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Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations | 65 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSA ACRONYM DEFINITION ACARS Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System ADF Automatic Direction Finder ADS-B Automatic Dependent SurveillanceâBroadcast AEE Office Of Environment And Energy AEFS Advanced Electronic Flight Strips AFS AVS Flight Standards AFSS Automated Flight Service Stations AIP Airport Improvement Program AR Authorization Required ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ASDE Airport Surface Detection Equipment ASDE-X Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model X ASIAS Aviation Safety Information and Analysis System ASSC Airport Surface Surveillance Capability ATC Air Traffic Control ATM Air Traffic Management ATO Air Traffic Operations ATS Air Transportation System AVS Aviation Safety CAP Civil Air Patrol CatEx Categorical Exclusion CATM Collaborative Air Traffic Management CDM Collaborative Decision Making CDTI Cockpit Display of Traffic Information CNS Communication, Surveillance, and Navigation Technologies ConOps Concept of Operations CPDLC Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications CSG CDM Stakeholders Group CSPR Closely Spaced Parallel Runway DCL Departure Clearance DME Distance Measuring Equipment
66 | RESOURCES FOR AIRPORTS ACRONYM DEFINITION DSR Display System Replacement EA Environmental Assessment eALP Electronic Airport Layout Plan EFVS Enhanced Flight Vision Systems EoR Established on RNP ERAM En Route Automation Modernization FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAF Final Approach Fix FANS Future Air Navigation Systems FBO Fixed-Base Operator FIDS Flight Information Display System FIM Flight-Deck Interval Management FIS-B Flight Information Service Broadcast FPO Flight Procedures Office FTI Flight Telecommunications Infrastructure GA General Aviation GAST-C GBAS Approach Service TypeâC GAST-D GBAS Approach Service TypeâD GBAS Ground-Based Augmentation System GIS Geospatial/Geographic Information System GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GPS Global Positioning System HCS Host Computer System IACO International Civil Aviation Organization IAF Initial Approach Fix IF Intermediate Fix IFR Instrument Flight Rules ILS Instrument Landing System IM Inner Marker IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions LPV Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance MHz Megahertz MOU Memorandum of Understanding MRO Multiple Runway Operations MRS Minimum Required Separation MSL Mean-Sea Level
Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations | 67 ACRONYM DEFINITION MTOW Maximum Takeoff Weight NAC NextGen Advisory Committee NAS National Airspace System NAVAID Navigational Aid NBAA National Business Aviation Association NDB Non-directional Beacon NEMS NAS Enterprise Messaging System NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System NM Nautical Mile NOTAM Notice to Airmen NPIAS National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems NVS NAS Voice System OAPM Optimization of Airspace and Procedures in the Metroplex OPD Optimized Profile Descents PACI Passenger Airline Cost Index PBN Performance-Based Navigation PRM Precision Runway Monitor RAA Regional Airline Association RECAT Recategorization of Separation Standards RF Radio Frequency RNAV Area Navigation RNP Required Navigation Performance RTCA Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics SID Standard Instrument Departure STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route STARS Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System STDDS SWIM Terminal Distribution System SVS Synthetic Vision System SVT Surface Visualization Tool SWIM System Wide Information Management TAMR Terminal Automation Modernization And Replacement TBFM Time-Based Flow Management TBM Time-Based Metering TBO Trajectory-Based Operations TERPS Terminal Procedures TFDM Terminal Flight Data Manager TIS-B Traffic Information SystemâBroadcast
68 | RESOURCES FOR AIRPORTS ACRONYM DEFINITION TIS-R Traffic Information SystemâRebroadcast TMA Traffic Management Advisor TMI Traffic Management Initiatives TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control UAT Universal Access Transceiver VALE Voluntary Airport Low Emissions VDL VHF Data Link VFR Visual Flight Rules VHF Very High Frequency VOR Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range WAAS Wide-Area Augmentation System Wake RECAT Wake Vortex Recategorization WAM Wide-Area Multilateration WTMA Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Arrivals WTMA-P WTMA-Procedures WTMD Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures
