Aircraft Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. 000
   Thousand
2. ADS-A
   Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Address
3. ADS-B
   Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
4. ALT HOLD
   Altitude Hold Mode
5. B RNAV
   Basic area navigation
6. CAT I
   Operational performance Category 1
7. CAT II
   Operational performance Category II
8. CAT IIIa
   Operational performance Category IIIa
9. CAT IIIb
   Operational performance Category IIIb
10. CAT IIIc
    Operational performance Category IIIc
11. NAVCOMM
    Navigation and communications equipment or receiver
12. NAVSTAR-GPS
    NAVigation Satellite Timing and Ranging (The formal name for the space-borne or satellite navigation system)
13. P-Code
    GPS precision code
14. P-RNAV
    Precision Area Navigation
15. R-NAV
    Area Navigation
16. satcom
    Satellite Communication
17. TAWS
    Terrain Awareness Warning System
18. V/L
    VOR/Localizer
19. V/NAV
    Vertical navigation
20. V/R
    Voltage Regulator

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