Airport
Acronyms
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Phonetic Alphabet
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AAlpha
BBravo
CCharlie
DDelta
EEcho
FFoxtrot
GGolf
HHotel
IIndia
JJuliet
KKilo
LLima
MMike
NNovember
OOscar
PPapa
QQuébec
RRomeo
SSierra
TTango
UUniform
VVictor
WWhiskey
XX-Ray
YYankee
ZZulu
A
A/C Aircraft
A/G
Air to Ground
A/HAltitude/Height
AAA
Airport Airlines Affairs Committee
AAA
American Association of Airport
AAC
AAF AAI
AAP
AAR
ABC ABDIS
AC
ACAIS
ACAP
ACAS
ACC
ACC
Executives
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
Army Air Field
Arrival Aircraft Interval
Advanced Automation Program
Airport Acceptance Rate
Automatic Border Crossing
Automated Data Interchange System
Service B
Advisory Circular
Air Carrier Activity Information System
Airports Capital Assistance Program
Aircraft Collision Avoidance System
Airports Consultants Council
Area Control Center
ACI
Airports Council International
Accounting Records
ACCT
ACD
Automatic Call Distributor
ACDO
Air Carrier District Office
ACF
Area Control Facility
ACFO
Aircraft Certification Field Office
ACFTAircraft
ACI-NA
Airports Council International - North
ACID
ACIP
ACLS
ACLT
ACN ACO ACO
ACRP
ADA
ADA
ADAP
ADAS
America
Aircraft Identification
Airport Capital Improvement Plan
Automatic Carrier Landing System
Actual Landing Time Calculated
Aircraft Classification Number
Office of Airports Compliance and Field
Operations
Aircraft Certification Office
Airport Cooperative Research Program
Air Defense Area
Americans Disability Act
Airport Development Aid Program
AWOS Data Acquisition System
ADB ADCCP
Apron Drive Bridge
Advanced Data Communications
Control Procedure
ADDA
Administrative Data
ADF
Automatic Direction Finding
ADG
Airplane Design Group
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
ADS-B
Automatic Dependent SurveillanceBroadcast
ADSIM
Airfield Delay Simulation Model
ADSY
Administrative Equipment Systems
ADTN Administrative Data Transmission
Network
ADTN2000 Administrative Data Transmission
Network 2000
ADVO AED
AEG
AEP
AERA
AEX AF
AFB AFIS AFP AFRES AFS
AFSFO
AFSFU AFSOU AFSS AFTN AGIS AGL AGN
Administrative Voice
Automatic External Defibrillator
Aircraft Evaluation Group
Airport Emergency Plan
Automated En-Route Air Traffic Control
Automated Execution
Airway Facilities
Air Force Base
Automated Flight Inspection System
Area Flight Plan
Air Force Reserve Station
Airways Facilities Sector
AFS Field Office
AFS Field Unit
AFS Field Office Unit (Standard is
AFSFOU)
Automated Flight Service Station
Automated Fixed Telecommunications
Network
Airports Geographic Information System
Above Ground Level
Aircraft Group Number
AGTS AID AIG AIM
AIP AIRMET
AIRNET AIS
AIT ALP ALS
ALSF1 ALSF2 ALSIP ALTRV AMASS AMCC AMOS Automated Ground Transportation
System
Airport Information Desk
Airbus Industries Group
Airman’s Information Manual
Airport Improvement Plan
Airmen’s Meteorological Information
Airport Network Simulation Model
Aeronautical Information Service
Automated Information Transfer
Airport Layout Plan
Approach Lighting System
ALS with Sequenced Flashers I
ALS with Sequenced Flashers II
Approach Lighting System
Improvement Plan
Altitude Reservation
Airport Movement Area Safety System
ACF/ARTCC Maintenance Control
Center
Automated Meteorological Observation
Station
AMP AMVER
ANC
ANCA ANG ANGB ANMS ANSI AOA AOM
AOPA AP APAPI APL
APP APS AQAFO ARAC ARINC Message Processor (OR) Airport
Master Plan
Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel
Rescue System
Alternate Network Connectivity
Airport Noise and Capacity Act
Air National Guard
Air National Guard Base
Automated Network Monitoring
System
American National Standards Group
Air Operations Area
Airport Operations Manual
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Acquisition Plan
Abbreviated Precision Approach Path
Automatic Passenger Control
Approach
Airport Planning Standard
Aeronautical Quality Assurance Field
Office
Army Radar Approach Control (AAF)
ARAC ARC ARCAL ARCTR
ARF
ARFF ARINC
ARLNO ARO ARP ARP ARRA
ARSA ARSR
ARTCC ARTS ASAS ASC ASCP Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee
Airport Reference Code
Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome
Lighting
FAA Aeronautical Center or Academy
Airport Reservation Function
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
Airline Office
Airport Reservation Office
Airport Reference Point
Aerospace Recommended Practice
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
Airport Service Radar Area
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Automated Radar Terminal System
Aviation Safety Analysis System
AUTODIN Switching Center
Aviation System Capacity Plan
ASD Aircraft Situation Display
ASDA Accelerate – Stop Distance Available
ASLAR Aircraft Surge Launch And Recovery
ASM
Available Seat Mile
A-SMGCS Advanced Surface Movement and
ASP ASOS
ASQP
ASR
ASTA
ASV
ASV
AT
ATA
ATAP
ATAS
ATCAA
ATC
ATCBI
ATCCC
ATCO
Guidance Control System
Arrival Sequencing Program
Automatic Surface Observation System
Airline Service Quality Performance
Airport Surveillance Radar
Airport Surface Traffic Automation
Annual Service Volume
Airline Schedule Vendor
Air Traffic
Air Transport Association of America
Anti-tailgate Portal (Mantrap)
Airspace and Traffic Advisory Service
Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
Air Traffic Control
Air Traffic Control Beacon Indicator
Air Traffic Control Command Center
Air Taxi Commercial Operator
ATCRB
ATCRBS
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
System
ATCSCC Air Traffic Control Systems Command
Center
ATCT
Airport Traffic Control Tower
ATF Aerodrome traffic frequency
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
ATR
Automated Tag Reader
ATS
Air Traffic Service
ATSCCP ATS Contingency Command Post
AUTODIN DoD Automatic Digital Network
AUTOVON DoD Automatic Voice Network
AVON
AUTOVON Service
AVN
Aviation Standards National Field
A-VDGS AWIS
AWOS
AWP
AWPG
AWS
Office, Oklahoma City
Advanced Visual Docking Guidance
System
Airport Weather Information
Automated Weather Observation
System
Aviation Weather Processor
Aviation Weather Products Generator
Air Weather Station
B
BANS
BART
BASIC
BASOP
BCA
BCR
BRITE Alphanumeric System
Billing Analysis Reporting Tool (GSA
software tool)
Basic Contract Observing Station
Military Base Operations
Benefit/Cost Analysis
Benefit/Cost Ratio
Logan International Airport, Boston, MA
BDAT
BIWIS BMP
BOC
bps
BRI
BRITE
BRL
BTO
BUEC
BUECE
Digitized Beacon Data
Baggage Image & Identification System
Best Management Practices
Bell Operating Company
bits per second
Basic Rate Interface
Bright Radar Indicator Terminal
Equipment
Building Restriction Line
Build Transfer Operate
Back-up Emergency Communications
Back-up Emergency Communications
Equipment
C
CAA
CAA
CAB
CAC
CAD
CARF
CASFO
Civil Aviation Authority
Clean Air Act
Civil Aeronautics Board
Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Computer Aided Design
Central Altitude Reservation Facility
Civil Aviation Security Office
CATCategory
CAT
Clear – Air Turbulence
CAT I Category I Operations
CAT II Category II Operations
CAT III Category III Operations
CAU
Crypto Ancillary Unit
CBI
Computer Based Instruction
CBP
Customs and Border Protection
(US Government)
California bearing ratio
Canada Border Services Agency
Communications Command Center
Staff Communications
Central Computer Complex Host
Customer Cost and Obligation
Command Communications Service
Designator
CCS7–NI Communication Channel Signal-7 –
Network Interconnect
CCU
Central Control Unit
CD
Common Digitizer
cd
Candela (light intensity)
CBR CBSA
CCC
CCCC
CCCH
CC&O
CCSD
CDR
CDT
CDTI
CENTX
CEP
CEQ
CERAP
CERAP
CERAP
CIC
CIE CFC
CFCF
CFCS
CFR
CFWP
CFWU
CGAS
CIP
CLC
CLIN
Cost Detail Report
Controlled Departure Time
Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
Central Telephone Exchange
Capacity Enhancement Program
Council on Environmental Quality
Center Radar Approach Control
Central Radar Approach
Combined Center/Radar Approach
Control
Citizen Immigration Canada
Commission Internationale de L’Éclairage
Central Flow Control
Central Flow Control Facility
Central Flow Control Service
Code of Federal Regulations
Central Flow Weather Processor
Central Flow Weather Unit
Coast Guard Air Station
Capital Improvement Plan
Course Line Computer
Contract Line Item
CLT
CM
CNMPS
Calculated Landing Time
Commercial Service Airport
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
CONUS Continental United States
CORP
Private Corporation other than ARINC
or MITRE
CPE
Customer Premise Equipment
CPMIS
Consolidated Personnel Management
Information System
CRA
Canada Revenue Agency
CRA
Conflict Resolution Advisory
CRDA
Converging Runway Display Aid
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CSA
Communications Service Authorization
CSIS
Centralized Storm Information System
Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau, Bahamas
CSO
Customer Service Office
CSR
Communications Service Request
CSS
Central Site System
C/S/S/NCapacity/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
CWA
Clean Water Act
CW
Continuous Wave
CWSU
Central Weather Service Unit
CWYClearway
CTX
Computer Tomography Explosive
CUSS
Detection
Common Use Self Service
D
DA
DA
DA
DABBS
DAIR
DAR
DARC
dBA
DBCRC
DBE
DBMS
DBRITE
DCA
DCAA
DCCU
DCE
DDA
Direct Access
Decision Altitude/Decision Height
Descent Advisor
DITCO Automated Bulletin Board
System
Direct Altitude and Identity Readout
Designated Agency Representative
Direct Access Radar Channel
Decibels A-weighted
Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Commission
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Data Base Management System
Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower
Equipment
Defense Communications Agency
Dual Call, Automatic Answer Device
Data Communications Control Unit
Data Communications Equipment
Dedicated Digital Access
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
DEPDeparture
DEWIZ
Distance Early Warning Identification
DF
DFAX
DFI
DGPS
DH
DID
DIP
DIRF
DITCO
DME
DME/P
Zone
Direction Finder
Digital Facsimile
Direction Finding Indicator
Differential Global Positioning Satellite
(System)
Decision Height
Direct Inward Dial
Drop and Insert Point
Direction Finding
Defense Information Technology
Contracting Office Agency
Distance Measuring Equipment
Precision Distance Measuring Equipment
DMN
DNL
DOD
DOD
DOI
DOS
DOT
DOTS
DOTCC
DSCS
DSUA
DTS
DUAT
DVFR
DVFR
DVOR
DYSIM
Data Multiplexing Network
Day-Night Equivalent Sound Level (Also
called Ldn)
Direct Outward Dial
Department of Defense
Department of Interior
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Dynamic Ocean Tracking System
Department of Transportation
Computer Center
Digital Satellite Compression Service
Dynamic Special Use Airspace
Dedicated Transmission Service
Direct User Access Terminal
Defense Visual Flight Rules
Day Visual Flight Rules
Doppler Very High Frequency OmniDirectional Range
Dynamic Simulator
E
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
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
ELWRTElectrowriter
EMAS
Engineered Materials Arresting System
EMPS
En Route Maintenance Processor
System
EMS
Environmental Management System
ENAV
EPA
EPS
EOF
EPSS
ERAD
ESEC
ESP
ESYS
ESF
ETA
ETE
ETG
ETMS
ETN
EVAS
EVCS
EWH
En Route Navigational Aids
Environmental Protection Agency
Engineered Performance Standards
Emergency Operating Facility
Enhanced Packet Switched Service
En Route Broadband Radar
En Route Broadband Secondary Radar
En Route Spacing Program
En Route Equipment Systems
Extended Superframe Format
Estimated Time of Arrival
Estimated Time En Route
Enhanced Target Generator
Enhanced Traffic Management System
Electronic Telecommunications
Network
Enhanced Vortex Advisory System
Emergency Voice Communications
System
Eye to Wheel Height
F
FAA
F&E
FF&E
FAAAC
FAACIS
Federal Aviation Administration
Facility and Equipment
Furniture, Fixers, and Equipment
FAA Aeronautical Center
FAA Communications Information
System
FAATC
FAA Technical Center
FAATSAT FAA Telecommunications Satellite
FACFacility
FAF
Final Approach Fix
FAP
Final Approach Point
FAPM
FTS2000 Associate Program Manager
FAR
Federal Aviation Regulation
FAST
Final Approach Spacing Tool
FATO
Final Approach and Take Off
FAX
Facsimile Equipment
FBB Full Body Scanner
FBO
Fixed Base Operator
FBS
Fall Back Switch
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCLT
FCOM
FCPU
FDAT
Freeze Calculated Landing Time
FSS Radio Voice Communications
Facility Central Processing Unit
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
FEDFederal
FEIS
Final Environmental Impact Statement
FEP
Front End Processor
FFAC
From Facility
FIDS Flight Information Display
FIFO
Flight Inspection Field Office
FIG
Flight Inspection Group
FINO
Flight Inspection National Field Office
FIPS
Federal Information Publication
Standard
FIR
FIRE
FIRMR
Runway reconstruction, Greenville Municipal Airport, Greenville, ME
Flight Information Region
Fire Station
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
FSS
FSSA
FSTS
FSYS
FTS
FTS2000
FUS
FWCS
Freeze Speed Parameter
Flight Service Station
Flight Service Station Automated
Service
Federal Secure Telephone Service
Flight Service Station Equipment
Systems
Federal Telecommunications System
Federal Telecommunications System
2000
Functional Units or Systems
Flight Watch Control Station
G
GA
GAA
GAAA
GADO
GCA
GIS
GNAS
GNSS
General Aviation
General Aviation Activity
General Aviation Activity and Avionics
General Aviation District Office
Ground Control Approach
Geographic Information System
General National Airspace System
Global Navigation Satellite System
GOES
GOESF
GOEST
GPRA
GPS
GPWS
GRADE
GS
GSA
GSE
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite
GOES Feed Point
GOES Terminal Equipment
Government Performance Results Act
Global Positioning Satellite
Ground Proximity Warning System
Graphical Airspace Design
Environment
Glide Slope Indicator
General Services Administration
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 Threshold
HAT
Height Above Touchdown
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HCAP
HLDC
HDME
High Capacity Carriers
High Level Data Link Control
NDB with Distance Measuring
Equipment
HDQ
FAA Headquarters
HELIHeliport
HF
High Frequency
HH
NDB, 2kw or More
HI-EFAS
High Altitude EFAS
HOV
High Occupancy Vehicle
HPZ
Heliport Protection Zone
HSI
Horizontal Situation Indicators
HUD
Housing and Urban Development
HWAS
Hazardous In – Flight Weather
Advisory
HZHERTZ
I
IA
IAF
I/AFSS
IAP
Indirect Access
Initial Approach Fix
International AFSS
Instrument Approach Procedures
IAPA
IATA IBM
IBP
IBR
ICAO
ICSS
IDAT
IF
IFCP
IFDS
IFEA
IFO
IFR
IFSS
ILS
IM
IMC
INM
Instrument Approach Procedures
Automation
International Air Transport Association
International Business Machines
International Boundary Point
Intermediate Bit Rate
International Civil Aviation
Organization
International Communications
Switching Systems
Interfacility Data
Intermediate Fix
Interfacility Communications Processor
Interfacility Data System
In-Flight Emergency Assistance
International Field Office
Instrument Flight Rules
International Flight Service Station
Instrument Landing System
Inner Marker
Instrument Meteorological Conditions
Integrated Noise Model
INS
IRMP
ISDN
ISMLS
ITD
ITI
ITPC
ITPCF
ITS
IVRS
IW
Inertial Navigation System
Information Resources Management
Plan
Integrated Services Digital Network
Interim Standard Microwave Landing
System
In Transit Pre-Clearance
Interactive Terminal Interface
International Transborder to Domestic
In Transit Pre-Clearance Facility
Information Technology Services
Interim Voice Response System
Inside Wiring
J
K
Kbps
Kilobits Per Second
KhzKilohertz
KVDT
Keyboard Video Display Terminal
L
LAA
LAAS
LABS
LABSC
LABSR
LABSW
LAHSO
LAN
LATA
LAWRS
LBA
LCF
LCN
LDA
LDA
LDA LDIN
LEC
LF
LINCS
Local Airport Advisory
Low Altitude Alert System
Leased A B Service
LABS GS-200 Computer
LABS Remote Equipment
LABS Switch System
Land and Hold Short Operation
Local Area Network
Local Access and Transport Area
Limited Aviation Weather Reporting
System
Load-Bearing Area
Local Control Facility
Local Communications Network
Localizer Directional Aid
Landing Directional Aid
Landing Distance Available
Lead-in Lights
Local Exchange Carrier
Low Frequency
Leased Interfacility NAS
Communications System
LIS
Logistics and Inventory System
LLWAS
Low Level Wind Shear Alert System
LM/MS
Low/Medium Frequency
LMM
Locator Middle Marker
LMS
LORAN Monitor Site
LOCLocalizer
LOCID
Location Identifier
LOD
Lease Outline Drawings
LOI
Letter of Intent
LOM
Compass Locator at Outer Marker
LORAN
Long Range Aid to Navigation
LPV
Lateral Precision Performance with
Vertical Guidance
LRCO
Limited Remote Communications
Outlet
LRNAV
Long Range Navigation
LRR
Long Range Radar
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, ON
M
MAA
MALS
MALSF
MALSR
MAP
MAP
MAP
MAP
Mbps
MCA
MCAS
MCC
MCL
MCS
MDA
MDT
MEA
METI
Maximum Authorized Altitude
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting
System
MALS with Sequenced Flashers
MALS with Runway Alignment
Indicator Lights
Maintenance Automation Program
Military Airport Program
Missed Approach Point
Modified Access Pricing
Megabits Per Second
Minimum Crossing Altitude
Marine Corps Air Station
Maintenance Control Center
Middle Compass Locater
Maintenance and Control System
Minimum Descent Altitude
Maintenance Data Terminal
Minimum En Route Altitude
Meteorological Information
MF
Mandatory Frequency
MF
Middle Frequency
MFJ
Modified Final Judgment
MFT
Meter Fix Crossing Time/Slot Time
MHA
Minimum Holding Altitude
MhgMegHERTZ
MIA
Minimum IFR Altitudes
MIDO
Manufacturing Inspection District Office
MIS
Meteorological Impact Statement
MISCMiscellaneous
MISO
Manufacturing Inspection Satellite
MIT
MITRE
MLS
MM
MMC
MMS
MNPS
MNPSA
Office
Miles In Trail
Mitre Corporation
Microwave Landing System
Middle Marker
Maintenance Monitoring Console
Maintenance Monitoring System
Minimum Navigation Performance
Specification
Minimum Navigation Performance
Specifications Airspace
MOA
MOA
MOCA
Memorandum of Agreement
Military Operations Area
Minimum Obstruction Clearance
Altitude
MODE C Altitude-Encoded Beacon Reply
MODE C Altitude Reporting Mode of Secondary
Radar
MODE S Mode Select Beacon System
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPO
Metropolitan Planning Organization
MPS
Maintenance Processor Subsystem (OR)
Master Plan Supplement
MRA
Minimum Reception Altitude
MRC
Monthly Recurring Charge
MSA
Minimum Safe Altitude
MSAW
Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
MSL
Mean Sea Level
MSN
Message Switching Network
MTCS
Modular Terminal Communications
System
MTI
Moving Target Indicator
MUXMultiplexor
MVA
MVFR
Minimum Vectoring Altitude
Marginal Visual Flight Rules
N
NAAQS
NADA
NADIN
NADSW
NAILS
NAMS
NAPRS
NAS
NASDC
NASP
NASPAC
NATCO
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NADIN Concentrator
National Airspace Data Interchange
Network
NADIN Switches
National Airspace Integrated Logistics
Support
NADIN IA
National Airspace Performance
Reporting System
National Airspace System or Naval Air
Station
National Aviation Safety Data
National Airspace System Plan
National Airspace System Performance
Analysis Capability
National Communications Switching
Center
NAVAID
NAVMN
NAWAU
Edmonton International Airport, AB
Navigation Aid
Navigation Monitor and Control
National Aviation Weather Advisory
Unit
NAWPF
National Aviation Weather Processing
Facility
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric
Research; Boulder, CO
NCC
Network Control Centre
NCF
National Control Facility
NCIU
NEXRAD Communications Interface
Unit
NCP
Noise Compatibility Program
NCS
National Communications System
NDB
Non-Directional Radio Homing Beacon
NDNB
NADIN II
NEM
Noise Exposure Map
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar
NFAX
National Facsimile Service
NFDC
National Flight Data Center
NFIS
NAS Facilities Information System
NFPA NI
NICS
NPE NPIAS NM
NMAC
NMC
NMCE
NMCS
NOAA
NOC
NOTAM
NPDES
NPE
NPIAS
National Fire Protection Association
Network Interface
National Interfacility Communications
System
Non-primary Airport Entitlement
National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems
Nautical Mile
Near Mid Air Collision
National Meteorological Center
Network Monitoring and Control
Equipment
Network Monitoring and Control
System
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice Of Completion
Notice to Airmen
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System
Non-primary Airport Entitlement
National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems
NPRM
NPS
NR
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Non Passenger Screening
Non-Rulemaking; refers to a type of
airport airspace analysis case
NRA
Non-Rulemaking Airport; refers to a
type of airport airspace analysis case
NRC
Non-Recurring Charge
NRCS
National Radio Communications
Systems
NSAP
National Service Assurance Plan
NSRCATN National Strategy to Reduce Congestion
on America’s Transportation Network
NSSFC
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
NSSL
National Severe Storms Laboratory;
Norman, OK
NTAP
Notices To Airmen Publication
NTP
National Transportation Policy
NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
NTZ
No Transgression Zone
NWS
National Weather Service
NWSR
NWS Weather Excluding NXRD
NSWRH
NWS Regional Headquarters
NXRD
Advanced Weather Radar System
O
O&D
OAG
OALT
OAW
ODAL
ODAPS
OEI
OEP
OFA
OFDPS
OFT
OFZ
OIS
OLS
OM
OMB
ONER
OPLT
Origin and Destination
Official Airline Guide
Operational Acceptable Level of Traffic
Off-airway Weather Station
Omnidirectional Approach Lighting
System
Oceanic Display and Processing Station
One Engine Inoperative
Operational Evolution Plan /
Partnership
Object Free Area
Offshore Flight Data Processing System
Outer Fix Time
Obstacle Free Zone
Obstacle Identification Surface
Obstacle Limitation Surface
Outer Marker
Office of Management and Budget
Oceanic Navigational Error Report
Operational Acceptable Level of Traffic
OPS
OPSW
OPX
ORD
OTR
OTS
Obstacle protection surface
Operational Switch
Off Premises Exchange
Operational Readiness Demonstration
Oceanic Transition Route
Organized Track System
P
P3
PABX
PAD
PAL
PAM
PAPI
PAR
PAR
PATWAS
PAX PBB
PBCT
PBRF
Public Private Partnership
Private Automated Branch Exchange
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
Planning Activity Level
Peripheral Adapter Module
Precision Approach Path Indicator
Precision Approach Radar
Preferential Arrival Route
Pilots Automatic Telephone Weather
Answering Service
Passenger
Passenger Boarding Bridge
Proposed Boundary Crossing Time
Pilot Briefing
PBS
PBX
PCA
PCC
PCM
PCN
PDAR
PDC
PDC
PDR
PDN
PFC
PGP
PIC
PIDP
PIL
PIREP
PLB
PMS
POLIC
Pre-Board Screening
Private Branch Exchange
Positive Control Airspace
Portland Cement Concrete
Pulse Code Modulation
Pavement Classification Number
Preferential Arrival And Departure
Route
Pre-Departure Clearance
Program Designator Code
Preferential Departure Route
Public Data Network
Passenger Facility Charge
Planning Grant Program
Principal Interexchange Carrier
Programmable Indicator Data
Processor
Primary Security Line
Pilot Weather Report
Passenger Loading Bridge
Program Management System
Police Station
POP
POT
PPIMS
Point of Presence
Point Of Termination
Personal Property Information
Management System
PR
Primary Commercial Service Airport
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
PRM
PAX Reduced Mobility
PRM
Precision Runway Monitor
PSDN
Public Switched Data Network
PSL
Primary Security Line
PSN
Packet Switched Network
PSS
Packet Switched Service
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PTCPresumed-to-Conform
PUBPublication
PUP
Principal User Processor
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVD
Plan View Display
Q
QA
QMI
Quality Assurance
Quarantine Material Inspection
R
RAIL
RAPCO
RAPCON
RATCC
RATCF
RBC
RBDPE
RBSS
RCAG
RCC
RCF
RCCC
RCIU
RCL
RCLR
RCLT
RCO
RCU
RDAT
Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
Radar Approach Control (USAF)
Radar Approach Control (FAA)
Radar Air Traffic Control Center
Radar Air Traffic Control Facility (USN)
Rotating Beam Ceilometer
Radar Beacon Data Processing Equipment
Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron
Remote Communications Air/Ground
Rescue Coordination Center
Remote Communication Facility
Regional Communications Control
Centers
Remote Control Interface Unit
Radio Communications Link
RCL Repeater
RCL Terminal
Remote Communications Outlet
Remote Control Unit
Digitized Radar Data
RDP
RDSIM
REIL
REL
RESA
RETIL RIL
RF
RGL RL
RMCC
RMCF
RML
RMLR
RMLT
RMM
RMMS
RMS
RMSC
RNAV
Radar Data Processing
Runway Delay Simulation Model
Runway End Identification Lights
Runway Entrance Lights
Runway End Safety Area
Rapid Exit Taxiway Indicator Lights
Runway Intersection Lights
Radio Frequency
Runway Guard Lights
General Aviation Reliever Airport
Remote Monitor Control Center
Remote Monitor Control Facility
Radio Microwave Link
RML Repeater
RML Terminal
Remote Maintenance Monitoring
Remote Maintenance Monitoring
System
Remote Monitoring Subsystem
Remote Monitoring Subsystem
Concentrator
Area Navigation
RNP
ROD
ROSA
ROT
RP
RPC
RPG
RPS
RPZ
RRH
RRHS
RRWDS
RRWSS
RSA
RSAT
RSS
RT
RT & BTL
RTAD
RTCA
Required Navigation Performance
Record of Decision
Report of Service Activity
Runway Occupancy Time
Restoration Priority
Restoration Priority Code
Radar Processing Group
Retail Passenger Services
Runway Protection Zone
Remote Reading Hygrothermometer
Remote Reading Hydrometer
Remote Radar Weather Display
RWDS Sensor Site
Runway Safety Area
Runway Safety Action Team
Remote Speaking System
Remote Transmitter
Radar Tracking And Beacon Tracking
Level
Remote Tower Alphanumerics Display
Radio Technical Commission for
Aeronautics
RTIL Runway Threshold Identification Lights
RTP
Regional Transportation Plan
RTR
Remote Transmitter/Receiver
RTRD
Remote Tower Radar Display
RVR
Runway Visual Range
RWRunway
RWDS
Same as RRWDS
RWP
Real-time Weather Processor
RWSL Runway status lights
S
S/S
SAC
SAFI
SALS
SATCOM
SAWRS
SBGP
SCC
SCVTS
Sector Suite
Strategic Air Command
Semi Automatic Flight Inspection
Short Approach Lighting System
Satellite Communications
Supplementary Aviation Weather
Reporting System
State Block Grant Program
System Command Center
Switched Compressed Video
Telecommunications Service
SDF
SDF
SDIS
SDP
SDS
SPT
SEL
SELF
Simplified Direction Finding
Software Defined Network
Switched Digital Integrated Service
Service Delivery Point
Switched Data Service
Simplified Passenger Travel
Single Event Level
Simplified Short Approach Lighting
System With Sequenced Flashing Lights
SFAR-38 Special Federal Aviation Regulation 38
SHPO
State Historic Preservation Officer
SIC
Service Initiation Charge
SID
Station Identifier
SID
Standard Instrument Departure
SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information
SIMMOD Airport and Airspace Simulation Model
SIP
State Implementation Plan
SITT
Secured Identification Time Tracking
SM
Statute Miles
SMGCS Surface Movement Guidance and
Control System
SMPS
Sector Maintenance Processor Subsystem
SMS
SMS
SNR
SOC
SOAR
SOIR
Safety Management System
Simulation Modeling System
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, also: S/N
Service Oversight Center
System of Airports Reporting
Simultaneous Operations On
Intersecting Runways
SOIWR
Simultaneous Operations on
Intersecting Wet Runways
SRAP
Sensor Receiver and Processor
SRM
Safety Risk Management
SSALF
SSALS with Sequenced Flashers
SSALS
Short Simplified Approach Lighting
System
SSALR
Simplified Short Approach Lighting
System
SSB
Single Side Band
STAR
Standard Terminal Arrival Route
STDStandard
STMUX
Statistical Data Multiplexer
STOL
Short Takeoff and Landing
SURPIC
Surface Picture
SVCA
SVCB
SVCC
SVCO
SVFO
SVFB
SVFC
SVFD
SVFR
Service A
Service B
Service C
Service O
Interphone Service F (A)
Interphone Service F (B)
Interphone Service F (C)
Interphone Service F (D)
Special Visual Flight Rules
T
T1MUX
TAAS
TAC
TACAN
TACR
TAF
TARS
TAS
TATCA
TAVT
T1 Multiplexer
Terminal Advance Automation System
Technical Advisory Committee
Tactical Aircraft Control and Navigation
TACAN at VOR, TACAN only
Terminal Area Forecast
Terminal Automated Radar Service
True Air Speed
Terminal Air Traffic Control
Automation
Terminal Airspace Visualization Tool
TBS
TC
TCA
Total Body Scan
Transport Canada
Traffic Control Airport or Tower Control
Airport
TCA
Terminal Control Area
TCACCIS Transportation Coordinator Automated
Command and Control Information
System
TCAS
Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance
System
TCC
DOT Transportation Computer Center
TCCC
Tower Control Computer Complex
TCE
Tone Control Equipment
TCLT
Tentative Calculated Landing Time
TCO
Telecommunications Certification
Officer
TCOM
Terminal Communications
TCS
Tower Communications System
TDCM
Tenant Design Criteria Manual
TDPC
Touchdown/Positioning Circle
TDLS
Tower Data-Link Services
TDMUX
Time Division Data Multiplexer
TDWR
TDZ
TDZE
TDZL
TELCO
TELMS
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
Touchdown Zone
Touchdown Zone Elevator
Touchdown Zone Lighting
Telephone Company
Telecommunications Management
System
TERPS
Terminal Instrument Procedures
TFAC
To Facility
THThreshold
THL
Take-off hold lights
TIMS
Telecommunications Information
Management System
TIPS
Terminal Information Processing
System
TLTaxilane
TLOF
Touchdown and Liftoff Area
TMA
Traffic Management Advisor
TMC
Traffic Management Coordinator
TMC/MC Traffic Management Coordinator/
Military Coordinator
TMCC
TMCC
TMF
TML
TMLI
TMLR
TMLT
TM&O
TMP
TMS
TMSPS
TMU
TODA
TORA
TOF
TOFMS
TOPS
TORA
TNAV
Terminal Information Processing
System
Traffic Management Computer Complex
Traffic Management Facility
Television Microwave Link
Television Microwave Link Indicator
Television Microwave Link Repeater
Television Microwave Link Terminal
Telecommunications Management and
Operations
Traffic Management Processor
Traffic Management System
Traffic Management Specialists
Traffic Management Unit
Take-off Distance Available
Take-off Run Available
Time Of Flight
Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer
Telecommunications Ordering and
Pricing System (GSA software tool)
Take-off Run Available
Terminal Navigational Aids
TP
TR
TRACAB
Transport Canada Publication
Telecommunications Request
Terminal Radar Approach Control in
Tower Cab
TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control
Facility
TRAD
Terminal Radar Service
TRB
Transportation Research Board
TRNGTraining
TSA
Taxiway Safety Area
TSEC
Terminal Secondary Radar Service
TSP
Telecommunications Service Priority
TSR
Telecommunications Service Request
TSYS
Terminal Equipment Systems
TTMA
TRACON Traffic Management Advisor
TTYTeletype
TVOR
Terminal VHF Omnidirectional Range
TWTaxiway
TWEB
Transcribed Weather Broadcast
TWR
Tower (non-controlled)
TY
Type (FAACIS)
U
UAS
UHF
URA
USAF
USC
USOC
VNTSC
Uniform Accounting System
Ultra High Frequency
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
United States Air Force
United States Code
Uniform Service Order Code
V
VALE
VASI
VDGS
VDME
VF
VFR
VGSI
VHF
VLF
VMC
VNAV
Voluntary Airport Low Emission
Visual Approach Slope Indicator
Visual Docking Guidance System
VOR with Distance Measuring Equipment
Voice Frequency
Visual Flight Rules
Visual Glideslope Indicator
Very High Frequency
Very Low Frequency
Visual Meteorological Conditions
Visual Navigational Aids
Volpe National Transportation System
Center
VON
Virtual On-net
VOR
VHF Omnidirectional Range
VOR/DME VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance
Measuring Equipment
VORTAC VOR collocated with TACAN
VOT
VOR Test Facility
VP/D
Vehicle/Pedestrian Deviation
VRS
Voice Recording System
VSCS
Voice Switching and Control System
VSR
Vehicle Service Road
VTA
Vertex Time of Arrival
VTAC
VOR collocated with TACAN
VTOL
Vertical Takeoff and Landing
VTS
Voice Telecommunications System
W
WAAS
WAN
WC
WCP
Wide Area Augmentation System
Wide Area Network
Work Center
Weather Communications Processor
WECO
Western Electric Company
WESCOM Western Electric Satellite
Communications
World Geodetic System 1984
Wildlife Hazard Assessment
Wildlife Hazard Management Plan
Weather Message Switching Center
Weather Message Switching Center
Replacement
WSCMO Weather Service Contract
Meteorological Observatory
WSFO
Weather Service Forecast Office
WSMO
Weather Service Meteorological
Observatory
WSO
Weather Service Office
WTHRWeather
WXWeather
WGS-84
WHA
WHMP
WMSC
WMSCR
X
Y
Z
200+
The number of airports we’ve
serviced...and counting. We
also provide repeat service to
an overwhelming majority of
them. Award-winning service.
Award-winning designs.
1 in 3
passengers in North America will
go through an airport where we
have completed a major project.
Vancouver International Airport West Chevron Expansion, Richmond, BC
We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why
at Stantec, we always design with community in mind.
Our work—professional consulting in planning, engineering,
architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying,
environmental sciences, project management, and project
economics—begins at the intersection of community, creativity,
and client relationships. With a long-term commitment to the
people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to
connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality
of life in communities across the globe.