A

AIM
ATFCM Information Message

AIS
Aeronautical Information Services

applications

ARO
Air Traffic Services Reporting Office

ATFCM
Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management - A service that is enhancing ATFM with the objective of managing the balance of demand and capacity by optimising the use of available resources and coordinating adequate responses, in order to enhance the quality of service and the performance of the ATM system.

ATM
Air traffic management - The dynamic, integrated management of air traffic and airspace including air traffic services, airspace management and air traffic flow management — safely, economically and efficiently — through the provision of facilities and seamless services in collaboration with all parties and involving airborne and ground-based functions.

Axis
(Seasonal) Flows of traffic across the European Network.

C

CCMS-Web

Web based Central Claim Management System - The CCMS Web is an independent application where the NM is enabling authenticated clients to access and submit incident reports, user requirements or requests for support in their field of activity.

CDM
Collaborative Decision Making

CFMU
Central Flow Management Unit

CHMI
Collaborative Human Machine Interface -  CHMI provides a new graphical interface to the NM operational systems which enables users to display data and graphical information (such as routes, route attributes, airspaces, flight plan tracks, etc.) via map displays. As these maps are updated dynamically, therefore CHMI provides a more user-friendly display of 'real time' information.

CRAM
Conditional Route Availability Message

D

Daedalus

NM tool to dynamically calculate a route which is valid according to all airspace and flow management constraints known to the NM i.e.
Conditional Route Availability Message (CRAM), RAD & ATFCM Notification Message (ANM).

DMEAN
Dynamic Management of European Airspace Network

Docked
Status of a Map window or component, when it is attached to the Menu Bar on top of the Map detached view.

DWH
Data Ware House - The DWH system contains archived data from other NM systems, together with derived performance and quality indicators.
It is used to provide an assessment of ATFCM performance and enable corrective action by facilitating comparison of the actual traffic situation with the ATFCM plan, and to assist the CFMU and its users in the preparation of their Strategic, Pre-Tactical and Tactical activities, by providing a forecast flight demand model based on historical data.

E

EFD
ETFMS Flight Data - significant flight data updates sent by ETFMS to ANSP's in the form of EFD messages.

ETFMS

ETFMS provides the overall traffic situation for the NM area, both current and future, based upon flight plan data updated with current traffic position data, allowing a precise anticipation of the traffic demand. ETFMS brings benefits in the management of both routine traffic situations as well as unusual or 'exceptional' conditions.

F

FAAS
Flight Assessment and Alert System (3 letter acronym: FAS) - The NM system hosting the SAFA application.

FCR
File Content Repository - The root folder where all the Portal content are stored

FCU
File Configurable Unit - The smallest content package that can be updated independently. In most cases, it will be a single FCU item - but some items do share common or crossed links and will therefore be grouped within an FCU folder.

Floating
Status of a Map window or coponent, when it is freely movable and draggable in the main display area.

FMP
Flow Management Position

FUM
Flight Update Messages - aimed at making NM partners aware of the situation of a given flight, in particular regarding the Estimated Landing Time.

I

IFPS

Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System.

IFPS fulfils two primary functions:

1. provides a centralised flight planning system for the States within the NM area with the object of rationalising reception, initial processing and distribution of flight plan data to ATC Units.
2. provides Repetitive Flight Plan (RPL) and Filed Flight Plan (FPL) data for use by the OPSD for ATFCM planning, monitoring and slot allocation.

IMT
IMT stands for “Incident Management Tool”, where “incident” is meant to be “operational incident with a potential to become a disruption or crisis”.

N

Nav Aid
Any visual or electronic device, airborne or on the surface, that provides point-to-point guidance information or position data to aircraft in flight.

Network Manager Website

Available to the general public, without any registration. It contains information relevant to the NM core business, but information of an operational nature, which are accessible from the NOP Portal.

NMIR
NM Interactive Reporting

NPE

NPE is the acronym for NOP Portal Extension .

It contain all extensions to the NOP which will not be implemented in the NOP code base, such as the Interactive Map.

P

Portlet
Portal Element - Configurable window providing a synthetic piece of static or dynamic content on a portal page.

Post-Operations
One of the 4 ATFCM Phases as used in the Portal. Covers the period from "Day +1" 00:00 onwards

Pre-Tactical
One of the 4 ATFCM Phases as used in the Portal. Covers the period from "Day -6" to "Day -1" inclusive.

Protected Portal
The NOP Protected Portal contains information for clients involved in ATM operations and is only available after acceptance of the NM Terms and Conditions. It is accessed via RSA SecureID (see Token).

Public Portal
Available only after self-registration. The NOP Public Portal contains information to assist the NM clients involved in ATM operations - however, some elements which are subject to a service agreement are only accessible from the NOP Protected Portal.

R

RAD

The RAD is a sole-source flight-planning document, which integrates both structural and ATFCM requirements, geographically and vertically. The RAD is updated each AIRAC cycle following a structured standard process of

1. Requirement
2. Validation
3. Publication by the Network Manager in cooperation/coordination with the States and the Aircraft Operators.

S

Scenario

ATFCM measure applied as a result of an ATFCM Event, either planned or unplanned.

Self-Registered
The Self-Registration allows a non-authenticated user to create an account (with userID and static password) to access certain services and data from Network Manager.

SESAR
Single European Sky ATM Research

Strategic
One of the 4 ATFCM Phases as used in the Portal. Covers the period from "Day -12 months" to "Day -7 days" inclusive.

T

TACTICAL
One of the 4 ATFCM Phases as used in the Portal. Covers the Day currently selected in the header, from 00:00 to 24:00 UTC.

Target Date

The date which has been set in the Portal Header, and therefore for which the queries do apply. The Target Date can also be modified from within the Header of some Detached Views (typically, for all views where you can submit a query).

TIL
Stands for 'Until' - the end date and time of a period.

Token
A software-based one-time password authentication method of protecting network resources, typically used for remote access. It is a small independent program that runs on the PC and that generates every minute a random number called the token code.

U

UserID
Your UserName or UserID is a login name which has been assigned to your User account by NM. (For example: p0xxx1). The UserName is not case sensitive.

W

Way Point

A pre-determined geographical position, used for route or approach definition or progress reporting purpose. Two Way Points define a route segment.

WEF
With Effect From - the start date and time of a period.

WIND
Web Interface for NOP Data - This content and workflow management  software is used to maintain the content of the Portal (for the static content) and manage the presentation of the content from back-end systems.

WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get - A descriptive designation for a form of visual display or graphical user interface (gui) that shows (on the screen) the actual appearance of a document being processed.