AIP GEN 2.2-1 SINGAPORE 13 NOV 14 GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS Abbreviations marked by asterisks (*) are either different from or not contained in ICAO DOC 8400. A A/A AAIM AAL ABM ABN Air-to-air Aircraft autonomous integrity monitoring Above aerodrome level Abeam Aerodrome beacon ABV ACAS ACC ACCID ACFT ACK ACL ACPT ACT AD ADA ADC ADDN ADF ADIZ ADJ ADR ADS-B ADS-C Above Airborne collision avoidance system Area control centre or area control Notification of an aircraft accident Aircraft Acknowledge Altimeter check location Accept or accepted Active or activated or activity Aerodrome Advisory Area Aerodrome Chart Addition or additional Automatic direction-finding equipment Air defence identification zone Adjacent Advisory route Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Automatic dependent surveillance-contract ADZ Advise AFIS AFS AFT AFTN Aerodrome flight information service Aeronautical fixed service After ..... (time or place) Aeronautical fixed telecommunication network Air-to-ground A/G AIREP AIS Above ground level Aeronautical information circular Air traffic services interfacility data communications Aeronautical information publication Aeronautical information regulation and control Air-report Aeronautical information services ALERFA ALRS ALS ALT Alert phase Alerting service Approach lighting system Altitude AMA AMDT Area minimum altitude Amendment (AIP Amendment) AGL AIC AIDC AIP AIRAC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE AMSL Above mean sea level ANSP* AOC Air Navigation Service Provider Aerodrome obstacle chart (followed by type and name/title) Airport Approach Apron Approach control office or approach control or approach control service April Approximate or approximately Approve or approved or approval Area Chart Air traffic services reporting office Aerodrome reference point Arrive or arrival or Arrival (message type designator) Ascend to or ascending to Accelerate-stop distance available Asphalt Aeroshell turbine oil Actual time of arrival Air traffic control (in general) AP APCH APN APP APR APRX APV ARC ARO ARP ARR ASC ASDA ASPH ASTO* ATA ATC ATZ AUG AUW AUX AVBL Actual time of departure Air traffic flow management Automatic terminal information service Air Traffic Management Aeronautical telecommunication network Air traffic services Attention Abbreviated T visual approach slope indicator system Aerodrome traffic zone August All up weight Auxiliary Available AVGAS AWUT* AWY AZM Aviation gasoline Allocated Wheels Up Time Airway Azimuth ATD ATFM ATIS ATM ATN ATS ATTN AT-VASIS B BA BAROVNAV BCN BCST BDRY BLDG BLW Braking action Barometric vertical navigation Beacon (Aeronautical ground light) Broadcast Boundary Building Below ... AIP AMDT 6/14 GEN 2.2-2 13 NOV 14 AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS BOBCAT* Bay of Bengal Cooperative Air Traffic Flow Management Advisory System BRG BRKG BTN Bearing Braking Between C ... C C Centre (preceded by runway designation number to identify a parallel runway) Degrees Celsius (Centigrade) CAAS* Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore CAT CAVOK CAFHI* CH CHG Category Visibility, cloud and present weather better than prescribed values or conditions Changi Airport Fuel Hydrant Installation Channel Modification (message type designator) CIV CL CLBR Civil Centre line Calibration CLSD Close or closed or closing CMB CMPL CNL Climb to or climbing to Completion or completed or complete Cancel or cancelled or flight plan cancellation (message type designator) Communications, Navigations and Surveillance Communications Concrete Condition CNS COM CONC COND CONST CONT COOR COORD COP CPDLC CPL CRC CS CTA CTC CTL CTN CTR CUST CWY Construction or constructed Continue(s) or continued Coordinate or coordination Coordinates Change-over point Controller-pilot data link communications Current flight plan (message type designator) Cyclic redundancy check Call sign Control area Contact Control Caution Control zone Customs Clearway AIP AMDT 6/14 D D ... DA DCKG DCPC DCT DEC DEG DEP DER DES DEST DETRESFA DEV DFTI DH DISP* DIST DLA DLY DME DNG DPT DR DRG DTG DTHR DUR DVOR Danger area (followed by identification) Decision altitude Docking Direct controller-pilot communications Direct (in relation to flight plan clearances and type of approach) December Degrees Depart or departure or Departure (message type designator) Departure end of the runway Descend to or descending to Destination Distress phase Deviation or deviating Distance from touchdown indicator Decision height Displaced Distance Delay or delayed or Delay (message type designator) Daily Distance measuring equipment Danger or dangerous Depth Dead reckoning During Date-time group Displaced runway threshold Duration Doppler VOR E E ... EAT EET ELBA ELEV East or eastern longitude Expected approach time Estimated elapsed time Emergency location beacon - aircraft Elevation ELT EM EMERG Emergency locator transmitter Emission Emergency ENG ENR ENRC EOBT EQPT EST Engine Enroute Enroute Chart (followed by name / title) Estimated off-block time Equipment Estimate or estimated or Estimate (message type designator) Estimated time of arrival or estimating arrival ETA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2-3 13 NOV 14 GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS ETD ETO EV EXC EXER EXP EXTD Estimated time of departure or estimating departure Estimated time over significant point Every Except Exercises or exercising or to exercise Expect or expected or expecting Extend or extending F GCA GEN GEO GLD GLONASS GND GNDCK GNSS GP GPA GPS GRASS GS GUND FAC FAF Facilities Final approach fix FAP FATO FAX FCST FCT FDPS FEB FIC FIR FIS Final approach point Final approach and take-off area Facsimile transmission Forecast Friction coefficient Flight data processing system February Flight information centre Flight information region Flight information service FL FLG FLR FLT FLTCK FLUC FLW FLY FM Flight level Flashing Flares Flight Flight check Fluctuating or fluctuation or fluctuated Follow(s) or following Fly or flying Course from a fix to manual termination (used in navigation database coding) FMS FMU FNA FOD* FPL Flight management system Flow management unit Final approach Foreign object damage Flight Plan FREQ FRI FRNG Frequency Friday Firing FSL Full stop landing HOL HOSP HPA HQ* HR HS FST FT First Feet (dimensional unit) HX HZ G G/A Ground controlled approach system or ground controlled approach General Geographic or true Glider Global orbiting navigation satellite system Ground Ground check Global navigation satellite system Glide path Glide path angle Global positioning system Grass landing area Ground speed Geoid undulation H H+* H24 HBN HDG HEL HEL-L* HEL-M* HEL-H* HF HGT HJ HLDG HN HO Hours plus..........minutes past the hour Continuous day and night service Hazard beacon Heading Helicopter Light helicopter (radius of action, for rescue purposes, up to 185km (100NM) and capacity of evacuating 1-5 persons) Medium helicopter (radius of action, for rescue purposes, 185-370km (100200NM) and capacity of evacuating 6-15 persons) Heavy helicopter (radius of action, for rescue purposes, more than 370km (200NM) and capacity of evacuating more than 15 persons) High frequency (3 000 to 30 000kHz) Height or height above Sunrise to sunset Holding Sunset to sunrise Service available to meet operational requirements Holiday Hospital aircraft Hectopascal Headquarters Hours Service available during hours of scheduled operations No specific working hours Haze or Hertz (cycle per second) I Ground-to-air IAC IAF CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE Instrument approach chart (followed by name/title) Initial approach fix AIP AMDT 6/14 GEN 2.2-4 13 NOV 14 AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS IAP IAR IAS IBN ID IDENT IF IFR Instrument approach procedure Intersection of air routes Indicated airspeed Identification beacon Identifier or identify Identification Intermediate approach fix Instrument flight rules ILS IM IMC INA INBD INCERFA INFO INOP INPR INS INSTL INSTR INT INTL INTRG INTRP Instrument landing system Inner marker Instrument meteorological conditions Initial approach Inbound Uncertainty phase Information Inoperative In progress Inertial navigation system Install or installed or installation Instrument Intersection International Interrogator Interrupt or interruption or interrupted INTST IRS ISA Intensity Inertial reference system International standard atmosphere J JAN JUL JUN January July June K KG KHZ KM KMH KPA KT KW Kilograms Kilohertz Kilometres Kilometres per hour Kilopascal Knots Kilowatts LGTD LIH LIL LIM LLZ LM LNAV Lighted Light intensity high Light intensity low Light intensity medium Localizer Locator, middle Lateral navigation LO Locator, outer LONG LORAN Longitude LORAN (Long range air navigation system) Long range Local time Limited Landline teletypewriter Level Low visibility procedures LRG LT* LTD LTT LVL LVP M M MAD* MAG MAINT MAP MAPT MAR MAX MAY MCA MDA MDH MEA MEHT MET METAR MHZ MID MIL MIN MINDEF* Mach number (followed by figures) or Metres (preceded by figures) Maximum Acceptable Delay Magnetic Maintenance Aeronautical maps and charts Missed approach point March Maximum May Minimum crossing altitude Minimum descent altitude Minimum descent height Minimum en-route altitude Minimum eye height over threshold (for visual approach slope indicator systems) Meteorological or meteorology Aerodrome routine meteorological report (in meteorological code) Megahertz Mid-point (related to RVR) Military Minutes Ministry of Defence L ... L L LAT LDA LDAH LDG LDI LEN LGT Left (preceded by runway designation number to identify a parallel runway) Locator (see LM, LO) Latitude Landing distance available Landing distance available, helicopter Landing Landing direction indicator Length Light or lighting AIP AMDT 6/14 MLS MM MNM MNPS MNT MNTN MOA MOC MOCA MON Microwave landing system Middle marker Minimum Minimum navigation performance specifications Monitor or monitoring or monitored Maintain Military operating area Minimum obstacle clearance (required) Minimum obstacle clearance altitude Monday CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2-5 13 NOV 14 GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS MOPS MOV MPS Minimum operational performance standards Move or moving or movement Metres per second MSA MSAW MSG MSL Minimum sector altitude Minimum safe altitude warning Message Mean sea level MWO Meteorological watch office N N NAV NC NDB NGT NM NML NOF NOSIG NOV North or northern latitude Navigation No change Non-directional radio beacon Night Nautical miles Normal International NOTAM Office No significant change (used in trend-type landing forecasts) A notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations November NR Number NOTAM O OAC OAS OBS OBST Oceanic area control centre Obstacle assessment surface Observe or observed or observation Obstacle OCA Oceanic control area or Obstacle clearance altitude Occulting (light) Obstacle clearance height Occasional or occasionally Obstacle clearance surface October Obstacle free zone Overhead Outer marker Operational meteorological (information) OCC OCH OCNL OCS OCT OFZ OHD OM OPMET OPR Operator or operate or operative or operating or operational CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE OPS O/R OTP OTS OUBD Operations On request On top Organised track system Outbound P P ... PANS PAPI PAR PARA* PARL PAX Prohibited area (followed by identification) Precision approach Precision approach lighting system (specify category) Procedures for air navigation services Precision approach path indicator Precision approach radar Paragraph Parallel Passenger(s) PCL PCN PDC PER PERM PIB PJE PLA Pilot-controlled lighting Pavement classification number Pre-departure clearance Performance Permanent Pre-flight information bulletin Parachute jumping exercise Practice low approach PN PNR POB Prior notice required Point of no return Persons on board PPR PRI PRKG PROC Prior permission required Primary Parking Procedure PSN PSP PSR PT* PTN PVT* PWR Position Pierced steel plank Primary surveillance radar Point(s) Procedure turn Private Power PA PALS Q QDM QDR QFE QFU QNH QTE QUAD Magnetic heading (zero wind) Magnetic bearing Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation (or at runway threshold) Magnetic orientation of runway Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the ground True bearing Quadrant AIP AMDT 6/14 GEN 2.2-6 13 NOV 14 AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS R R ... ... R RA RAD* RAF* RAG RAI RAIM RB RCC RCF RCL RCLL RCP RDH RDL RDO REC REDL REF REG RENL REP REQ Restricted area (followed by identification) Right (preceded by runway designation number to identify a parallel runway) Resolution advisory Radius Royal Air Force Runway arresting gear Runway alignment indicator Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring Rescue boat Rescue coordination centre Radiocommunication failure (message type designator) Runway centre line Runway centre line light(s) Required communication performance Reference datum height Radial Radio Receive or receiver Runway edge light(s) Reference to.... or refer to.... Registration Runway end light(s) Report or reporting or reporting point Request or requested RESA RFC* Runway end safety area Radio facility chart RH* RHC RIF RITE RLLS RMAF* RMK RNAV RNP ROC ROD Rescue helicopter Right-hand circuit Reclearance in flight Right (direction of turn) Runway lead-in lighting system Royal Malaysian Air Force Remark Area navigation Required navigation performance Rate of climb Rate of descent RPI Radar position indicator RPLC RPS RQMNTS RQP Replace or replaced Radar position symbol Requirements Request flight plan (message type designator) Request supplementary flight plan (message type designator) RQS AIP AMDT 6/14 RSAF* RSC Republic of Singapore Air Force Rescue sub-centre RSFC* Republic of Singapore Flying Club RSR RTE RTF RTHL RTN RTODAH En-route surveillance radar Route Radiotelephone Runway threshold light(s) Return or returned or returning Rejected take-off distance available, helicopter Radioteletypewriter Runway touchdown zone light(s) Standard regional route transmitting frequencies Rescue vessel Runway visual range Runway Reduced vertical separation minimum (300m(1000ft)) between FL290 and FL410 RTT RTZL RUT RV RVR RWY RVSM S S SAF* South or southern latitude Singapore Armed Forces SALS SAR SARPS Simple approach lighting system Search and rescue Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO) Saturday Singapore Air Traffic Control Centre Satellite communication Stand by Step down fix Seconds Selective calling system September Service or servicing or served Surface Sequenced flashing light Signal Singapore Airlines Limited Standard instrument departure Significant Information concerning en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations Simultaneous or simultaneously Schedule or scheduled Surface movement control Surface movement radar Start of climb Aerodrome special meteorological report (in meteorological code) Local special meteorological report (in abbreviated plain language) SAT SATCC* SATCOM SDBY SDF SEC SELCAL SEP SER SFC SFL* SGL SIA* SID SIG SIGMET SIMUL SKED SMC SMR SOC SPECI SPECIAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2-7 13 NOV 14 GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS SPL SPOT SQ SR SRA SRE SRR SRY SS SSR STA STAR STD STN STOL STS STT* STWL SUBJ SUN SUP SUPPS SVCBL SWY T TA TAA TACAN TAF TAIL TAR TAS TAX TCAS RA TCH TDZ TECR TEL TEMPO TFC TGL TGS THR THRU THU TIBA TIL TKOF TLOF TMA TOC TODA TODAH TOP Supplementary flight plan (message type designator) Spot wind Squall Sunrise Surveillance radar approach Surveillance radar element of precision approach radar system Search and rescue region Secondary Sunset Secondary surveillance radar Straight-in approach Standard instrument arrival Standard Station Short take-off and landing Status Standard Taxi Time Stopway light(s) Subject to Sunday Supplement (AIP Supplement) Regional supplementary procedures Serviceable Stopway TORA TP TR TRA TRNG TRANS TRL TT TUE TURB T-VASIS TVOR TWR TWY TWYL TXL TYP TYPH U UAC UAR UFN UHF UIC UIR UNL Traffic advisory UNREL Terminal arrival altitude U/S UHF tactical air navigation aid Aerodrome forecast (in meteorological code) UTA UTC Tail wind Terminal area surveillance radar True airspeed V Taxiing or taxi VA Traffic alert and collision avoidance system VAAC resolution advisory VAC Threshold crossing height Touchdown zone VAR Technical reason VASIS Telephone VCY Temporary or temporarily VER Traffic VFR Touch-and-go landing VHF Taxiing guidance system VIP Threshold VIS Through VLR Thursday VMC Traffic information broadcast by aircraft VNAV Until VOLMET Take-off Touchdown and lift-off area VOR Terminal control area VORTAC Top of climb VOT Take-off distance available Take-off distance available, helicopter Cloud top CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE Take-off run available Turning point Track Temporary reserved airspace Training Transmits or transmitter Transition level Teletypewriter Tuesday Turbulence T visual approach slope indicator system Terminal VOR Aerodrome control tower or aerodrome control Taxiway Taxiway-link Taxilane Type of aircraft Typhoon Upper area control centre Upper air route Until further notice Ultra high frequency (300 to 3000 MHz) Upper information centre Upper flight information region Unlimited Unreliable Unserviceable Upper control area Coordinated Universal Time Volcanic ash Volcanic ash advisory centre Visual approach chart (followed by name / title) Magnetic variation Visual approach slope indicator systems Vicinity Vertical Visual flight rules Very high frequency (30MHz to 300MHz) Very important person Visibility Very long range Visual meteorological conditions Vertical navigation Meteorological information for aircraft in flight VHF omnidirectional radio range VOR and TACAN combination VOR airborne equipment test facility AIP AMDT 6/14 GEN 2.2-8 13 NOV 14 AIP SINGAPORE GEN 2.2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN AIS PUBLICATIONS VRB VSA VSP VTOL VVIP* Variable By visual reference to the ground Vertical speed Vertical take-off and landing Very, very important person W W WAAS WAC WBAR WDI WED WEF WGS-84 WI WID WIE WIP WPT WRNG WS WSPD WT WUT* WX West or western longitude or White Wide area augmentation system World Aeronautical Chart - ICAO 1:1 000 000 (followed by name / title) Wing bar lights Wind direction indicator Wednesday With effect from or effective from World Geodetic System - 1984 Within Width or wide With immediate effect or effective immediately Work in progress Way-point Warning Wind shear Wind speed Weight Wheels Up Time Weather X XBAR XNG Crossbar (of approach lighting system) Crossing Y YCZ Yellow caution zone (runway lighting) AIP AMDT 6/14 CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SINGAPORE