In aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft...

the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway...

Approach plates (or, more formally, instrument approach procedure charts) are the printed or digital charts of instrument approach procedures that pilots...

to fly to arrive at an initial approach fix (IAF) from which an instrument approach commences. An instrument approach terminates either by the pilot acquiring...

For instrument approaches, as well as approaches into a controlled airfield under visual flight rules (VFR), often a "straight-in" final approach is used...

Missed approach is a procedure followed by a pilot when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a full-stop landing. A missed approach may be either...

outward from the runway end. ALS usually serves a runway that has an instrument approach procedure (IAP) associated with it and allows the pilot to visually...

At the time of the accident, Runway 23L had full instrument approach equipment, including an instrument landing system (ILS), while Runway 23R did not.: 106 ...

(RNAV) approach plates include LNAV as a non-precision instrument approach (NPA). When combined with VNAV, the resulting instrument approach, LNAV/VNAV...

Look up approach in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Approach may refer to: Visual approach Instrument approach Final approach Approach (album), by Von...

routing and includes an instrument approach at each airport so that a total of three different kinds of instrument approaches are performed. The candidate...

information provided during an instrument approach, independently of ground-based navigation aids in the context of an approach and a form of vertical guidance...

A contact approach is an approach available to aircraft operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan, where the pilot may deviate from the...

determine airspace, obstacle clearance and visibility requirements for instrument approaches.: II-5-1-3  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)...

the late 1940s. It was used for en route navigation as well as instrument approaches and holds. Based on a network of radio towers which transmitted...

In aviation, a visual approach is an approach to a runway at an airport conducted under instrument flight rules (IFR) but where the pilot proceeds by visual...

The Initial Approach Fix (IAF) is the point where the initial approach segment of an instrument approach begins. An instrument approach procedure may...

localizer type directional aid (LDA) or Instrument Guidance System (IGS) is a type of localizer-based instrument approach to an airport. It is used in places...

An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer (LOC, or LLZ prior to 2007), is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system...

for designing instrument approach and departure procedures. Such procedures are used to allow aircraft to land and take off when instrument meteorological...

to continue with the approach. Under U.S. regulations for private (Part 91) flights, it is legal to initiate an instrument approach even when reported weather...

and 34 other people, including corporate CEOs. While attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport, the airplane crashed into a mountainside. All...

terminal airspace. Approach concepts cover all segments of the instrument approach, i.e. initial, intermediate, final, and missed approach. The RNP APCH specifications...

Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in 1974 while conducting an instrument approach in dense fog. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded...

hours, including 2,693 hours on the DC-9.: 24  While conducting an instrument approach in dense ground fog into Douglas Municipal Airport in Charlotte,...

STAR (standard terminal arrival route) SID (standard instrument departure) IAP (instrument approach procedure) - supports landing operation, usually starts...

Watsonville in 1947. The airport has three documented instrument approach procedures, making it a popular instrument training area. Localizer Runway 02 (requires...

operated by Springer Aerospace Ltd. The airport has a published instrument approach. Bar River Water Aerodrome Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z...

or crossing runways, and airport lighting aids that do not affect instrument approach criteria, such as VASI. Flight Data Center (FDC) NOTAMs The National...

Missed approach point (MAP or MAPt) is the point prescribed in each instrument approach at which a missed approach procedure shall be executed if the...