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FAA Federal <strong>Aviation</strong> Administration<br />

FAF Final Approach Fix<br />

FAR Federal <strong>Aviation</strong> Regulation<br />

FAROA Final Approach and Runway Occupancy Awareness<br />

FAST Final Approach Spacing Tool<br />

FEC Forward Error Correction<br />

FFAS Free Flight Airspace<br />

FIS-B Flight In<strong>for</strong>mation Services - Broadcast<br />

FL Flight Level<br />

FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis<br />

FMS Flight Management <strong>System</strong><br />

fpm Feet Per Minute<br />

FRUIT False Replies Unsynchronized in Time (also see Garble)<br />

FSDO Flight <strong>Standards</strong> District Office (FAA)<br />

FSS Flight Service Station<br />

ft Feet<br />

g Acceleration due to earth's gravity<br />

GA General <strong>Aviation</strong><br />

GBAS Ground-Based Augmentation <strong>System</strong><br />

GHz Giga Hertz<br />

GLONASS Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite <strong>System</strong><br />

GLS GNSS Landing <strong>System</strong><br />

gnd Ground<br />

GNSS Global Navigation Satellite <strong>System</strong><br />

GPS Global Positioning <strong>System</strong><br />

GSA Ground-based Surveillance Application<br />

GVA Geometric Vertical Accuracy<br />

HFOM Horizontal Figure Of Merit<br />

HGS Head-Up Guidance <strong>System</strong><br />

HIRF High Intensity Radiated Field<br />

HMI Hazardously Misleading In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

HPL Horizontal Protection Limit<br />

HUD Head-Up Display<br />

Hz Hertz<br />

IAC Instantaneous <strong>Aircraft</strong> Count<br />

IAS Indicated Airspeed<br />

ICAO International Civil <strong>Aviation</strong> Organization<br />

ICR Integrity Containment Risk<br />

ICSPA Independent Closely Spaced Parallel Approaches<br />

ID Identification<br />

IFR Instrument Flight Rules<br />

ILS Instrument Landing <strong>System</strong><br />

IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions<br />

INS Inertial Navigation <strong>System</strong><br />

ITC In-Trail Climb<br />

ITD In-Trail Descent<br />

ITU International Telecommunication Union<br />

Appendix A<br />

Page A-3<br />

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