
| AAM | Advanced air mobility |
| ACDM | Airport Collaborative Decision Making |
| ACI | Airports Council International |
| ACI–NA | Airports Council International-North America |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AIP | Airport Improvement Program |
| ATAG | Air Transport Action Group |
| ATC | Air traffic control |
| ATL | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
| ATP | Airport Terminal Program |
| AV | Automated vehicle |
| BIL | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law |
| BOS | Boston Logan International Airport |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport |
| CBP | U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| DAC | Direct air capture |
| DCA | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| EAGLE | Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions |
| EAS | Essential Air Service |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| eSTOL | Electric short take-off and landing |
| eVTOL | Electric vertical take-off and landing |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FY | Fiscal year |
| GA | General aviation |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| HBCU | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport |
| IPL | Indianapolis Power & Light Company |
| JFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport |
| LAWA | Los Angeles World Airports |
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport |
| LGA | LaGuardia Airport |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ORD | O’Hare International Airport |
| PFC | Passenger Facility Charge |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International Airport |
| P3 | Public–private partnership |
| SAF | Sustainable aviation fuels |
| SEADOG | Southeast Airports Disaster Operations Group |
| TBO | Trajectory Based Operations |
| TIFIA | Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act |
| TNCs | Transportation network companies |
| TSA | Transportation Safety Administration |
| U.S. DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| U.S. DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |