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101ATM MOST USED ACRONYMS
A4E Airlines for Europe
AAC Aeronautical Administrative Communications
ACARS Aircraft Addressing and Reporting System
ACAS Aircraft Collision Avoidance System
ACC Area Control Centre
A-CDM Airport Collaborative Decision Making
ACI Airports Council International
ACM ATC Communications Management
ACMS Aircraft Condition Monitoring System
ACNA Agencia Centroamericana de Navegación Aérea
ACSA Agencia Centroamericana de Seguridad Aeronáutica
ADLP Airborne Datalink Processor
ADP ATFCM Daily Plan
ADRM Airport Development Reference Manual
ADS Automatic Dependant Surveillance
ADS-A Automatic Dependant Surveillance - Addressed
ADS-B Automatic Dependant Surveillance - Broadcast
ADS-C Automatic Dependant Surveillance – Contract
ADVS Advisory Service
AES Aeronautical Earth Station
AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service
AFISO Air Flight Information Service Officer
AFN Aeronautical Fixed Network
AFS Aeronautical Fixed Service
AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network
AGDL Air Ground Data Link
AGVN Aeronautical Ground Voice Network
AIBT Actual In-Block Time
AIDC ATS Inerfacility Data Communication
AIM Aeronautical Information Management
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AIRE Airlines International Representation Europe
AIRMET Airmen’s Meteorological Information
AIS Aeronautical Information Service
AIS Aeronautical Information Service
ALDT Actual Landing Time
ALRS Alerting Service
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMAN Arrival Manager
AMC ATC Microphone Check
AME Alliance for New Mobility Europe
AMHS Aeronautical Message Handling System
AMS Aeronautical Mobile Service
AMS(R)S Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Route Service
ANB Air Navigation Board
ANC Air Navigation Commission
ANM ATFCM Notification Message
ANS Air Navigation Services
ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider
AO Aircraft Operator
AOA ACARS Over AVLC
AOBT Actual Off-Block Time
AOC Airline Operational Control Communications
APAC Asia-Pacific
APC Airline Passenger Communications
APP Approach
ARCW ADS Route Conformance Warning
ARDT Actual Ready Time
ARINC Aeronautical Radio INCorporated
ARO Air Traffic Services Reporting Office
ASAT Actual Startup Approval Time
ASD Aerospace, Security and Defence (industries in Europe)
ASECNA Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
ASM Air Space Management
A-SMGCS Advanced Surface Movement Guidance Control System
ASO ATM Safety Oversight (FAA)
ASRT Actual Start-up Request Time
ASTERIX All purpose Structured Eurocontrol surveillance information exchange
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATCEUC Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination
ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer
ATCO Air Traffic Controller
ATCSCC Air Traffic Control System Control Center
ATCU Air Traffic Control Unit
ATFCM Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management
ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management
ATIS Automated Terminal Information Service
ATM Air Traffic Management
ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Network
ATO Air Traffic Organisation (FAA)
ATO Actual Take Over
ATOT Actual Take Over Time
ATS Air Traffic Services
ATSU Air Traffic Services Unit
ATZ Aerodrome Traffic Zone
AU Airspace User
AUTO Automation
A-VDGS Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System
AVLC Aviation VHF Link Control
AWY Airway
BDSBAS BeiDou SBAS
BSS Best Signal Selection
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CANSO Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation
CAT Commercial Air Transport
CATC Conflicting ATC Clearances
CATS Complete Air Traffic System (CANSO)
CB Cumulonimbus
CBA Cross-Border Area
CCAMS Centralised Code Assignment & Management System
CDIN Common Data Interchange Network
CDM Collaborative Decision Making
CEN European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFIT Controlled Flight Into Terrain
CFMU Central Flow Management Unit
CLAM Cleared Level Adherence Monitoring
CLD Clearance Delivery
CLDT Calculated Landing Time
CLIMAX Offset Carrier Operations (no acronym)
CM Context Management
CMAC Conformance Monitoring Alerts for Controllers
CMSC Civil Military Stakeholder Committee (Eurocontrol)
CN Permanent Commission (Eurocontrol)
CNS Communication – Navigation – Surveillance
COBT Calculated Off-Blok Time
COCESNA Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea
COM Communication
CPDLC Controller to Pilot Data Link Communication
CRM Crew Resource Management
CRO Central Route Charges Office
CSC Common Signaling Channel
CSP Communication Service Provider
CTA Controlled Area
CTO Calculated Take Over
CTOT Calculated Take Off Time
CTR Controlled Zone
CTR Control Zone
CVOR Conventional VOR
CWP Controller Working Position
CWP Controller Working Position
DA Direct Access
DAP Departure Approach Procedures
DAT Data Services
D-ATIS Digital ATIS
DCL Departure Clearance
DLIC Data Link Initiation Capability
DLS Data Link Server
DMAN Departure Manager
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DPI Departure Planning Information
DSC Downstream Clearance
DSP Data Service Provider
D-VOLMET Digital VOLMET
DVOR Doppler VOR
EASA European Aviation Safety Agency
EASCG European ATM Standards Coordination Group
EATM European ATM Masterplan
EATM European Air Traffic Management
EBAA European Business Aviation Association
EC European Community
EC European Commission
ECA European Cockpit Association
ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference
ECIP European Convergence Implementation Plan
ECSCG European Cybersecurity for Aviation Standards Coordination Group
ECTL Eurocontrol
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EHA European Helicopter Association
EHS Enhanced Mode S
ELDT Estimated Landing Time
ELM Elementary Mode S
ELS Elementary Surveillance
EN European Norm – European Standards
ENV Environment Database
EOBT Estimated Off Block Time
EPP Extended Projection Profile
ERA European Regions Airline Association
ERND European Route Network Design
ES Extended Squitter
ESARR European Safety Regulatory Requirements
ESO European Standardization Organization
ETF European Transport Workers’s Federation
ETFMS Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System
ETO Estimated Take Over
ETOPS Extended Twin Engine Operations
ETOT Estimated Take-Off Time
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
EUR Europe
EUROCAE European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment
EUSCG European UAS Standards Coordination Group
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FANS Future Air Navigation System
FBZ FPL Buffer Zone
FDO Flight Data Operations
FDP Flight Data Processing
FDP Flight Data Processor
FFA Free Flight Airspace
FIC Flight Information Centre
FIR Flight Information Region
FIS Flight Information Service
FIS-B Flight Information Service - Broadcast
FIZ Flight Information Zone
FL Flight Level
FMO Flow Management Operations
FMP Flow Management Position
FMS Flight Management System
FMTP Flight Message Transfer Protocol
FMU Flow Management Unit
FOM Figure of Merit
FP Flight Plan
FRA Free Route Airspace
FUA Flexible Use of Airspace
FUM Flight Update Message
G/A Ground to Air
G/G Ground to Ground
GA General Aviation
GADSS Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System
GAGAN GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation
GANP Global Air Navigation Plan
GASP Global Air Navigation Safety Plan
GAT General Air Traffic
GBAS Ground Based Augmentation System
GDLP Ground Data Link Processor
GDP Gross national Product
GDP Ground Delay Program
GEO Geostationary Orbit
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System
GLS GBAS Landing System
GMC Ground Movement Control
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GOLD Global Operational Data Link Document
GP Glide Path
GPS Global Positioning System
GS Ground Stop
HAPS High Altitude Platforms
HEC Hourly Entry Counts
HEO High Elliptic Orbit
HF High Frequency
HFDL High Frequency Data Link
HMI Human Machine Interface
IA Instantaneous Access
IAOPA International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association
IAS Indicated Air Speed
IATA International Airlines Transport Association
IAU Internal Audit Unit (Eurocontrol)
IBT Inbound Time
ICAN International Commission for Air Navigation
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC Inter Centre Communications
ICCAE Instituto Centroamericano de Capacitación Aeronáutica
ICD Interface Control Document
IDA Indirect Access
IFATCA International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations
IFATSEA International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations
IFF Identifier Friend or Foe
IFPS Initial Flight Plan Processing System
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
ILS Instrument Landing System
INS Inertial Navigation System
IP Internet Protocol
IRNS Inertial Navigation System
ITWP Integrated Tower Working Position
LAM Local Area Multilateration
LAN Local Area Network
LCC Low Cost Carrier
LDT Landing Time
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LOA Letter of Agreement
LOC Localizer
LORAN Long Range Navigation
LoS Line of Sight
LSB Lower Side Band
MAB Military ATM Board (Eurocontrol)
MARS Multi Aircraft Ramp Stand
MASPS Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards
MDI Minimum Departure Intervals
MEO Medium Earth Orbit
MET Meteorological Services
MET Meteorological Service
METAR Meterorological Aerodrome Report
MINIT Minutes In Trail
MIT Miles In Trail
MLAT Multilateration System
MOPS Minimum Operational Performance Standards
MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
MSAT Minimum Safe Altitude
MSAW Minimum Safe Altitude Warning
MTCD Medium Term Conflict Detection
MTOM Maximum Take Off Mass
MUAC Maastrich Upper Area Control Center
MWARA Major World Area Routes
NAM North America
NAS National Airspace System
NAT North Atlantic
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAV Navigation
NDB Non Directional Beacon
NDOP Network Directors of Operations (NM)
NDTECH Network Directors of Technology (NM)
NEXTGEN Next Generation Air Transportation System
NM Network Manager
NMB Network Manager Board (Eurocontrol)
NMOC Network Manager Operational Centre
NNEW Next Generation Network Enabled Weather
NOF NOTAM Office
NOP Network Operations Plan
NOTAM Notice to Air Missions
NSA National Supervisory Authority
NVS NAS voice switch
OACC Oceanic ACC
OAT Operational Air Traffic
OBT Off-Block Time
OCA Oceanic Control Area
OCC Occupancy Count
OCL Oceanic Clearance
OLDI Online Data Interchange
OOOI Out Off On In
OPS Operations
ORCAM Originating Region Code Assigment
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OTS Organized Track System
PANS Procedures for Air Navigation Services
PAPI Precision Approach Path Indicator
PAR Precision Approach Radar
PBN Performance Based Navigation
PC Provisional Council (Eurocontrol)
PCA Positive Controlled Airspace
PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
PDS Pre Departure Sequence
POA Plain Old ACARS
PRB Performance Review Commission (Eurocontrol)
PSR Primary Surveillance RADAR
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PTT Push To Talk
QZSS Quasi Zenith Satellite System
R&D Research and Development
RAD Route Availability Document
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
RAM Route Adherence Monitoring
RCAT Route Catalogue Database
RCC Rescue Coordination Centre
RCP Required Communications Performance
RDF Radio Direction Finder
RDP Rolling Development Plan
RMCA Runwqy Monitoring and Conflict Alerting
RNAV Area Navigation
RNP Required Navigation Performance
RPK Revenue Passenger Kilometers
RPL Repetitive Flight Plan
RPL Repetitive Flight Plan
RSP Required Surveillance Performance
RTA Required Time of Arrival
RTCA Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minima
RX Receiver / Receive
SAL Slot initial Allocation
SAR Search and Rescue
SARP Standards And Recommended Practices
SARPS Standards and Recommended Practices
SASS Surveillance Analysis Support System
SBAS Satellite Based Augmentation System
SC Slot Conference
SCDM Surface Collaborative Decision Making
SCU Sector Control Unit
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDIP SESAR Development & Infrastructure Partnership
SDM SESAR Deployment Manager
SDO Standard Developing Organisation
SDP Surveillance Data Processor
SELCAL Selective Calling
SERA Standardized Rules of the Air
SES Single European Sky
SESAR Single European Sky Advanced Research
SFC Surface
SHL Slot Historic List
SID S tandard Instrument Departure
SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information
SITA Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques
SJU SESAR Joint Undertaking
SLM Standard Length Message
SMGCS Surface Movement Ground Control System
SMR Surface Movement Radar
SOV Sub-Orbital Vehicle
SSB Single Side Band
SSO Sun Synchronous Orbit
SSP Satellite Service Provider
SSR Secondary Surveillance Radar
STAM Short ATFM Measures
STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route
STCA Short Term Conflict Alert
STM Synchronous Transport Mode
SUPP Supplementary Procedures
SUR Surveillance
SWIM System Wide Information Management
TAA Temporary Airspace Allocation
TACAN Tactical Air Navigation
TACC Terminal ACC
TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System
TCL Taxiway Centreline Lights
TCP Transfer Control Protocol
TCT Tactical Controller Tool
TDM Time Division Multiplex
TDOA Time Difference Of Arrival
TIS-B Traffic Information Service Broadcast
TMA Terminal Maneuvering Area
TOBT Target Off Block Time
TOC Transfer Of Control
TOT Take-off Time
TSA Temporary Segregated Airspace
TSAT Target Start-up Approval Time
TT Taxi Time
TTOT Target Take Off Time
TWR Tower (Control)
TWR Control Tower
TX Transmitter / Transmit
U.S. United States
UAS Unmanned Aircraft System
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UIR Upper Information Region
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
USB Upper Side Band
USD United States Dollar
VASIS Visual Approach Slope Indicator System
VCS Voice Communication System
VDB VHF Data Broadcast
VDL2 VHF Data Link Mode 2
VFR Visual Flight Rules
VHF Very High Frequency
VLAN Virtual LAN
VOIP Voice Over IP
VOLMET Vol Météo
VOR VHF Omnidirectional Range
VORTAC VOR-TACAN
VTT Variably Taxi Time
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
WAM Wide Area Multilateration
WAN Wide Area Network
WASG Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines
WG Working Group
WMO World Meterologial Organization
WWACG WorldWide Airport Coordinators Group
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