VFR direct

adverb

While flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like.

“He went VFR direct to the general, and without having gotten his facts straight.”

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Meanings

adverbVFR direct (not comparable)
  1. not comparableaeronauticsWhile flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like.
  2. USnot comparableslanggovernmentBypassing normal channels, particularly skipping intervening levels in the chain of command.

    He went VFR direct to the general, and without having gotten his facts straight.

Cite this entry
APA

VFR direct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VFR%20direct

MLA

“VFR direct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VFR%20direct. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “VFR direct,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VFR%20direct.

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