Acronyms

A reference for commonly used acronyms by the EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Unit and the Performance Review Commission.

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A

— A-CDM - Airport Collaborative Decision-Making

— ACC - Area Control Centre

— ACE - Benchmarking Report

— ACI - Airports Council International

— ADEP - Aerodrome of Departure

— ADES - Aerodrome of Destination

— AFIL - Air filed (flight plan)

— AIP - Aeronautical Information Publication

— AIRAC - Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control

— AIS - Aeronautical Information Service

— ALDT - Actual Landing Time

— ALoS - Acceptable Level of Safety

— ALoSP - Acceptable Level of Safety Performance

— AMAN - Arrival MANagement

— AMC - Airspace Management Cell

— ANS - Air Navigation Service

— ANSP - Air Navigation Services Provider

— AOBT - Actual Off-Block Time

— APDF - Airport Operator Data Flow

— APP - Approach Control Office

— ASBU - Aviation System Block Upgrade

— ASM - AirSpace Management

— ASMA - Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area

— AST - Annual Summary Template

— ATC - Air Traffic Control

— ATCO - Air Traffic Control Officer

— ATFCM - Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management

— ATFM - Air Traffic Flow Management

— ATM - Air Traffic Management

— ATM-S - ATM Specific Occurrences

— ATS - Air Traffic Service

— AUA - Air traffic control Unit Airspace

B

— BA - Business Aviation

— BADA - Base of Aircraft Data

— BLI - Basic Load Index

C

— CAA - Civil Aviation Authority

— CAEP - Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection

— CASA - Computer-Assisted Slot Allocation

— CAT - Commercial Air Transport

— CCO - Continuous Climb Operation

— CDA - Continuous Descent Approach

— CDM - Collaborative Decision Making

— CDO - Continuous Descent Operation

— CDR - ConDitional Route

— CNS - Communications, Navigation, Surveillance

— CODA - Central Office for Delay Analysis

— CPF - Correlated Position reports for a Flight

— CPR - Correlated Position Report

— CRCO - Central Route Charges Office

— CRI - Composite Risk Index

— CRInorm - Composite Risk Index normalised

— CTFM - Current Tactical Flight Model

— CTOT - Calculated Take-Off Time

D

— DCT - DireCT route

— DDI-G - Delay Difference Indicator - Group

— DDR2 - Demand data repository, version 2

— DF - Distance Factor

E

— EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency

— EC - European Commission

— ECAC - European Civil Aviation Conference

— EOBT - Estimated Off-Block Time

— EoSM - Effectiveness of Safety Management

— ERNIP - European Route Network Improvement Plan

— ESRA - EUROCONTROL Statistical Reference Area

— ESSIP - European Single Sky ImPlementation plan

— ETFMS - Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System

— ETOT - Estimated Take-Off Time

— ETS - Emissions Trading Scheme

— EUACA - European Airport Coordinators Association

F

— FAB - Functional Airspace Block

— FIR - Flight Information Region

— FL - Flight Level

— FMP - Flow Management Position

— FRA - Free Route Airspace

— FTFM - Filed Tactical Flight Model

— FUA - Flexible Use of Airspace

G

— GA - General Aviation

— GANP - Global Air Navigation Plan

— GAT - General Air Traffic

— GCD - Great-Circle Distance

— GTO - Ground Time Overshoot

I

— IATA - International Air Transport Association

— ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization

— IFPS - Initial Flight Plan Processing System

— IFR - Instrument Flight Rules

— IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions

J

— JC - Just culture

K

— KEA - Key performance Environment indicator based on Actual trajectory

— KEP - Key performance Environment indicator based on last filed flight Plan

— KPA - Key Performance Area

— KPI - Key Performance Indicator

L

— LAQ - Local Air Quality

— LOBT - Last received Off-Block Time

— LSSIP - Local Single Sky ImPlementation plans/reports

— LTO - Landing and Take-off cycle

M

— M1 - Model 1 trajectory

— M3 - Model 3 trajectory

— MET - METeorological services for air navigation

— METAR - METeorological Aerodrome or Aeronautical Report

— MTOW - Maximum Take-Off Weight

N

— NM - Nautical Mile

— NM - Network Manager

— NOP - Network Operations Plan

— NOTAM - NOTices to AirMen

O

— OAG - Official Airline Guide (OAG)

— OAT - Operational Air Traffic

— OBT - Off-Block Time

— OEW - Operating Empty Weight

P

— PFD - Planned Flight Data

— PI - Performance Indicator

— PLI - Peak Load Index

— PRC - Performance Review Commission

— PRISME - Pan European Repository of Information Supporting the Management of EATM

— PRR - Performance Review Report

— PRU - Performance Review Unit

R

— RAD - Route Availability Document

— RAT - Risk Analysis Tool Methodology

— RI - Runway Incursion

— RP1 - Reference Period 1

— RP2 - Reference Period 2

— RP3 - Reference Period 3

— RVSM - Reduced Vertical Separation Minima

S

— SCR - Shortest Constrained Route

— SES - Single European Sky

— SESAR - Single European Sky ATM Research programme

— SID - Standard Instrument Departure

— SM - Separation Minima

— SMI - Separation Minima Infringement

— SMS - Safety Management System

— SOBT - Scheduled Off-Block Time

— SRC - Safety Regulation Commission

— SRR - Shortest RAD restrictions applied Route

— SSC - Single Sky Committee

— SSP - State Safety Programme

— STAM - Short Term ATFCM Measures

— STAR - Standard Arrival Route

— STATFOR - Statistics and Forecast Service

— SU - Service Unit

— SUA - Special Use Airspace

— SUR - Shortest Unconstrained Route

T

— TBS - Time Based Separation

— TCZ - Terminal Charging Zone

— TDI - Turnaround Delay Indicator

— TMA - Terminal Manoeuvring Area

— TNC - Terminal Navigation Charges

— TNSU - Terminal Navigation Service Units

— TOBT - Target Off-Block Time

— TRA - Temporary Reserved Area

— TSA - Temporary Segregated Area

— TWR - ToWeR

U

— UAC - Upper Area Control centre

— UPA - Unauthorised Penetration of Airspace

— USOAP - Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme

V

— VFR - Visual Flight Rules

W

— WF - Weight Factor

X

— XMAN - CROSS border arrival MANagement