non-precision approach

noun

An instrument approach using a guidance system that provides only horizontal, and not vertical, guidance (such as VOR, NDB, or localizer navigation), requiring the pilot to manually maintain terrain clearance by flying at a predefined safe altitude for each segment of the approach by reference to their altimeter.

Opposite
precision approach
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Meanings

nounnon-precision approach (plural non-precision approaches)

plural non-precision approaches · alternative nonprecision approach

  1. aeronauticsAn instrument approach using a guidance system that provides only horizontal, and not vertical, guidance (such as VOR, NDB, or localizer navigation), requiring the pilot to manually maintain terrain clearance by flying at a predefined safe altitude for each segment of the approach by reference to their altimeter.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
precision approach

Translations

Finnish ei-tarkkuuslähestyminen
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