Glossary & Acronyms
Complete list of aviation terms and acronyms
Glossary & Acronyms
This section provides a comprehensive list of aviation terms and acronyms used throughout the Air Canada Virtual Airline ASOPs.
A
- ACARS: Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
- ADF: Automatic Direction Finder
- ADS-B: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
- AFE: Above Field Elevation
- AFM: Aircraft Flight Manual
- AGL: Above Ground Level
- ALTN: Alternate
- APU: Auxiliary Power Unit
- ASR: Air Safety Report
- ATC: Air Traffic Control
- ATIS: Automatic Terminal Information Service
B
- BCBS: Brain-Centered Body Scanning
- BDRT: Both Dependent Runway Thresholds (simultaneous operations)
C
- CAT: Category (as in CAT I/II/III ILS approaches)
- CDA: Continuous Descent Approach
- CDL: Configuration Deviation List
- CDU: Control Display Unit
- CG: Center of Gravity
- CI: Cost Index
- CRM: Crew Resource Management
- CVR: Captain’s Voyage Report / Cockpit Voice Recorder
D
- DA/DH: Decision Altitude/Decision Height
- EICAS: Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System
- ECAM: Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor
- EODP: Engine-Out Departure Procedure
- ETOPS: Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards
F
- FAF: Final Approach Fix
- FCU: Flight Control Unit
- FD: Flight Director
- FDR: Flight Data Recorder
- FGCS: Flight Guidance Control System
- FL: Flight Level
- FMC/FMGC: Flight Management Computer/Flight Management Guidance Computer
- FMS: Flight Management System
- FOD: Foreign Object Debris
- FOQA: Flight Operations Quality Assurance
- FRMS: Fatigue Risk Management System
G
- GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System
- GPU: Ground Power Unit
- GPWS/EGPWS: (Enhanced) Ground Proximity Warning System
H
- HF: High Frequency (radio)
- HOT: Hold-Over Time
- HUD: Head-Up Display
I
- IAF: Initial Approach Fix
- ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
- ILS: Instrument Landing System
- IMC: Instrument Meteorological Conditions
- IROP: Irregular Operations
- ISA: International Standard Atmosphere
L
- LNAV: Lateral Navigation
- LOFT: Line-Oriented Flight Training
- LVP: Low Visibility Procedures
M
- MAC: Mean Aerodynamic Chord
- MCP: Mode Control Panel
- MEA: Minimum Enroute Altitude
- MEL: Minimum Equipment List
- METAR: Meteorological Aerodrome Report
- Mmo: Maximum Operating Mach Number
- MSA: Minimum Sector Altitude
- MTOW: Maximum Take-Off Weight
N
- NADP: Noise Abatement Departure Procedure
- NAT HLA: North Atlantic High Level Airspace
- ND: Navigation Display
- NOTAM: Notice to Air Missions
O
- OAT: Outside Air Temperature
- OFP: Operational Flight Plan
P
- PA: Public Address
- PAPI: Precision Approach Path Indicator
- PBN: Performance-Based Navigation
- PF: Pilot Flying
- PIC: Pilot-in-Command
- PM: Pilot Monitoring
Q
- QFE: Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation
- QNH: Altimeter setting to display elevation above sea level
- QRH: Quick Reference Handbook
R
- RA: Resolution Advisory (TCAS) / Radio Altimeter
- RNAV: Area Navigation
- RNP: Required Navigation Performance
- RTO: Rejected Take-Off
- RVR: Runway Visual Range
- RVSM: Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
S
- SELCAL: Selective Calling System
- SID: Standard Instrument Departure
- SIGMET: Significant Meteorological Information
- SIM: Simulator
- SLOP: Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure
- SOPs: Standard Operating Procedures
- STAR: Standard Terminal Arrival Route
T
- TA: Traffic Advisory (TCAS)
- TCAS: Traffic Collision Avoidance System
- TEM: Threat and Error Management
- TOD: Top of Descent
- TOGA: Take-Off/Go-Around thrust setting
- TOW: Take-Off Weight
V
- V1: Decision speed
- V2: Take-off safety speed
- VAPP: Approach speed
- VNAV: Vertical Navigation
- VMC: Visual Meteorological Conditions
- Vmo: Maximum Operating Speed
- VOR: VHF Omnidirectional Range
- VR: Rotation speed
- Vref: Reference speed
W
- WOCL: Window of Circadian Low
- WX: Weather
Z
- ZFW: Zero Fuel Weight
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