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non-precision approach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
non--pre-ci-sion ap-proach
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

non-precision approaches (plural) nonprecision approach (alternative)

Antonyms

precision approach

Questions

What does non-precision approach mean?
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.

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