ACC — Area control centre
AGL — Above ground level
AHAS — Avian-hazard advisory system
AIP — Aeronautical Information Publication
AME — Aircraft maintenance engineer
ATIS — Automatic terminal-information service
AWMP — Airport wildlife-management plan
BAM — Bird-avoidance model
BASH — Bird/aircraft strike-hazard team
BSCC — Bird Strike Committee Canada
CADORS — Canadian Aviation Damage Occurrence Reporting System
CARs — Canadian Aviation Regulations
CFS — Canada Flight Supplement
DND — Department of National Defence (Canada)
FAA — Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
FARs — Federal Aviation Regulations (U.S.)
IBIS — ICAO Bird Strike Information System
ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR — Instrument flight rules
JAA — Joint Aviation Authority (Europe)
MTOW — Maximum takeoff weight
NAP — National Airports Policy
NTSB — National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)
RAC — Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Services Section of the AIP
SOP — Standard operating procedures
TCU — Terminal control unit
USAF — United States Air Force
USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
VFR — Visual flight rules
VNAP — Vertical noise-abatement profile