Report No.
17 of 2007
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
[Link]. Abbreviation Full form
1. Authority Airports Authority of India
2. ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance
3. AFFRV Air Field Fire fighting and Rescue Vehicle
4. ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar
5. ASR Airport Surveillance Radar
6. ASFT Airport Surface Friction Tester
7. ATC Air Traffic Control
8. ATM Air Traffic Management
9. ATS Air Traffic Services
10. CFT Crash Fire Tender
11. CISF Central Industrial Security Force
12. CNS-P Communication, Navigational and Surveillance - Planning
13. CVC Central Vigilance Commission
14. DGCA Director General of Civil Aviation
15. DME Distance Measuring Equipment
16. DSCN Dedicated Satellite Communication Network
17. DVOR Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range
18. FANS Future Air Navigation System
19. FDPS Flight Data Processing System
20. GAGAN GPS And Geo Augmented Navigation
21. GPS Global Positioning System
22. GBP Great Britain Pound
23. IAD International Airports Division
24. ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
25. ILS Instrument Landing System
26. IRR Internal Rate of Return
27. ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
28. NAD National Airports Division
29. NIT Notice Inviting Tenders
30. NOTAM Notice to Airmen
31. Ministry Ministry of Civil Aviation
32. MoU Memorandum of Understanding
33. MSSR Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar
34. PCN Pavement Classification Number
35. RDPS Radar Data Processing System
36. UHF Ultra High Frequency
37. VCS Voice Communication System
38. X-BIS X ray Bagage Inspection System
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Report No.17 of 2007
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
[Link]. Item Description
1. Aerobridge An aerobridge is a movable bridge normally enclosed which
extends from an airport terminal allowing the passengers to board
an airplane without having to go outside.
2. Apron A defined area in an airport intended to accommodate aircraft for
purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, fuelling,
parking or maintenance.
3. Approach funnel A specified airspace around an approach path within which an
aircraft approaching to land is considered to be making a normal
approach.
4. CAT I, II, III A, An instrument runway served by ILS and visual aids intended for
B, C operation with different runway visual ranges.
5. DVOR DVOR or Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range provides
electronic navigation to an aircraft. The DVOR gives accurate,
specific directional information enabling pilots to determine their
relative direction to or from a station.
6. ILS A ground based precision approach system that provides course and
vertical guidance to landing aircraft.
7. NOTAM A notice containing information, the timely knowledge of which is
essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.
8. PCN A number representing the bearing strength of a pavement for
unrestricted operations by an aircraft.
9. Radar A radio detection device which provides information on range and
elevation of objects.
10. Rapid exit A taxiway connected to a runway at an acute angle and designed to
taxiway allow landing aircraft to turn off at higher speeds than are achieved
on other exit taxiways thereby minimizing runway occupancy
times.
11. RESA An area symmetrical about the extended runway centre line and
adjacent to the end of the strip primarily intended to reduce the risk
of damage to an aircraft undershooting or overrunning the runway.
12. Runway A defined rectangular area in an airport prepared for the landing
and take-off of aircraft.
13. Runway Friction Condition of the runway surface determining aeroplane braking
performance.
14. Shoulders An area adjacent to the edge of a pavement so prepared as to
provide a transition between the pavement and the adjacent surface.
15. Taxiways A defined path in an airport established for the taxing of aircraft and
intended to provide a link between one part of the airport from
another.
16. X- BIS machine X ray Baggage Inspection machine for screening baggage.
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