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... Appendix A: Acronyms & Initialisms | 83 Acronyms & Initialisms ACRONYM DEFINITION A4A Airlines For America AAR Airport Arrival Rate AC Advisory Circular ACI-NA Airports Council International-North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADOA City of Atlanta Department of Aviation ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast AEDT Aviation Environmental Design Tool AGL Above Ground Level AIM Aeronautical Information Manual ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider AR Approval Required ARP Administrator for Airports ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ATC Air Traffic Control ATCT Air Traffic Control Tower ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATNS Air Traffic Noise Screening ATO Air Traffic Organization CAA Clean Air Act CatEx Categorical Exclusion CCDOA Clark County Department of Aviation CDTI Cockpit Display of Traffic Information CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CFR Code of Federal Regulations CPDLC Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications CSPRO Closely Spaced Parallel Runway Operations CWG Core Working Group DA Decision Altitude dB Decibels DEN Denver International Airport DME Distance Measuring Equipment DNL Day-Night Average Sound Level DOT Department of Transportation DTA Distance of Turn Anticipation EA Environmental Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement ELSO Equivalent Lateral Spacing Operations EMS Environmental Management System A
From page 86...
... 84 | UNDERSTANDING THE AIRPORT'S ROLE IN PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION ACRONYM DEFINITION EoR Established on RNP ERAM En Route Automation Modernization FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAR Federal Aviation Regulations FIM-S Flight Deck-based Interval Management-Spacing FIS-B Flight Information Services-Broadcast FMC Flight Management Computer FMS Flight Management System FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact FPT Flight Procedures Team GA General Aviation GAO Government Accountability Office GBAS Ground-Based Augmentation System GHG Greenhouse Gas GIM-S Ground-based Interval Management-Spacing GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System HAS Houston Airport System HITL Human-in-the-Loop HND Henderson Executive Airport IAP Instrument Approach Procedure ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization IDP Instrument Departure Procedure IFP Instrument Flight Procedure IFR Instrument Flight Rules IGA Inter-Governmental Agreement ILS Instrument Landing System IM Interval Management IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions INM Integrated Noise Model IRU Inertial Reference Unit ITP In-Trail Procedures KPA Key Performance Area LEQ Equivalent Continuous Level LNAV Lateral Navigation LP Localizer Performance LPV Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance MAC Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission MDA Minimum Decision Altitude MSP Minneapolis-St.
From page 87...
... Appendix A: Acronyms & Initialisms | 85 ACRONYM DEFINITION NAS National Airspace System NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NAVAIDs Navigational Aids NBAA National Business Aviation Association NDB Navigation Database NEPA National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 NIRS Noise Integrated Routing System NOC Noise Oversight Committee NOTAM Notice To Airmen OAPM Optimization of Airspace and Procedures in the Metroplex ODP Obstacle Departure Procedures OEP Operational Evolution Plan OPD Optimized Profile Descent OSG Operations Support Group PARC Performance-Based Aircraft Aviation Rulemaking Committee PBN Performance-Based Navigation RAPT Regional Airspace Planning Team RF Radius-to-Fix RNAV Area Navigation RNP Required Navigation Performance ROD Record of Decision RPAT RNP Parallel Approach with Transition RTA Required Time of Arrival SAAAR Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required SEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEL Sound Exposure Level SIAP Standard Instrument Approach Procedures SID Standard Instrument Departure SIP State Implementation Plan SMS Safety Management System SRM Safety Risk Management STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route SUA Special Use Airspace TARGETS Terminal Area Route Generation, Evaluation, and Simulation TBFM Time-Based Flow Management TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System TERPS Terminal Instrument Procedures TIS-B Traffic Information Services-Broadcast TOD Top of Descent TRACON Terminal Radar Approach Control UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle VFR Visual Flight Rules VNAV Vertical Navigation VOR Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Radio Range WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System

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