non-precision approach (English, noun)
expansion: non-precision approach (plural non-precision approaches)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: non-precision approaches
tags: plural
form: nonprecision approach
tags: alternative