Acronyms: F

Acronym	Name
F&E	Facilities and equipment
F/O	First officer
FA	Final approach
FA	Area Forecast
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
FAA/EURO	FAA/Eurocontrol R&D committee
FAAAC	FAA Aeronautical Center
FAACIS	FAA Communications Information System
FAASTeam	FAA Safety Team
FAATC	FAA Technical Center
FAATC	Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center
FAATSAT	FAA Telecommunications Satellite
FAATSAT	Federal Aviation Administration Telecommunications Satellite
FAB	Functional airspace blocks
FAB-T	Family of advanced beyond-line-of-sight terminals
FAC	Facility
FAC	Federal Advisory Committee
FAC	Final approach course
FAC	Flight augmentation computer
FACT	Future airport capability task
FACUTL	Facility Utilization System
FADE	FAA/Airline Data Exchange
FADEC	Full authority digital engine/electronic control
FAF	Final Approach Fix
FAF	Final approach fix
FAI	First article inspection
FAIRS	Federal Aircraft Management Information System
FAMIS	Federal Air Marshal Information System
FAMIS	Full aircraft management/inertial system
FANS	Future Air Navigation System
FANS	Future Air Navigation System (ICAO)
FAP	Final Approach Point
FAPM	FTS2000 Associate Program Manager
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FAR	Federal acquisition regulation
FAR	Federal aviation regulation
FARM	Fielded Automation Requirements Management
FAROA	Final Approach Runway Occupancy Awareness
FAS	Final approach segment
FASC	FAA Aviation Safety Center
FAST	Final approach spacing tool
FAT	Factory acceptance test
FATO	Final Approach and Take Off Area
FAVES	FAA Administrative Voice Enterprise Services
FAWP	Final Approach Waypoint
FAX	Facsimile Equipment
FB	Fly-by
FBCB2	Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
FBL	Fly by light
FBN	Fly by night
FBO	Fixed Base Operator
FBO	Fixed-base operator
FBS	Fall Back Switch
FBW	Fly by wire
FC	Failure Condition
FC	Foot candles
FC	Functional capability
FC-AV	Fibre Channel-Audio Video
FCA	Functional configuration audit
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FCC	Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
FCC	Flight control computer
FCDC	Flight critical direct current
FCL	Flight crew licensing (EASA)
FCLT	Freeze Calculated Landing Time
FCM	Flight Schedule Monitor
FCM	Future concepts for maintenance
FCMA	FANS Central Monitoring Agency
FCOM	FSS Radio Voice Communications
FCP	Flight control panel
FCP	Flight control processor
FCPU	Facility Central Processing Unit
FCS	Flight control system
FCS	Frame check sequence
FCS	Future Combat Systems
FCS	Future concepts for simulators
FCT	Federal Contract Tower
FD	Fault detection
FD	Final data
FD	Flight Director System
FD	Flight dynamics/director
FDAF	Flight data acquisition function
FDAT	Flight Data
FDAT	Flight Data Entry and Printout (FDEP) and Flight Data Service
FDAU	Flight data acquisitions unit
FDB	Flight plan data bank
FDC	Flight Data Center
FDDI	Fiber distribution data interface
FDE	Fault Detection and Exclusion
FDE	Fault detection and exclusion
FDE	Flight Data Entry
FDEP	Flight Data Entry and Printout
FDEP	Flight data entry panel
FDH	Flight deck handset
FDI	Fault detection and isolation
FDIMU	Flight data interface management unit
FDIO	Flight data input/output
FDIOC	Flight Data Input/Output Center
FDIOR	Flight Data Input/Output Remote

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Acronyms: F