Legal Issues Concerning the Safety and Security of General Aviation Airports (2025)
Chapter: APPENDIX B. LIST OF ACRONYMS
APPENDIX B. LIST OF ACRONYMS
AAM—Advanced Air Mobility. A rapidly emerging system within the air transportation that relies on autonomous, semi-autonomous, and piloted aircraft to move people and goods through the air transportation system. See VTOL and STOL.
ABA—American Bar Association
ACRP—Airport Cooperative Research Program
ASSET—A report by the FAA intended to classify airports within the National Plan of Integrated Airports System.
CWA—Civil Works Administration. The CWA was a federal relief program created by the New Deal intended to provide employment and infrastructure improvements during the Great Depression.
E.M.A.S.—Engineered Material Arresting System.
F.A.A. or FAA—Federal Aviation Administration
FERA—Federal Emergency Relief Act. A Great Depression-era program that distributed federal aid to states.
GAO—Government Accountability Office.
LRD—Legal Research Digest. Defined in Chapter 2.
NAS—National Airspace System. The FAA system designed to protect persons and property subject to air transportation and provide a safe and efficient airspace environment for civil, commercial, and military aviation.
NCUSL—National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Established in 1892 to provide states with nonpartisan, carefully conceived uniform laws.
NPIAS—National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. The NPIAS is an inventory of US airports and infrastructure, including potential costs necessary to maintain and upgrade the system.
Part 77—14 CFR Part 77 for the “Safe, Efficient Use and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace” is the federal regulation that requires notice of construction or alternation on or near airports and objects that may affect the use of airspace.
Part 139—14 CFR Part 139. The regulation that allows the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue operating certificates to commercial service airports.
Part 157—14 CFR Part 157 establishes the system for notifying the FAA regarding the proposed construction, alteration, activation, or deactivation of a civil or joint-use (civilian / military) airport.
Part 1542—49 CFR Part 1542, Airport Security. The federal regulation governing security procedures at commercial service airports.
STOL—Short Take-off and Landing aircraft.
TSA—Transportation Security Administration.
Vertiport—An area designated for eVTOL, VTOL aircraft to take off and land. It is the combination of Vertical and Airport.
VTOL—Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft.
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