This online glossary provides a comprehensive list of all major aviation abbreviations.
F |
Fahrenheit |
FAC |
flight augmentation computer |
FADEC |
full authority digital electronic control |
FAF |
final approach fix |
FAR |
Federal Aviation Regulations |
FAV |
fan air valve |
FBW |
fly-by-wire |
F/C |
flight crew |
FCC |
flight control computer |
FCDC |
flight controls dc |
FCDC |
flight control data concentrator |
FCU |
flight control unit |
FD |
flight director |
FDAF |
flight data acquisition function |
FDH |
flight deck handset |
FDDI |
fiber distributed data interface |
FDIU |
flight data interface unit |
FDR |
flight data recorder |
FDRS |
flight data recorder system |
FDU |
fire detection unit |
FF |
fuel flow |
FGC |
flight guidance computer |
FIDS |
flight isolation and detection system |
FIR |
flight information region |
FL |
flight level |
FLCH |
flight level change |
FLPRN |
flaperon |
flt ctl |
flight control |
flt ctrl |
flight control |
flt inst |
flight instrument |
FMA |
flight mode annunciator |
FMC |
flight management computer |
FMCF |
flight management computing function |
FMCS |
flight management computing system |
FMGC |
flight management guidance envelope computer |
FMGS |
flight management guidance envelope system |
FMS |
flight management system |
FMU |
fuel metering unit |
F/O |
first officer |
FOB |
fuel on board |
FOC |
fuel/oil cooler |
FPA |
flight path angle |
FPV |
flight path vector |
FQI |
fuel quantity indication |
FQIS |
fuel quantity indicating system |
FQPU |
fuel quantity processor unit |
FQU |
fuel quantity unit |
FREQ |
frequency |
FRV |
fuel return valve |
FSEU |
flap slat electronics unit |
FSF |
Flight Safety Foundation |
ft |
feet |
FU |
fuel used |
FWC |
fuel warning computer |
FWS |
fuel warning system |
GA |
general aviation |
GA |
go-around |
GBST |
ground based software tool |
GCB |
generator circuit breaker |
GCU |
generator control unit |
GEN |
generator |
GES |
ground earth station |
GG |
graphics generator |
GH |
ground handling |
GLC |
generator line contactor |
GND |
ground |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GPCU |
ground power control unit |
GPS |
global positioning system |
GPSSU |
global positioning system sensor unit |
GPWC |
ground proximity warning computer |
GPWS |
ground proximity warning system |
GRND |
ground |
GRP |
geographic reference point |
GS |
ground speed |
G/S |
glide slope |
GW |
gross weight |