Lecture
In aviation every word matters, and every second has a price. To ensure fast and accurate communication between pilots and air traffic controllers, a special language is used — a system of abbreviations and acronyms designed for the rapid exchange of information under conditions of high workload and limited time. These terms cover everything: from flight phases and weather conditions to technical specifications and emergency situations. Knowing and correctly using these designations is not merely a formality, but a key element of the safety and efficiency of air traffic.
A i REO – aviation and radio-electronic equipment
ABSU – automated onboard control system
AGD – remote artificial horizon
AKTs PS – aerospace search and rescue center
ALARM – antihypertensive treatment in Russian aviation medicine
ANZ – aviation navigation reserve
ARK – automatic direction finder
AUASP – angle-of-attack and overload-warning automatic device
AUTs – aviation training center
BVPP – concrete runway
VDSP – auxiliary dispatch launch point
VKK – higher qualification commission
VLEP – overhead power lines
VPP – runway
GVPP – unpaved (grass) runway
GGS – loudspeaker communication system
GosNII GA – State Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation
DPK – procedural control controller
DPP – approach control point
DPRM – outer locator beacon
DPSP – landing system control point
DRL – air traffic control radar
DRU – radar control controller
EEVS – single (unique) aircraft specimen
IAS – engineering and aviation service
IVO – air-situation display
IVPP – paved (artificial) runway
IPP – flight operations manual
KVS – aircraft commander (captain)
KGS – localizer-glideslope system
KDP – command control tower
LZP – planned track line
MGA – Ministry of Civil Aviation
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MDP – local control point
MSA – international standard atmosphere
MSRP – magnetic flight-data recording system (magnetic flight-mode recorder)
NPP GA – manual for flight operations in civil aviation
OVD – air traffic organization
OVI – high-intensity lights
OMI – low-intensity lights
OPRS – separate locator radio station
OPRM – separate locator radio marker
OSP – landing system equipment
PVO – air defense
PDP – landing control point
PMG – flight idle
PPLS – flight crew training program
PPP – instrument flight rules
PTI – preparation of speed brakes/spoilers
RD – taxiway
RDTs – regional control center
RLS – radar station
RLE – flight operations manual
ROLR – manual for the organization of flight work
RSBN – short-range radio navigation system
SARPP – automatic flight-parameter recording system
SAU – automatic control system
SAKh – mean aerodynamic chord
SDP – launch control point
SOI – information display means
SOK – means of objective control
SOPGP – mail and cargo transportation service
SP – landing system
SPOS – hazardous-proximity warning system
SPU – aircraft intercom
UVD – air traffic control
UVPD – altitude and pressure-differential indicator
UGAN – state aviation supervision authority
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UDUA – angle-of-attack sensor indicator
UPRT – throttle-lever position indicator
UTO – training squadron
FAP – Federal Aviation Regulations
FSNST – Federal Transport Supervision Service
ChSS – heart rate
ERTOS – operation of radio equipment and communications
AHRS – altitude and heading reference system (a system for determining the aircraft's spatial attitude and heading)
AIP – aeronautical information publication (a compendium of aeronautical information)
CFIT – controlled flight into terrain (collision of an aircraft with the ground or obstacles during
a controlled flight)
CRM – crew resource management
DME – distance measuring equipment (a distance-measuring radio beacon)
EADI – electronic attitude director indicator (an indicator of the aircraft's spatial attitude)
EHSI – electronic horizontal situation indicator (an indicator of the aircraft's horizontal position)
ETSC – European transport safety council
FAR – Federal Aviation Regulations
FL – flight level
FMC – flight management computer
FMS – flight management system
GPS – global positioning system
GPWS – ground proximity warning system
ICAO – International civil aviation
organization
ILS – instrument landing system (a radio-beam landing system consisting of
localizer, glideslope, and marker beacons)
MCP – mode control panel
MEL – minimum equipment list
NDB – non-directional beacon (a locator radio station)
QRH – quick reference handbook (a guide to actions in emergency situations)
RA – resolution advisory (a recommendation for resolving a conflict situation in the onboard
collision-avoidance system)
TA – traffic advisory (a recommendation on aircraft traffic in the onboard
collision-avoidance system)
TAWS – terrain awareness and warning system (an early-warning system for terrain proximity)
TCAS – traffic alert and collision avoidance system (an onboard system for preventing mid-air collisions between aircraft)
VOR – very high frequency omni directional range (an omnidirectional VHF beacon for determining angular coordinates onboard the aircraft; an azimuthal radio beacon)
Abbreviations and acronyms in aviation are not merely professional jargon, but a carefully constructed system that allows specialists to act cohesively, quickly, and without misunderstanding. For pilots and controllers, this is the language in which they think and make decisions. Understanding these terms is important not only for professionals, but also for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of modern aviation. The more precisely we master this language, the higher the level of safety and trust in the skies.
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