Glossary Papakupu
Explanations of abbreviations and acronyms.
- UAS
- Unmanned Aircraft System, another name for a drone
- UAV
- Unmanned aerial vehicle
- UAVNZ
- The UAV (drone) division of the Aviation Industry Association of New Zealand.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- Under-keel Clearance
- Minimum distance between the keel and seabed
- UNICOM
- UNICOM Service means a ground radio communications service in the aeronautical mobile service providing local aerodrome information for the facilitation of aviation, and, for the avoidance of doubt, a UNICOM service is not an air traffic service (see CAR 1 Definitions and Abbreviations; for further information see Appendix 3).
- Unshielded operation
- A shielded operation (or shielded flight) is one in which a drone remains within 100 m of, and below the top of, a natural or man-made object: for example, trees, a building or tower. When flying shielded it is permissible to fly at night and also to fly within controlled airspace without Air Traffic Control clearance. This is because other aircraft are unlikely to be flying so low and close to structures.
- UPS
- Uninterruptable power supply
- Upwind leg
- A flight path parallel to the landing runway in the direction of landing.
- UTC
- Universal Time Coordinated