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Australian Airspace Policy Statement (AAPS) 2026
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| AAM | Advanced Air Mobility – Describes an ecosystem of new air transportation technologies for passengers and freight. AAM is a collection of new and emerging aviation ecosystems and technologies, including new aircraft types, various renewable energy systems, distributed propulsion, varying levels of automation and equipage, and various take-off and landing capabilities. |
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| AAPS | Australian Airspace Policy Statement – Instrument that provides guidance on the administration of Australian airspace. |
| ADS-B | Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast – An aviation technology that broadcasts an aircraft’s information to allow the aircraft to be accurately tracked by air traffic control and other pilots. |
| AFAF | Australian Future Airspace Framework – A concept for the future design of airspace architecture and solutions in Australian-administered airspace. |
| AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication – Published by Airservices, containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. |
| Airservices | Airservices Australia – Australia’s civilian air navigation service provider. |
| ARMS | Airspace Risk Modelling System – CASA’s tool for quantitative airspace risk analysis. |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control – Service provided by ground-based controllers to maintain a safe distance between aircraft and obstacles, within a confined airspace and on the airport surface. |
| ATM | Air Traffic Management – Includes ATC, airspace management and air traffic flow management. |
| Australian-administered airspace | Australian-administered airspace, for this statement, means:- the airspace over Australian territory; and- airspace that has been allocated by ICAO under the Chicago Convention and for which Australia has accepted responsibility. |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority – Australia’s civil aviation safety regulator. |
| Chicago Convention | Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944). |
| Defence | Department of Defence – Australian Defence Force airspace interests are not limited to the Royal Australian Air Force but Defence airspace interests are usually represented by the Chief of Air Force. |