Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Acronyms
Below is a list of commonly used acronyms used when writing about or discussing unmanned aerial vehicles.
| ACC | Area Control Centre |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| ARV | Autonomous Robotic Vehicle |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control |
| ATS | Air Traffic Service |
| BVLOS | Beyond Visual Line of Site |
| CACC | Civil Aviation Communications Centre |
| CAIRS | Civil Aviation Issues Reporting System (decommissioned; refer to CACC) |
| CARs | Canadian Aviation Regulations |
| CYR | Canadian Restricted Airspace |
| FIC | Flight information Center |
| FIR | Flight Information Region |
| FPV | First Person View |
| GLONASS | Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema, or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS; Russian) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
| IMC | Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
| MANOPS | Manual Operations |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level |
| NOTAM | Notice to Airmen |
| NM | Nautical Mile |
| RDIMS | Records Documents Information Management Systems |
| SFOC | Safe Flight Operations Certificate |
| SI | Staff Instruction |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedures |
| TC | Transport Canada |
| TP | Transport Canada Publication |
| UAS | Unmanned Aircraft System |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
| VLOS | Visual Line Of Sight |
| VMC | Visual Meteorological Conditions |