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Acronym Meaning Source
T Temperature AIS
T-VASIS 'T'Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (pronounced 'TEE-VAR-SIS') AIS
TA Transition Altitude AIS
TA Traffic advisory ICAO/AIP
TAAATS The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System
TAAM Airservices Australia's Total Airspace Airport and Aerodrome Modeller AIS
TAC Terminal Area Chart AIS
TACAN Tactical Air Navigation Aid AIS
TAF Aerodrome Forecast AIS
TAF Terminal Area Forcast
TAIL Tailwind AIS
TAR Terminal Area Surveillance Area AIS
TAS True Airspeed AIS
TAT Terminal Area Thunderstorm Service (meteorological term) AIS
TAWS Terrain awareness and warning system CAO 20.18
TAWS-B+ system A terrain awareness and warning system that is equipped with a visual display and complies with the requirements for Class B equipment expressed in TSO-C151, TSO-C151a or TSO-C151b. CAO Part 20, Section 20.18, Issue 9
TAX Taxiing, Taxi AIS
TBA To be advised AIS
TBO Time Between Overhauls WATOG
TC Type Certificate CASR Part 21
TC Tropical Cyclone AIS
TC5 Technical Committee 5 - AME Licensing Committee established under RFP CASA
TCAC Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre
TCAS Traffic alert and collision avoidance system ICAO
TCDS Type certificate data sheet CASR Part 21
TCH Threshold Crossing Height AIS
TCO Training and Checking Organisation
TCTA Trans-continental Control Area AIS
TCU Towering Cumulus (met) AIS
TDO Tornado AIS
TDZ Touchdown Zone AIS
TECR Technical Reason AIS
TEL Telephone AIS
TEM (Illustrated) Tool And Equipment Manual WATOG
TEM Threat and Error Management
TEMPO Temporary, Temporarily (meteorologically) AIS
TERPs Terminal and En-route procedures AIS
TFC Traffic AIS
TFR Terrain Following Radar (by the MIL) AIS
TGL Touch & Go Landing AIS
TGS Taxiing Guidance System AIS
THR Threshold AIS
THRU Through AIS
THU Thursday AIS
TIBA Traffic Information Broadcasts by Aircraft AIS
TIL Until AIS
TINR Telecommunications Infrastructure Network Replacement
TIP Until Past (place) AIS
TIS Time in service
TKOF Take-off AIS
TLOF Touchdown and lift-off area ICAO
TLS Transponder Landing System
TLW Time Limited WIP (work in progress) AIS
TMA Terminal Control Area AIS
TMG Track Made Good
TNA Training Needs Analysis
TNA Turn Altitude AIS
TNH Turn Height AIS
TNS Transitional Surface AIS
TOC Top of Climb AIS
TOC  ATM Target Operational Concept
TODA Take-off distance available ICAO
TOP Cloud Top AIS
TORA Take-off run available ICAO
TOT Turbine Outlet Temperature
TP Turning Point AIS
TR Track AIS
TRA Temporary Reserved Airspace AIS
TRAN Transition AIS
TRANS Transmits, Transmitter AIS
Trike A manned, powered hang-glider
TRL Transition Level AIS
TROP Tropopause AIS
TS... Thunderstorm (followed by RA=rain, SN=snow, PE=ice pellets, GR=hail, GS=small hail and/or snow pellets or combinations thereof, eg TSRASN = thunderstorm with rain and snow) AIS
TSI Time Since Installation WATOG
TSO Technical Standard Order
TSO Time Since Overhaul WATOG
TTF Trend Type Forecast AIS
TTMRA Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement
TUE Tuesday AIS
TURB Turbulence AIS
TWR Aerodrome Control Tower, Aerodrome Control AIS
TWY Taxiway AIS
TWYL Taxiway Link AIS
TYP Type of Aircraft AIS
TYPH Typhoon AIS