The list of flight acronyms and abbreviations.
All flight related acronyms and abbreviations.
NASA: | National Aeronautics and Space Administration(Space exploration) |
FAA: | Federal Aviation Administration(Transportation planning) |
ICAO: | International Civil Aviation Organization(Air transport industry) |
NAS: | National Airspace System(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
ILS: | Instrument Landing System(Air transport industry, Air Transport) |
AIAA: | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
IFR: | Instrument Flight Rules(Canadian aviation, Civil aviation, Flight) |
CCAFS: | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
NAS: | Naval Air Station(Flight, Aerodynamics, United States) |
DME: | Distance Measuring Equipment(Transportation, Flight, Royal military) |
FRR: | Flight Readiness Review(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
ADF: | Automatic Direction Finder(Transportation, Flight, Aviation) |
MAC: | Military Airlift Command(Military engineering, Flight, Aerodynamics) |
NACA: | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(Flight, Aerodynamics) |
AFCS: | Automatic Flight Control System(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
AFFTC: | Air Force Flight Test Center(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
DFRC: | Dryden Flight Research Center(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
EASA: | European Aviation Safety Agency(Flight, Aerodynamics, Meterology) |
ELV: | Expendable Launch Vehicle(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
MLS: | Microwave Landing System(Air transport industry, Air Transport, Air cargo) |
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