARO -- Airport
Reservation Office
ARP -- Airport
Reference Point
ARRA -- American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
ARSA -- Airport Service Radar Area
ARSR -- Air Route Surveillance Radar
ARTCC -- Air Route Traffic Control
Center
ARTS -- Automated Radar Terminal
System
ASAS -- Aviation Safety Analysis
System
ASC -- AUTODIN Switching Center
ASCP -- Aviation System Capacity Plan
ASD -- Aircraft Situation Display
ASDA -- Accelerate -- Stop Distance
Available
ASLAR -- Aircraft Surge
Launch And Recovery
ASM -- Available
Seat Mile
ASP -- Arrival Sequencing
Program
ASOS -- Automatic Surface
Observation System
ASQP -- Airline
Service Quality Performance
ASR --
Airport Surveillance Radar
ASTA --
Airport Surface Traffic Automation
ASV
-- Airline Schedule Vendor
AT -- Air
Traffic
ATA -- Air Transport
Association of America
ATAS -- Airspace
and Traffic Advisory Service
ATCAA --
Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
AT&T -- American Telephone and
Telegraph
AT&T ASDC -- AT&T Agency
Service Delivery Center
AT&T CSA --
AT&T Customer Support Associate
ATC --
Air Traffic Control
ATCBI -- Air
Traffic Control Beacon Indicator
ATCCC
-- Air Traffic Control Command Center
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ATCO --
Air Taxi Commercial Operator
ATCRB --
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
ATCRBS
-- Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
ATCSCC -- Air Traffic Control Systems
Command Center
ATCT -- Airport Traffic
Control Tower
ATIS -- Automated
Terminal Information Service
ATISR --
ATIS Recorder
ATM -- Air Traffic
Management
ATM -- Asynchronous Transfer
Mode
ATMS -- Advanced Traffic
Management System
ATN -- Aeronautical
Telecommunications Network
ATODN --
AUTODIN Terminal (FUS)
ATOVN -- AUOTVON
(Facility)
ATOMS -- Air Traffic
Operations Management System
ATS -- Air
Traffic Service
ATSCCP -- ATS
Contingency Command Post
ATTIS -- AT&T
Information Systems
AUTODIN -- DoD
Automatic Digital Network
AUTOVON --
DoD Automatic Voice Network
AVON --
AUTOVON Service
AVN -- Aviation
Standards National Field Office, Oklahoma City
AWIS -- Airport Weather Information
AWOS -- Automated Weather Observation
System
AWP -- Aviation Weather
Processor
AWPG -- Aviation Weather
Products Generator
AWS -- Air Weather
Station
B
BANS --
BRITE Alphanumeric System
BART --
Billing Analysis Reporting Tool (GSA software
tool)
BASIC -- Basic Contract Observing
Station
BASOP -- Military Base
Operations
BCA -- Benefit/Cost Analysis
BCR -- Benefit/Cost Ratio
BDAT -- Digitized Beacon Data
BMP -- Best Management Practices
BOC -- Bell Operating Company
bps -- bits per second
BRI
-- Basic Rate Interface
BRITE -- Bright
Radar Indicator Terminal Equipment
BRL
-- Building Restriction Line
BUEC --
Back-- up Emergency Communications
BUECE -- Back-- up Emergency
Communications Equipment
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CAA -- Civil Aviation
Authority
CAA -- Clean Air Act
CAB -- Civil Aeronautics Board
CARF -- Central Altitude Reservation
Facility
CASFO -- Civil Aviation
Security Office
CAT -- Category
CAT -- Clear -- Air Turbulence
CAU -- Crypto Ancillary Unit
CBI -- Computer Based Instruction
CCC -- Communications Command Center
CCCC -- Staff Communications
CCCH -- Central Computer Complex Host
CC&O -- Customer Cost and Obligation
CCSD -- Command Communications Service
Designator
CCS7-- NI -- Communication
Channel Signal-7 -- Network Interconnect
CCU -- Central Control Unit
CD -- Common Digitizer
CDR
-- Cost Detail Report
CDT -- Controlled
Departure Time
CDTI -- Cockpit Display
of Traffic Information
CENTX -- Central
Telephone Exchange
CEP -- Capacity
Enhancement Program
CEQ -- Council on
Environmental Quality
CERAP -- Center
Radar Approach Control
CERAP -- Central
Radar Approach
CERAP -- Combined
Center/Radar Approach Control
CFC --
Central Flow Control
CFCF -- Central
Flow Control Facility
CFCS -- Central
Flow Control Service
CFR -- Code of
Federal Regulations
CFWP -- Central
Flow Weather Processor
CFWU -- Central
Flow Weather Unit
CGAS -- Coast Guard
Air Station
CLC -- Course Line Computer
CLIN -- Contract Line Item
CLT -- Calculated Landing Time
CM -- Commercial Service Airport
CNMPS
--
Canadian
Minimum
Navigation
Performance
Specification
Airspace
CNS -- Consolidated
NOTAM System
CNSP -- Consolidated NOTAM
System Processor
CO -- Central Office
COE -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
COMCO -- Command Communications Outlet
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CONUS --
Continental United States
CORP --
Private Corporation other than ARINC or MITRE
CPE -- Customer Premise Equipment
CPMIS -- Consolidated Personnel
Management Information System
CRA --
Conflict Resolution Advisory
CRDA --
Converging Runway Display Aid
CRT --
Cathode Ray Tube
CSA -- Communications
Service Authorization
CSIS --
Centralized Storm Information System
CSO -- Customer Service Office
CSR -- Communications Service Request
CSS -- Central Site System
C/S/S/N --
Capacity/Safety/Security/Noise
CTA --
Controlled Time of Arrival
CTA --
Control Area
CTA/FIR -- Control
Area/Flight Information Region
CTAF --
Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
CTAS
-- Center -- Tracon Automation System
CTMA -- Center Traffic Management
Advisor
CUPS -- Consolidated Uniform
Payroll System
CVFR -- Controlled
Visual Flight Rules
CVTS -- Compressed
Video Transmission Service
CW --
Continuous Wave
CWSU -- Central Weather
Service Unit
CWY -- Clearway
D
DA -- Direct
Access
DA -- Decision Altitude/Decision
Height
DA -- Descent Advisor
DABBS -- DITCO Automated Bulletin Board
System
DAIR -- Direct Altitude and
Identity Readout
DAR -- Designated
Agency Representative
DARC -- Direct
Access Radar Channel
dBA -- Decibels
A-weighted
DBCRC -- Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission
DBE
-- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DBMS -- Data Base Management System
DBRITE -- Digital Bright Radar
Indicator Tower Equipment
DCA --
Defense Communications Agency
DCAA --
Dual Call, Automatic Answer Device
DCCU
-- Data Communications Control Unit
DCE
-- Data Communications Equipment
DDA --
Dedicated Digital Access
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DDD -- Direct Distance Dialing
DDM -- Difference in Depth of
Modulation
DDS -- Digital Data Service
DEA -- Drug Enforcement Agency
DEDS -- Data Entry and Display System
DEIS -- Draft Environmental Impact
Statement
DEP -- Departure
DEWIZ -- Distance Early Warning
Identification Zone
DF -- Direction
Finder
DFAX -- Digital Facsimile
DFI -- Direction Finding Indicator
DGPS -- Differential Global Positioning
Satellite (System)
DH -- Decision
Height
DID -- Direct Inward Dial
DIP -- Drop and Insert Point
DIRF -- Direction Finding
DITCO -- Defense Information Technology
Contracting Office Agency
DME --
Distance Measuring Equipment
DME/P --
Precision Distance Measuring Equipment
DMN -- Data Multiplexing Network
DNL -- Day-- Night Equivalent Sound
Level (Also called Ldn)
DOD -- Direct
Outward Dial
DoD -- Department of
Defense
DOI -- Department of Interior
DOS -- Department of State
DOT -- Department of Transportation
DOTS -- Dynamic Ocean Tracking System
DOTCC -- Department of Transportation
Computer Center
DSCS -- Digital
Satellite Compression Service
DSUA --
Dynamic Special Use Airspace
DTS --
Dedicated Transmission Service
DUAT --
Direct User Access Terminal
DVFR --
Defense Visual Flight Rules
DVFR -- Day
Visual Flight Rules
DVOR -- Doppler
Very High Frequency Omni-- Directional Range
DYSIM -- Dynamic Simulator
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E-MSAW -- En-Route
Automated Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
EA -- Environmental Assessment
EARTS -- En Route Automated Radar
Tracking System
ECOM -- En Route
Communications
ECVFP -- Expanded
Charted Visual Flight Procedures
EDCT
-- Expedite Departure Path
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EFAS -- En Route Flight
Advisory Service
EFC -- Expect Further
Clearance
EFIS -- Electronic Flight
Information Systems
EIAF -- Expanded
Inward Access Features
EIS --
Environmental Impact Statement
ELT --
Emergency Locator Transmitter
ELWRT --
Electrowriter
EMAS -- Engineered
Materials Arresting System
EMPS -- En
Route Maintenance Processor System
EMS
-- Environmental Management System
ENAV
-- En Route Navigational Aids
EPA --
Environmental Protection Agency
EPS --
Engineered Performance Standards
EOF --
Emergency Operating Facility
EPSS --
Enhanced Packet Switched Service
ERAD
-- En Route Broadband Radar
ESEC -- En
Route Broadband Secondary Radar
ESP --
En Route Spacing Program
ESYS -- En
Route Equipment Systems
ESF -- Extended
Superframe Format
ETA -- Estimated Time
of Arrival
ETE -- Estimated Time En
Route
ETG -- Enhanced Target Generator
ETMS -- Enhanced Traffic Management
System
ETN -- Electronic
Telecommunications Network
EVAS --
Enhanced Vortex Advisory System
EVCS --
Emergency Voice Communications System
F
FAA -- Federal
Aviation Administration
F&E -- Facility
and Equipment
FAAAC -- FAA Aeronautical
Center
FAACIS -- FAA Communications
Information System
FAATC -- FAA
Technical Center
FAC -- Facility
FAF -- Final Approach Fix
FAP -- Final Approach Point
FAPM -- FTS2000 Associate Program
Manager
FAR -- Federal Aviation
Regulation
FAATSAT -- FAA
Telecommunications Satellite
FAST --
Final Approach Spacing Tool
FAX --
Facsimile Equipment
FBO -- Fixed Base
Operator
FBS -- Fall Back Switch
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FCC -- Federal
Communications Commission
FCLT --
Freeze Calculated Landing Time
FCOM --
FSS Radio Voice Communications
FCPU --
Facility Central Processing Unit
FDAT
-- Flight Data Entry and Printout (FDEP) and
Flight Data Service
FDE -- Flight Data
Entry
FDEP -- Flight Data Entry and
Printout
FDIO -- Flight Data
Input/Output
FDIOC -- Flight Data
Input/Output Center
FDIOR -- Flight
Data Input/Output Remote
FDM --
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDP --
Flight Data Processing
FED -- Federal
FEIS -- Final Environmental Impact
Statement
FEP -- Front End Processor
FFAC -- From Facility
FIFO
-- Flight Inspection Field Office
FIG
-- Flight Inspection Group
FINO --
Flight Inspection National Field Office
FIPS -- Federal Information Publication
Standard
FIR -- Flight Information
Region
FIRE -- Fire Station
FIRMR -- Federal Information Resource
Management Regulation
FL -- Flight
Level
FLOWSIM -- Traffic Flow Planning
Simulation
FMA -- Final Monitor Aid
FMF -- Facility Master File
FMIS -- FTS2000 Management Information
System
FMS -- Flight management System
FNMS -- FTS2000 Network Management
System
FOIA -- Freedom Of Information
Act
FONSI -- Finding of No Significant
Impact
FP -- Flight Plan
FRC
-- Request Full Route Clearance
FSAS --
Flight Service Automation System
FSDO
-- Flight Standards District Office
FSDPS -- Flight Service Data Processing
System
FSEP --
Facility/Service/Equipment Profile
FSP
-- Flight Strip Printer
FSPD -- Freeze
Speed Parameter
FSS -- Flight Service
Station
FSSA -- Flight Service Station
Automated Service
FSTS -- Federal
Secure Telephone Service
FSYS -- Flight
Service Station Equipment Systems
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FTS -- Federal
Telecommunications System
FTS2000 --
Federal Telecommunications System 2000
FUS -- Functional Units or Systems
FWCS -- Flight Watch Control Station
G
GA -- General
Aviation
GAA -- General Aviation
Activity
GAAA -- General Aviation
Activity and Avionics
GADO -- General
Aviation District Office
GCA -- Ground
Control Approach
GIS -- Geographic
Information System
GNAS -- General
National Airspace System
GNSS -- Global
Navigation Satellite System
GOES --
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOESF -- GOES Feed Point
GOEST -- GOES Terminal Equipment
GPRA -- Government Performance Results
Act
GPS -- Global Positioning Satellite
GPWS -- Ground Proximity Warning System
GRADE -- Graphical Airspace Design
Environment
GS -- Glide Slope Indicator
GSA -- General Services Administration
GSE -- Ground Support Equipment
H
H -- Non--
Directional Radio Homing Beacon (NDB)
HAA -- Height Above Airport
HAL -- Height Above Landing
HARS -- High Altitude Route System
HAT -- Height Above Touchdown
HAZMAT -- Hazardous Materials
HCAP -- High Capacity Carriers
HLDC -- High Level Data Link Control
HDME -- NDB with Distance Measuring
Equipment
HDQ -- FAA Headquarters
HELI -- Heliport
HF -- High
Frequency
HH -- NDB, 2kw or More
HI-- EFAS -- High Altitude EFAS
HOV -- High Occupancy Vehicle
HSI -- Horizontal Situation Indicators
HUD -- Housing and Urban Development
HWAS -- Hazardous In-- Flight Weather
Advisory
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Hz -- HERTZ
I
IA -- Indirect Access
IAF --
Initial Approach Fix
I/AFSS --
International AFSS
IAP -- Instrument
Approach Procedures
IAPA -- Instrument
Approach Procedures Automation
IBM --
International Business Machines
IBP --
International Boundary Point
IBR --
Intermediate Bit Rate
ICAO --
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICSS -- International Communications
Switching Systems
IDAT -- Interfacility
Data
IF -- Intermediate Fix
IFCP -- Interfacility Communications
Processor
IFDS -- Interfacility Data
System
IFEA -- In-- Flight Emergency
Assistance
IFO -- International Field
Office
IFR -- Instrument Flight Rules
IFSS -- International Flight Service
Station
ILS -- Instrument Landing
System
IM -- Inner Marker
IMC -- Instrument Meteorological
Conditions
INM -- Integrated Noise
Model
INS -- Inertial Navigation System
IRMP -- Information Resources
Management Plan
ISDN -- Integrated
Services Digital Network
ISMLS --
Interim Standard Microwave Landing System
ITI -- Interactive Terminal Interface
IVRS -- Interim Voice Response System
IW -- Inside Wiring
J
K
Kbps -- Kilobits Per Second
Khz -- Kilohertz
KVDT --
Keyboard Video Display Terminal
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LAA -- Local Airport Advisory
LAAS -- Low Altitude Alert System
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