| AAPS |
Australian Airspace Policy Statement |
| ACE |
Airport Capacity Enhancement Project |
| AC-MAC |
Australian Civil-Military Air Traffic Committee |
| ADCD |
Automated Delegated Conflict Detection |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| ADIN |
Aeronautical Data Interchange Network |
| ADS-B |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast |
| ADS-C |
Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Contract |
| AFP |
Assessment of Flight Priorities |
| AIDC |
ATM Inter-facility Data Link Communications |
| AIG |
Aviation Implementation Group |
| Airservices |
Airservices Australia |
| AIP |
Aeronautical Information Publication |
| ANO |
Aircraft Noise Ombudsman |
| ANSP |
Air Navigation Service Provider |
| APANPIRG |
Asia Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group |
| APG |
Aviation Policy Group |
| APV |
Approach with Vertical Guidance |
| ASAS |
Airborne Separation Assistance Systems |
| ASBU |
Aviation System Block Upgrade |
| ASPIRE |
Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions |
| ASTRA |
Australian Strategic Air Traffic Management Group |
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
| ATS |
Air Traffic Services |
| ATFM |
Air Traffic Flow Management |
| ATM |
Air Traffic Management |
| ATMP |
Air Traffic Management Plan |
| ATSB |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
| ATSC |
Air Traffic Service Centre |
| Baro-VNAV |
Barometric Vertical Navigation |
| BOM |
Bureau of Meteorology |
| CAOs |
Civil Aviation Orders |
| CAR |
Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 |
| CASA |
Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
| CASR |
Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 |
| CCO |
Continuous Climb Operations |
| CDM |
Collaborative Decision Making |
| CDO |
Continuous Descent Operations |
| CFIT |
Controlled Flight into Terrain |
| CMATS |
Civil-Military Air Traffic System |
| CNS |
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance |
| CPDLC |
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications |
| Defence |
Department of Defence |
| Department |
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development |
| EGNOS |
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service |
| FAS |
Future Airspace System |
| FL |
Flight Level |
| FUA |
Flexible use of airspace |
| GAGAN |
GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation |
| GANP |
Global Air Navigation Plan |
| GASP |
Global Aviation Safety Plan |
| GATMOC |
Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept |
| GBAS |
Ground Based Augmentation System |
| GLS |
GBAS Landing System |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
| INSPIRE |
Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership to Reduce Emissions |
| IWXXM |
ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model |
| LNAV |
Lateral Navigation |
| LOC-I |
Loss of control inflight |
| NOC |
National Operations Centre |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| OAR |
CASA Office of Airspace Regulation |
| OARO |
Off Air Route Operations |
| PBN |
Performance Based Navigation |
| PIRG |
Planning and Implementation Regional Group |
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAPAC |
Regional Airspace and Procedures Advisory Committee |
| RNAV |
Area Navigation |
| RNP |
Required Navigation Performance |
| RPAS |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems |
| SARPs |
Standards and Recommended Practices |
| SASP |
ICAO Separation and Airspace Safety Panel |
| SASPG |
Sydney Airport – Air Traffic Management Strategic Planning Group |
| SBAS |
Satellite Based Augmentation Systems |
| SIDs |
Standard Instrument Departures |
| STAR |
Standard Terminal Arrival Routes |
| SOE |
Statement of Expectations |
| TAAATS |
The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System |
| TAF |
Aerodrome Forecast |
| TBO |
Trajectory Based Operation |
| TCAS |
Traffic Collision Avoidance System |
| TCU |
Terminal Control Unit |
| TTF |
Trend Forecast |
| UPR |
User-Preferred Routes |
| VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
| WAAS |
Wide Area Augmentation System |