Aviation Abbreviations

AVIATION ABBREVIATIONS

A

  • A&E :Architecture and Engineering
  • A/C :Aircraft
  • A/G :Air to Ground
  • A/H :Altitude/Height
  • AAA :Airport Airspace Analysis
  • AAC :Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
  • AADC :Airport Average Daily Capacity
  • AAF :Airway Facilities Service
  • AAF :Army Air Field
  • AAF-1 :Director of Airway Facilities
  • AAI :Arrival Aircraft Interval
  • AAI :FAA Office of Accident Investigation
  • AAL :Alaska Region
  • AAM :Office of Aerospace Medicine
  • AAMS :Aircraft Arrival Management System
  • AAP :Advanced Automation Program
  • AAR :After Action Review
  • AAR :Airport Acceptance Rate
  • AAR :Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development
  • AAS :Advanced Automation System
  • AASR :Aging Aircraft Safety Rule
  • AAT :Associate Administrator for Air Traffic
  • ABA :FAA Office of Financial Services
  • ABA :Office of Budget
  • ABDIS :Automated Data Interchange System Service
  • AC :Advisory Circular
  • ACAA :Air Carrier Association of America
  • 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
  • ACE :Central Region
  • ACEP :Airport Capacity Enhancement Plan
  • 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
  • ACIP :Automated Conformity Inspection Process
  • ACLS :Automatic Carrier Landing System
  • ACLT :Actual Landing Time Calculated
  • ACO :Aircraft Certification Office
  • ACO :Associate Contracting Officer
  • ACO :Office of Airports Compliance and Field Operations
  • ACR :FAA Office of Civil Rights
  • ACRP :Airport Cooperative Research Program
  • ACSEP :Aircraft Certification Systems Evaluation Program
  • ACT :William J. Hughes Technical Center
  • AD :Airworthiness Directive
  • ADA :Air Defense Area
  • ADAP :Airport Development Aid Program
  • ADAS :Automated Weather Observing System Data Acquisition System
  • ADAS :AWOS Data Acquisition System
  • ADC :Air Defense Command
  • ADCCP :Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure
  • ADDA :Administrative Data
  • ADDS :Aviation Digital Data Service
  • ADF :Automatic Direction Finding
  • ADI :Automatic De-Ice and Inhibitor
  • ADIC :ATS Interfacility Data Communications
  • ADIN :AUTODIN Service
  • ADIZ :Air Defense Identification Zone
  • ADL :Aeronautical Data Link
  • ADLO :Air Defense Liaison Office
  • ADLY :Arrival Delay
  • ADM :Aeronautical Decision Making
  • ADO :Airline Dispatch Office
  • ADO :Airport District Office
  • ADP :Automated Data Processing
  • ADS :Automated Distribution System
  • ADS :Automatic Dependent Surveillance
  • ADS-B :Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
  • ADSIM :Airfield Delay Simulation Model
  • ADSY :Administrative Equipment Systems
  • ADTN :Administrative Data Transmission Network
  • ADTN2000 :Administrative Data Transmission Network 2000
  • ADVO :Administrative Voice
  • AEA :Eastern Region
  • AED :Automated External Defibrillator
  • AEDT :Aviation Environmental Design Tool
  • AEE :FAA Office of Environment and Energy
  • AEEC :Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee
  • AEG :Aircraft Evaluation Group
  • AEP :FAA Office of Aviation Policy Planning and Environment
  • AERA :Automated En-Route Air Traffic Control
  • AEX :Automated Execution
  • AF :Air Force
  • AF :Airway Facilities
  • AFB :Air Force Base
  • AFDSS :Air Fix Data Sub Set
  • AFER :Aircraft Fuel Expense Reconciliation System
  • AFIS :Automated Flight Inspection System
  • AFMS :Automatic Flight Management System
  • AFMT :Airway Facilities Management Team
  • AFO :Airport Field Office
  • AFP :Airspace Flow Program
  • AFP :Area Flight Plan
  • AFRES :Air Force Reserve Station
  • AFS :Airways Facilities Sector
  • AFS :Flight Standards Service
  • AFSFO :AFS Field Office
  • AFSFU :AFS Field Unit
  • AFSOU :AFS Field Office Unit (Standard is AFSFOU)
  • AFSS :Automated Flight Service Station
  • AFTIL :Airway Facilities Tower Integration Laboratory
  • AFTN :Automated Fixed Telecommunications Network
  • AFZ :Resource Management
  • AGC :FAA Office of the Chief Counsel
  • AGHME :Aircraft Geometric Height Measurement Element
  • AGI :FAA Office of Government and Industry Affairs
  • AGL :Above Ground Level
  • AGL :Alliance Great Lakes Region
  • AHR :FAA Office of Human Resources
  • AICS :Aircraft Inventory and Charter System
  • AID :Airport Information Desk
  • AIFSS :Automated International Flight Service
  • AIG :Airbus Industries Group
  • AILS :Automatic Instrument Landing System
  • AIM :Aeronautical Information Manual
  • AIM :Airman’s Information Manual
  • AIP :Aeronautical Information Publication
  • AIP :Airport Improvement Plan
  • AIP :Airport Improvement Program
  • AIPA :Aeronautical Information Production Application
  • AIR :Aircraft Certification Service
  • AIRMET :Airmen’s Meteorological Information
  • AIRNAV :Airports and Navigation Aids Database System
  • AIRNET :Airport Network Simulation Model
  • AIRPAC :Advisor for the Intelligent Resolution of Predicted Aircraft
  • AIS :Aeronautical Information Service
  • AIS :Aeronautical Information System
  • AIS :FAA Office of Information Systems Security
  • AIS :Aeronautical Information System
  • AIT :Automated Information Transfer
  • AITS :Automated Inventory Tracking System
  • AJA :Acquisition & Business Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJC :Communications Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJE :En Route & Oceanic Service, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJF :Finance Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJO :Chief Operating Officer, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJP :Operations Planning Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJR :System Operations Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJS :Safety Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJT :Terminal Service, Air Traffic Organization
  • AJW :Technical Operation Services, Air Traffic Organization
  • ALO :Aviation Logistics Organization
  • ALP :Airport Layout Plan
  • ALPA :Airlines Pilots Association
  • ALS :Approach Lighting System
  • ALSF :Approach Lighting System With Sequenced Flashing Lights
  • 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
  • AMC :Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
  • AMCC :ACF/ARTCC Maintenance Control Center
  • AMCC :Air Route Traffic Control Center Maintenance Control Center
  • AMIC :Area Manager in Charge
  • AMIS :Aircraft Management Information System
  • AMOC :Alternative Methods of Compliance
  • AMOS :Automated Meteorological Observation Station
  • AMP :ARINC Message Processor (OR) Airport Master Plan
  • AMS :Acquisition Management System
  • AMT :Aviation Maintenance Technician
  • AMVER :Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
  • ANC :Alternate Network Connectivity
  • ANCA :Airport Noise and Capacity Act
  • AND :Associate Administrator for NAS Development
  • ANE :New England Region
  • ANG :Air National Guard
  • ANGB :Air National Guard Base
  • ANM :Northwest Mountain Region
  • ANMS :Automated Network Monitoring System
  • ANS :NAS Transition and Integration Directorate
  • ANS :NAS Transitions and Implementation
  • ANSI :American National Standards Institute
  • AO :Authorizing Official
  • AOA :Air Operations Area
  • AOA :FAA Office of the Administrator
  • AOAS :Advanced Oceanic Automation System
  • AOC :Airline Operational Control Center
  • AOC :FAA Office of Communications
  • AOCC :Atlantic Operations Control Center
  • AODR :Authorizing Official Designated Representative
  • AOP :NAS Operations
  • AOPA :Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
  • AOS :Operational Support Service
  • AOV :Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service
  • AP :Acquisition Plan
  • APB :Acquisition Program Baselines
  • API :FAA Office of International Aviation
  • APM :Approach Path Monitor
  • APP :Approach
  • APS :Airport Planning Standard
  • APTS :Automated Personnel Tracking System
  • APTS :AVN (Aviation Systems Standards) Process Tracking System
  • AQAFO :Aeronautical Quality Assurance Field Office
  • AQS :FAA Office of Quality, Integration and Executive Services
  • ARA :Research and Acquisition
  • ARAC :Army Radar Approach Control (AAF)
  • ARAC :Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
  • ARC :Administrator’s Review Committee
  • ARC :Airlines Reporting Corporation
  • ARC :Aviation Review Committee
  • ARC :FAA Office of Regions and Center Operations
  • ARCTR :FAA Aeronautical Center or Academy
  • AREA :Automated En Route Air Traffic Control
  • ARF :Airport Reservation Function
  • ARFF :Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
  • ARINC :Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
  • ARINC :Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
  • ARLNO :Airline Office
  • ARM :FAA Office of Rulemaking
  • ARO :Airport Reservation Office
  • ARP :Airport Reference Point
  • ARP :FAA Airports Organization
  • ARP :FAA Office of Airports
  • ARS :Air Traffic Requirements Service
  • ARS :Airport Surveillance Radar
  • ARS :Automated Reproduction System
  • ARSA :Airport Service Radar Area
  • ARSR :Air Route Surveillance Radar
  • ARSR :Long Range Surveillance Radar
  • ARTCC :Air Route Traffic Control Center
  • ARTS :Automated Radar Terminal System
  • ASAP :Aviation Safety Action Program
  • ASAS :Aviation Safety Analysis System
  • ASC :AUTODIN Switching Center
  • ASCP :Aviation System Capacity Plan
  • ASD :Aircraft Situation Display
  • ASDA :Accelerate Stop Distance Available
  • ASDE :Area Surveillance Detection Equipment – (Radar)
  • ASDE-X :Airport Surface Detection Equipment
  • ASH :FAA Office of Security & Hazardous Materials
  • ASI :Aviation Safety Inspector
  • ASIAS :Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing
  • ASLAR :Aircraft Surge Launch And Recovery
  • ASM :Available Seat Mile
  • ASO :Southern Region
  • ASOS :Automated Surface Observing System
  • ASOS :Automated Surface Observing Systems
  • ASP :Arrival Sequencing Program
  • ASPM :Aviation System Performance Metrics
  • ASPM :Aviation System Performance Metrics
  • ASQP :Airline Service Quality Performance
  • ASR :Airport Surveillance Radar
  • ASR :Airways Facilities Spectrum Policy and Management
  • ASR :Alkali Silica Reactivity
  • ASR :Terminal Surveillance Radar
  • ASR-WSP :Airport Surveillance Radar-Weather System Processor
  • AST :FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
  • ASTA :Airport Surface Traffic Automation
  • ASV :Airline Schedule Vendor
  • ASW :Southwest Region
  • ASYNC :Asynchronous Concentrator
  • AT :Air Traffic
  • AT&T :American Telephone and Telegraph
  • AT&T :ASDC AT&T Agency Service Delivery Center
  • AT&T :CSA AT&T Customer Support Associate
  • ATA :Air Transport Association of America
  • ATA :Airline Transport Association
  • ATAS :Airspace and Traffic Advisory Service
  • ATC :Air Traffic Control
  • ATCA :Air Traffic Control Association
  • ATCAA :Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
  • ATCAA :ATC Assigned Airspace
  • ATCBI :Maintenance of Air Traffic Control Beacon Indicator
  • ATCCC :Air Traffic Control Command Center
  • ATCO :Air Taxi Commercial Operator
  • ATCOTS :Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solutions
  • ATCRB :Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon
  • ATCRBS :Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
  • ATCS :Air Traffic Control Specialist
  • ATCSCC :Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center
  • ATCT :Airport Traffic Control Tower
  • ATIDS :Airport Surface Target Identification System
  • ATIS :Automated Terminal Information Service
  • ATIS :Automatic Terminal Information Service
  • ATIS :Automatic Terminal Information Service
  • ATISR :ATIS Recorder
  • ATM :Air Traffic Management
  • ATM :Air Traffic Manager
  • ATM :Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • ATMAC :Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee
  • ATMS :Advanced Traffic Management System
  • ATMS :Automated Training Management System
  • ATN :Aeronautical Telecommunications Network
  • ATO :Air Traffic Organization
  • ATODN :AUTODIN Terminal (FUS)
  • ATOMS :Air Traffic Operations Management System
  • ATOP :Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures
  • ATOS :Air Transportation Oversight System
  • ATOVN :AUOTVON (Facility)
  • ATR :Air Traffic Requirements
  • ATREP :Air Traffic Representative
  • ATS :Air Traffic Services
  • ATSAP :Air Traffic Safety Action Program
  • ATSCCP :ATS Contingency Command Post
  • ATSS :Airway Transportation Systems Specialist
  • ATTIS :AT&T Information Systems
  • AUTODIN :DoD Automatic Digital Network
  • AUTOVON :DoD Automatic Voice Network
  • AVN :Aviation Standards National Field Office, Oklahoma City
  • AVN :Aviation System Standards
  • AVON :AUTOVON Service
  • AVS :FAA Office of Aviation Safety
  • AVSI :Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute
  • AWIS :Airport Weather Information
  • AWOS :Automated Weather Observing System
  • AWP :Aviation Weather Processor
  • AWP :Western Pacific Region
  • AWPG :Aviation Weather Products Generator
  • AWS :Air Weather Station
  • AWSS :Automated Weather Sensors System
  • AWTT :Aviation Weather Technology Transfer
  • AXX :One of the 9 Regional Offices

B

  • BA :Budget Analyst
  • BAD :Budget Analysis Database
  • 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
  • BERMS :Beacon Environmental Remote Monitoring Subsystem
  • BFO :Backfill Overtime
  • BFO :Blazing Flash of the Obvious (DOD)
  • BIM :Building Information Modeling
  • BIP :Backup Interface Processor
  • BMP :Best Management Practices
  • BOC :Bell Operating Company
  • BOD :Beneficial Occupancy Date
  • BPB :Business Plan Builder
  • BPS :Bits Per Second
  • BRI :Basic Rate Interface
  • BRITE :Bright Radar Indicator Terminal Equipment
  • BRITE :Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
  • BRL :Building Restriction Line
  • BUEC :Back-up Emergency Communications
  • BUECE :Back-up Emergency Communications Equipment

C

  • C&A :Certification and Accreditation
  • C/S/S/N :Capacity/Safety/Security/Noise
  • CA :Conflict Alert
  • CAA :Civil Airworthiness Authority
  • CAA :Civil Aviation Authority
  • CAA :Clean Air Act
  • CAAFI :Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
  • CAASD :Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
  • CAB :Civil Aeronautics Board
  • CAD :Computer-aided Design
  • CAD :Computer-aided Drawing
  • CAD :Computer-aided Design
  • CAEG :Computer-aided Engineering Graphics
  • CAI :Contractor-Acceptance Inspection
  • CAIRS :Cable Assignment Information Retrieval System
  • CAMI :Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
  • CAP :Civil Air Patrol
  • CAR :Civil Aviation Regulations
  • CARAT :Center for Aviation Research and Aerospace Technology
  • CARF :Central Altitude Reservation Facility
  • CARF :Central Altitude Reservation Function
  • CARS :Civilian Air Routes System
  • CARSR :Common Air Route Surveillance Radar
  • CARTS :Common Automated Radar Terminal System
  • CAS :Cost Accounting System
  • CASA :Controller Automated Spacing Aid
  • CASFO :Civil Aviation Security Office
  • CASS :Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System
  • CASST :Commercial Aviation Safety Strategic Team
  • CAST :Certification Authority Software Team
  • CASTLE :Consolidated Automated System for Time and Labor Entry
  • CAT :Category
  • CAT :Clear Air Turbulence
  • CATTS :Computerized Air Traffic Training System
  • CATX :Categorical Exclusion
  • CAU :Crypto Ancillary Unit
  • CBI :Computer Based Instruction
  • CC :Construction Coordinator
  • CC&O :Customer Cost and Obligation
  • CCC :Communications Command Center
  • CCCC :Staff Communications
  • CCCH :Central Computer Complex Host
  • CCS7-NI :Communication Channel Signal-7 Network Interconnect
  • CCSD :Command Communications Service Designator
  • CCU :Central Control Unit
  • CD :Common Digitizer
  • CD :Compact Disc
  • CD-ROM :Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
  • CDA :Continuous Descent Arrival
  • CDB :Corporate Database
  • CDC :Computer Display Channel
  • CDD :Corporate Data Dictionary
  • CDL :Configuration Deviation List
  • CDM :Collaborative Decision Making
  • CDR :Cost Detail Report
  • CDRA :Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
  • CDS :Central Dispatch System
  • CDT :Controlled Departure Time
  • CDTI :Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
  • CDV :Compressed Digital Video
  • CED :Categorical Exclusion Determination
  • CENRAP :Center Radar Arts Presentation
  • CENTX :Central Telephone Exchange
  • CEP :Capacity Enhancement Program
  • CEQ :Council on Environmental Quality
  • CERAP :Center Radar Approach Control
  • CERAP :Central Radar Approach
  • CFC :Central Flow Control
  • CFCF :Central Flow Control Facility
  • CFCS :Central Flow Control Service
  • CFI :Certified Flight Instructor
  • CFIT :Controlled Flight Into Terrain
  • CFR :Code of Federal Regulations
  • CFWP :Central Flow Weather Processor
  • CFWU :Central Flow Weather Unit
  • CG :Center of Gravity
  • CGAS :Coast Guard Air Station
  • CHI :Computer Human Interface
  • CIO :Chief Information Officer
  • CIP :Capital Investment Plan
  • CISO :Chief Information Security Officer
  • CIWS :Corridor Integrated Weather System
  • CLC :Course Line Computer
  • CLEEN :Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions & Noise
  • CLIN :Contract Line Item
  • CLT :Calculated Landing Time
  • CM :Configuration Management
  • CMAP :Center Mapping Automation Program
  • CMFO :Certificate Management Field Office
  • CMIS :Certificate Management Information System
  • CMO :Certificate Management Office
  • CMU :Certificate Management Unit
  • CNMPS :Canadian Minimum Navigation Performance Specification Airspace
  • CNS :Communications, Navigation and Surveillance
  • CNS :Consolidated NOTAM System
  • CNSP :Consolidated NOTAM System Processor
  • CO :Central Office
  • CO :Contracting Officer
  • COE :Center of Excellence
  • COE :U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • COMCO :Command Communications Outlet
  • CONOPS :Concept of Operations
  • CONUS :Continental United States
  • COOP :Continuity of Operations Plan
  • CORP :Private Corporation other than ARINC or MITRE
  • COTR :Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
  • COTR :Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
  • COTS :Commercial Off-the-Shelf
  • CP :Conflict Probe
  • CPC :Certified Professional Controller
  • CPCS :Consolidated Production Control System
  • CPDLC :Controller Pilot Data Link Communications
  • CPE :Customer Premise Equipment
  • CPIC :Capital Planning and Investment Control
  • CPMIS :Consolidated Personnel Management Information System
  • CRA :Conflict Resolution Advisory
  • CRC :Coordinating Research Council
  • CRDA :Converging Runway Display Aid
  • CRDA :Cooperative Research & Development Agreement
  • CRM :Crew Resource Management
  • CRT :Cathode Ray Tube
  • CSA :Central Service Area
  • CSA :Communications Service Authorization
  • CSA :Comparative Safety Assessment
  • CSA :Central Service Area
  • CSAP :Combined Services Access Point
  • CSAP :Common Services Access Point
  • CSC :Central Service Center
  • CSC :Central Service Center
  • CSER :Contractor Site Engineering Report
  • CSIS :Centralized Storm Information System
  • CSMC :Cyber Security Management Center
  • CSO :Customer Service Office
  • CSR :Communications Service Request
  • CSS :Central Site System
  • CSTA :Chief Scientist and Technical Advisor
  • CSTWRK :Cost Work
  • CTA :Control Area
  • CTA :Controlled Time of Arrival
  • 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
  • CWO :Contract Weather Observer
  • CWP :Central Weather Processor
  • CWP :Corporate Work Plan
  • CWSU :Central Weather Service Unit
  • CWY :Clearway

D

  • D-ATIS :Digital – Automatic Terminal Information Service
  • DA :Decision Altitude/Decision Height
  • DA :Descent Advisor
  • DA :Direct Access
  • DA/H :Decision Altitude/Height
  • DABBS :DITCO Automated Bulletin Board System
  • DACS :Digital Aeronautical Chart Supplement
  • DADS :Digital Aeronautical Database System
  • DAFIS :Departmental Accounting and Financial Information System
  • DAIR :Direct Altitude and Identity Readout
  • DALR :Digital Audio Legal Recorder
  • DAR :Designated Agency Representative
  • DARC :Direct Access Radar Channel
  • DARP :Dynamic Aircraft Route Planning
  • DASI :Digital Altimeter Setting Indicator
  • DASR :Digital Airport Surveillance Radar
  • DB :Database
  • dB :Decibel
  • DBA :Database Administrator
  • 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
  • DCC :Direct Channel Complex
  • DCCU :Data Communications Control Unit
  • DCE :Data Communications Equipment
  • DDA :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
  • DEM :Digital Elevation Model
  • DEP :Departure
  • DEWIZ :Distance Early Warning Identification Zone
  • DF :Direction Finder
  • DFAX :Digital Facsimile
  • DFI :Direction Finding Indicator
  • DFL :Daily Flight Log
  • DFM :Departure Flow Management
  • DGNSS :Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
  • DGPS :Differential Global Positioning Satellite (System)
  • DGPS :Differential Global Positioning System
  • DH :Decision Height
  • DHS :Department of Homeland Security
  • DIA :Denver International Airport
  • DID :Direct Inward Dial
  • DIP :Drop and Insert Point
  • DIRF :Direction Finding
  • DISU :Drug Investigation Support Unit
  • DITCO :Defense Information Technology Contracting Office Agency
  • DLAP :Data Link Applications Processor
  • DLRS :Digital Legal Recording System
  • DME :Distance Measuring Equipment
  • DME/P :Precision Distance Measuring Equipment
  • DMN :Data Multiplexing Network
  • DMRS :Database Management Reporting System
  • DMS :Data Management System
  • DMS :Drawing Management System
  • DNL :Day-Night Equivalent Sound Level
  • DOD :Department of Defense
  • DOD :Direct Outward Dial
  • DOF :Digital Obstacle File
  • DOI :Department of Interior
  • DOS :Department of State
  • DOT :Department of Transportation
  • DOTCC :Department of Transportation Computer Center
  • DOTS :Dynamic Ocean Track System
  • DOTS :Dynamic Ocean Tracking System
  • DOVE :DSR Oceanic VSCS En Route Implementation Working Group
  • DP :Departure Procedures
  • DPE :Designated Pilot Examiner
  • DR :Disaster Recovery
  • DRP :Disaster Recovery Plan
  • DSCS :Digital Satellite Compression Service
  • DSG :Data Services Group
  • DSP :Departure Sequencing Program
  • DSR :Display System Replacement
  • DSS :Decision Support System
  • DSUA :Dynamic Special Use Airspace
  • DTED :Digital Terrain Elevation Data
  • DTM :Digital Terrain Model
  • DTS :Dedicated Transmission Service
  • DUAT :Direct User Access Terminal
  • DUATS :Direct User Access Terminal System
  • DVD :Digital Versatile Disk
  • DVFR :Day Visual Flight Rules
  • DVFR :Defense Visual Flight Rules
  • DVOF :Digital Vertical Obstruction File
  • DVOR :Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range
  • DVOR :Doppler Very High Frequency Omni– Directional Range
  • DVRS :Digital Voice Recorder System
  • DYSIM :Dynamic Simulator

E

  • E-MSAW :En Route Automated Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
  • EA :Enterprise Architecture
  • EA :Environmental Assessment
  • EARS :En Route Analysis and Reporting System
  • EARTS :En Route Automated Radar Tracking System
  • EASA :European Aviation Safety Agency
  • EBC :Event Based Currency
  • EBUS :Enhanced Backup Surveillance
  • EC :Engineering Center
  • ECG :En Route Communications Gateway
  • ECOM :En Route Communications
  • eCPIC :Electronic Capital Planning Investment Control
  • ECVFP :Expanded Charted Visual Flight Procedures
  • EDC :Early Display Configuration
  • EDC :En Route Departure Capability
  • EDC :Enterprise Data Center
  • EDCT :Estimated Departure Control Time
  • EDCT :Expedite Departure Path
  • EDDA :Environmental Due Diligence Audit
  • EDI :Electronic Data Interchange
  • EDMS :Electronic Document Management Systems
  • EDMS :Emissions and Dispersion Modeling System
  • EDS :Enterprise Database System
  • EEO :Equal Employment Opportunity
  • EFAS :En Route Flight Advisory Service
  • EFB :Electronic Flight Bag
  • EFC :Expect Further Clearance
  • EFIS :Electronic Flight Information Systems
  • EFSTS :Electronic Flight Strip Transfer System
  • EIAF :Expanded Inward Access Features
  • EIS :Environmental Impact Statement
  • ELD :Electrical Load Database
  • eLMS :Electronic Learning Management System
  • 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
  • EOF :Emergency Operating Facility
  • eOPF :Electronic Official Personnel File
  • EOSH :Environmental and Occupational Safety & Health
  • EOSH :Environmental Compliance Occupational Safety and Health
  • EPA :Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPI :Element Performance Inspection
  • EPS :Engineered Performance Standards
  • EPSS :Enhanced Packet Switched Service
  • ERAD :En Route Broadband Radar
  • ERAM :En Route Automation Modernization
  • ERIDS :En Route Information Display System
  • ERIT :Enhanced Radar Intelligent Tool
  • ERM :En Route Spacing Program
  • ERMS :Environmental Remote Monitoring System
  • ES&H :Environmental Safety and Health
  • ESA :Eastern Service Area
  • ESC :Eastern Service Center
  • ESC :Enterprise Service Center
  • ESC :Eastern Service Center
  • ESEC :En Route Broadband Secondary Radar
  • ESF :Extended Superframe Format
  • ESIS :Enhanced Status Information System
  • ESIS :Environmental Safety Information System
  • ESP :En Route Spacing Program
  • ESP :En Route Sequencing Program
  • ESRI :Environmental Systems Research Institute
  • ESYS :En Route Equipment Systems
  • ETA :Estimated Time of Arrival
  • ETE :Estimated Time En Route
  • ETG :Enhanced Target Generator
  • ETMS :Enhanced Traffic management Systems
  • ETN :Electronic Telecommunications Network
  • ETO :Engineering Technical Officer
  • ETVCT :En Route Training Voice Communication Tool
  • ETVS :Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch
  • EUROCAE :European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment
  • EVAS :Enhanced Vortex Advisory System
  • EVCS :Emergency Voice Communications System
  • EVFR :Electronic Visual Flight Rules
  • EVM :Earned Value Management

F

  • F&E :Facilities and Equipment
  • FAA :Federal Aviation Administration
  • FAAAC :FAA Aeronautical Center
  • FAACIS :FAA Communications Information System
  • FAASTeam :FAA Safety Team
  • FAATC :FAA Technical Center
  • FAATC :Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center
  • FAATSAT :FAA Telecommunications Satellite
  • FAATSAT :Federal Aviation Administration Telecommunications Satellite
  • FAC :Facility
  • FACUTL :Facility Utilization System
  • FADE :FAA/Airline Data Exchange
  • FAF :Final Approach Fix
  • FAIRS :Federal Aircraft Management Information System
  • FAMIS :Federal Air Marshal Information System
  • FANS :Future Air Navigation System
  • FAP :Final Approach Point
  • FAPM :FTS2000 Associate Program Manager
  • FAQ :Frequently Asked Questions
  • FAR :Federal Aviation Regulation
  • FARM :Fielded Automation Requirements Management
  • FASC :FAA Aviation Safety Center
  • FAST :Final Approach Spacing Tool
  • FAX :Facsimile Equipment
  • FBO :Fixed Base Operator
  • FBS :Fall Back Switch
  • FCC :Federal Communications Commission
  • FCLT :Freeze Calculated Landing Time
  • FCM :Flight Schedule Monitor
  • FCOM :FSS Radio Voice Communications
  • FCPU :Facility Central Processing Unit
  • FCT :Federal Contract Tower
  • FDAT :Flight Data
  • 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
  • FDMSAW :Fully Digital Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
  • FDP :Flight Data Processing
  • FDP/RDP :Flight Data Processing/Radar Data Processing
  • FDR :Federal Data Registry
  • FDT :Flight Deck Training Program