autolanding

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noun

A landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.

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Meanings

autolanding1

nounautolanding (countable and uncountable, plural autolandings)

plural autolandings

  1. countableaeronauticsA landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.

    Synonyms: autoland

  2. uncountableaeronauticsThe process and procedure of autolanding, the action of to autoland.

autolanding2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of autoland

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.

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Origin

autolanding · verb

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APA

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

MLA

“autolanding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autolanding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autolanding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autolanding.

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