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Aviation Acronym List 2012 Flashcards

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2D

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Two Dimensional

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3D

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Three Dimensional

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4D

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Four Dimensional

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4DT

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Four Dimensional Trajectory

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A/DMT

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Arrival Departure Management Tool

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AC

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Advisory Circular

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ACM

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Adjacent Center Metering

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ADSB

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Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast

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AEDT

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Aviation Environmental Design Tool

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AIM

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Aeronautical Information Manual

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AIP

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Airport Improvement Plan

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AIRE

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Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions

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ALP

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Airport Layout Plan

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ANSP

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Air Navigation Service Provider

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AOC

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Airline Operations Center

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APMT

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Aviation Portfolio Management Tool

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AR

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Authorization Required

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ARC

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Aviation Rulemaking Committee

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ARMS

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Airspace Resource Management System

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ARTCC

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Air Route Traffic Control Center

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ASAP

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Aviation Safety Action Program

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ASDE 3

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Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model 3

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ASDE X

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Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X

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ASIAS

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Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing

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ASPIRE

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Asia and Pacific Initiative to Remove Emissions

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ASTM

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American Society for Testing and Materials

(Originally - American Section of International Association for Testing and Materials)

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ATC

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Air Traffic Control

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ATM

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Air Traffic Management

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ATN

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Aeronautical Telecommunications Network

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ATPA

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Automated Terminal Proximity Alert

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CAAFI

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Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Initiative

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CARTS

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Common Automated Radar Terminal System

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CATM

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Collaborative Air Traffic Management

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CATMT

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Collaborative Air Traffic Management Technologies

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CDM

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Collaborative Decision Making

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C/DP

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Climb/Descent Procedure

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CDQM

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Collaborative Departure Queue Management

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CDTI

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Cockpit Display of Traffic Information

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CIWS

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Corridor Integrated Weather System

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CIX

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Collaborative Information Exchange

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CLEEN

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Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise

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CO2

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Carbon Dioxide

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CRDA

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Converging Runway Display Aid

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CSPO

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Closely Spaced Parallel Operations

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CSPR

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Closely Spaced Parallel Runways

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CTP

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Collaborative Trajectory Planning

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DATA COMM

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Data Communications

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DCL

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Departure Clearance

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DDU

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Data Distribution Unit

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DME

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Distance Measuring Equipment

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DOD

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Department of Defense

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DST

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Decision Support Tool

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eALP

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Electronic Airport Layout Plan

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EDX

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Enhanced Data Exchange

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EFB

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Electronic Flight Bag

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EFVS

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Enhanced Flight Vision System

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FAA

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Federal Aviation Administration

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FACT

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Future Airport Capacity Task

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FAN

A

Future Air Navigation System

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FIS B

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Flight Information Services-Broadcast

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FMC

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Flight Management Computer

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FMS

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Flight Management System

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FOC

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Flight Operations Center

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FOQA

A

Flight Operations Quality Assurance

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FOSA

A

Flight Operations Surface Application

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FY

A

Fiscal Year

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GBAS

A

Ground Based Augmentation System

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GIS

A

Geographic Information System

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GLS

A

GBAS Landing System

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GNSS

A

Global Navigation Satellite System

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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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GUS

A

Ground Uplink Station

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HITL

A

Human in the Loop

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HRJ

A

Hydro Treated Renewable Jet

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HUD

A

Heads Up Display

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ICAO

A

International Civil Aviation Organization

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ID/AC or IDAC

A

Integrated Departure/Arrival Capability

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ILS

A

Instrument Landing System

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ITA

A

Initial Tailored Arrival

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ITP

A

In Trail Procedure

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JPDO

A

Joint Planning and Development Office

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JRC

A

Joint Resources Council

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LAAS

A

Local Area Augmentation System

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LED

A

Light Emitting Diode

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LNAV

A

Lateral Navigation

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LP

A

Localizer Performance

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LPV

A

Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance

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MALSR

A

Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator

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MHz

A

Megahertz

Frequency Spectrum:

ELF
Extremely Low Frequency
10^5km-10^4km
3 - 30 Hz

SLF
Super Low Frequency
10^4km-10^3km
30 - 300 Hz

ULF
Ultra Low Frequency
10^3km-100km
300 - 3000 Hz

VLF
Very Low Frequency
100km-10km
3 - 30 kHz

LF
Low Frequency
10km-1km
30 - 300 kHz

MF
Medium Frequency
1km-100m
300 kHz - 3 MHz

HF
High Frequency
100m-10m
3 - 30 MHz

VHF
Very High Frequency
10m-1m
30 - 300 MHz

UHF
Ultra High Frequency
1m-10cm
300 MHz - 3 GHz

SHF
Super High Frequency
10cm-1cm
3 - 30 GHz

EHF
Extremely High Frequency
1cm-1mm
30 - 300 GHz

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NAS

A

National Airspace System

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NASA

A

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NAS EA

A

National Airspace System Enterprise Architecture

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NATCA

A

National Air Traffic Controllers Association

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NAVAID

A

Navigation Aid

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NEO

A

Network Enabled Operations

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NEPA

A

National Environmental Policy Act

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NEXT GEN

or Next Gen

A

Next Generation Air Transportation System

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NIEC

A

NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability

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NM

A

Nautical Miles

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NNEW

A

NextGen Network Enabled Weather

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NOTAM

A

Notice to Airmen

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NVS

A

NAS Voice System

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NWP

A

NextGen Weather Processor

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OCEAN 21

A

Oceanic Automation System

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OEP

A

Operational Evolution Partnership

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OI

A

Operational Improvement

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OMP

A

O’Hare Modernization Project

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OPD

A

Optimized Profile Descent

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PAPI

A

Precision Approach Path Indicator

110
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PBN

A

Performance Based Navigation

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RAPT

A

Route Availability Planning Tool

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RF

A

Radius to Fix

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RNAV

A

Area Navigation

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RNP

A

Required Navigation Performance

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RPI

A

Relative Position Indicator

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RTA

A

Required Time of Arrival

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RTCA

A

Radio Technology Committee for Aeronautics

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RVR

A

Runway Visual Range

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RVSM

A

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum

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SAA

A

Special Activity Airspace

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SAAAR

A

Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Requirement

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SATCOM

or
Satcom

A

Satellite Communications

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SATNAV

A

Satellite Navigation

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SBAS

A

Satellite Based Augmentation System

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SESAR

A

Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research

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SID

A

Standard Instrument Departure

127
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SITS

A

Security Integrated Tool Set

128
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SMS

A

Safety Management System

129
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SNT

A

Staffed NextGen Towers

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SRM

A

Safety Risk Management

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SRMD

A

Safety Risk Management Document

132
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SSA

A

System Safety Assessment

133
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STAR

A

Standard Terminal Arrival Route

134
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STARS

A

Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Route

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STBO

A

Surface Trajectory Based Operations

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SUA

A

Special Use Airspace

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SURF IA

A

Surface Indications and Alerts

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SVS

A

Synthetic Vision System

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UAT

A

Universal Access Transceiver

140
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UTC

A

Universal Time Coordinate

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VOR

A

VHF Omnidirectional Radio

142
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WX

A

Weather

143
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ZULU Time

A

UTC Time

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ELF

A

Extremely Low Frequency

Wavelength

10^5km-10^4km

Frequency

3 - 30 Hz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

145
Q

SLF

A

Super Low Frequency

Wavelength

10^5km-10^3km

Frequency

30 - 300 Hz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

146
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ULF

A

Ultra Low Frequency

Wavelength

10^3km-100km

Frequency

300 - 3000 Hz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

147
Q

VLF

A

Very Low Frequency

Wavelength

100km-10km

Frequency

3 - 30 kHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

148
Q

LF

A

Low Frequency

Wavelength

10km-1km

Frequency

30 - 300 kHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

149
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MF

A

Medium Frequency

Wavelength

1km-100m

Frequency

300kHz - 3 MHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

150
Q

HF

A

High Frequency

Wavelength

100m-10m

Frequency

3 - 30 MHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

151
Q

VHF

A

Very High Frequency

Wavelength

10m-1m

Frequency

30 - 300 MHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

152
Q

UHF

A

Ultra High Frequency

Wavelength

1m-10cm

Frequency

300 MHz - 3 GHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

153
Q

SHF

A

Super High Frequency

Wavelength

10cm-1cm

Frequency

3 - 30 GHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

154
Q

EHF

A

Extremely High Frequency

Wavelength

1cm-1mm

Frequency

30 - 300 GHz

Radio Spectrum Terms

(km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters)
(Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)

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