Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Acronyms
Below is a list of commonly used acronyms used when writing about or discussing unmanned aerial vehicles.
ACC | Area Control Centre |
AGL | Above Ground Level |
ARV | Autonomous Robotic Vehicle |
ASL | Above Sea Level |
ATC | Air Traffic Control |
ATS | Air Traffic Service |
BVLOS | Beyond Visual Line of Site |
CACC | Civil Aviation Communications Centre |
CAIRS | Civil Aviation Issues Reporting System (decommissioned; refer to CACC) |
CARs | Canadian Aviation Regulations |
CYR | Canadian Restricted Airspace |
FIC | Flight information Center |
FIR | Flight Information Region |
FPV | First Person View |
GLONASS | Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema, or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS; Russian) |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
IMC | Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
MANOPS | Manual Operations |
MSL | Mean Sea Level |
NOTAM | Notice to Airmen |
NM | Nautical Mile |
RDIMS | Records Documents Information Management Systems |
SFOC | Safe Flight Operations Certificate |
SI | Staff Instruction |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedures |
TC | Transport Canada |
TP | Transport Canada Publication |
UAS | Unmanned Aircraft System |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
VLOS | Visual Line Of Sight |
VMC | Visual Meteorological Conditions |