This article is about the aviation term. For other uses, see Final approach (disambiguation).
Final approach at Toncontin Airport
In aeronautics, the final approach (also called the final leg and final approach leg[1]) is the last leg in an aircraft's approach to landing, when the aircraft is lined up with the runway and descending for landing.[2] In aviation radio terminology, it is often shortened to "final".
In a standard airport landing pattern, which is usually used under visual meteorological conditions (VMC), aircraft turns from base leg to final within one-half to two miles of the airport. For instrument approaches, as well as approaches into a controlled airfield under visual flight rules (VFR), often a "straight-in" final approach is used, where all the other legs are dispensed within. Straight-in approaches are discouraged at non-towered airports in the United States.[3]
^"Aviation Glossary - F". Transport Canada. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 213 and 241. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2
^"Operations at Non-Towered Airports" (PDF). AOPA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2006.
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