minimum descent altitude (English, noun)
expansion: minimum descent altitude (plural minimum descent altitudes, abbreviation MDA)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The lowest altitude at which an aircraft is permitted to fly during a non-precision approach without the runway being in clear sight.
Forms:
form: minimum descent altitudes
tags: plural
form: MDA
tags: abbreviation