Aviation Acronyms

In order to help define some of the technical items and acronyms for the general public and the aviation community at large we have created the following guide.

ACIP

Airport Capital Improvement Program

ACP

Airport Construction Program

AIP

Airport Improvement Program

APMS

Airport Pavement Management System

AWOS

Automated Weather Observation System

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FOD

Foreign Object Debris

IAP

Instrument Approach Procedure

ILS

Instrument Landing System

L/T/D

Longitudinal/Transverse/Diagonal

MALSR

Medium-intensity Approach Light System with RAIL

MIRL/MITL

Medium Intensity Runway or Taxiway Lights

NPE

Non-Primary Equipment

NPIAS

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

NPS

National Priority System

OAC

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission

OASP

Oklahoma Airport System Plan

ODALS

Omni-directional Approach Light System

ODO

Overall Development Objective

PAPI

Precision Approach Path Indicator

PCI

Pavement Condition Index

PCL

Pilot Controlled Lighting

PER

Preliminary Engineering Report

RAIL

Runway Alignment Indicator Lights

REIL

Runway End Identifier Lights

RWY

Runway

TWY

Taxiway