Final Approach - Instrument
That part of an instrument approach which commences at the specified final approach fix or point, or where such a fix or point is not specified: ...
final approach - The point in an aircraft's flight when the pilot has been directed to a flight path and trajectory in preparation for landing
final approach fix - see FAF ...
Final approach - A flight path that follows the extended runway centerline. It usually extends from the base leg to the runway.
FINAL APPROACH FIX - Starting point where the final segment of an instrument approach to a runway begins.
Final Approach
That part of an instrument approach procedure which commences at the specified final approach fix or point, or where such a fix or point is not specified, at the end of the last procedure turn, ...
Final Approach Tracking.
Turn initially to a heading of 090 and begin descent started to get your altitude for the FAF (Final Approach Fix). This is usually lower than your procedure turn altitude.
Final Approach (IFR): The flight path of an aircraft that is inbound to the airport on an approved final instrument approach course, beginning at the final approach fix or point.
FINAL APPROACH FIX- The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment.
Final Approach - 1. Last pass a pilot makes at the opposite sex before giving up. 2. Many a seasoned pilot's last landing. 3. Many a student pilot's first landing.
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FAWP
Final Approach Waypoint
FBO
Fixed Base Operator
FBO (FIXED BASE OPERATOR)
The small but important building near the ramp and runways of a small airport, from which airfield activity is coordinated.
FAF - final approach fix, the point at which a published instrument approach begins. ...
Final - Final approach course, aligned with landing runway
Fix - Geographical position determined by visual reference or by reference to one or more radio navaids
Flight Level - An altitude above 18,000 feet expressed in 3 digits.
You're on final approach to Runway 06 at Igor I. Sikorski Memorial Airport in Bridgeport, CT. This town had no less a character for mayor in bygone days than Phineas T. Barnum, the circus entrepreneur.
Imagine you are on final approach. On long final you are maintaining a speed near VY (a normal approach speed in many aircraft), using 1700 RPM of engine power.
Flight BA038 was on final approach to the runway when the aircraft suffered a total loss of power.
Cone of Confusion - An area about the size of New Jersey located near the final approach beacon at an airport.
Crab - The squadron Ops. Officer.
Dead Reckoning - You reckon correctly, or you are.
Converging Runway Display Aid (CRDA) enables Approach controllers to run two final approaches that intersect and make sure that go arounds are minimized ...
Now it is time to plan for your turn from base leg to the final leg, or final approach. We do not want to overshoot or undershoot the runway, but rather complete the turn so that our aircraft is aligned with the centerline of the runway.
The so-called final approach begins several miles from the airport. By this point, Air Traffic Control has put the aircraft in a sequence to land, carefully separating it from all other aircraft headed for, or leaving, the same area.
The Outer Marker provides a height and instrument check reading to aircraft that are close to or already on final approach to the runway. This allows the pilot to verify that the ILS is working properly.
" Final Approach - 1. Many a seasoned pilot's last landing. 2. Many a student pilot's first landing. Flashlight - Tubular metal container kept in flight bag for storing dead batteries.
Even more so when higher (or too high) final approach speeds are used. And as far I can see it, most private pilots come in too fast. The result can be an overrun of the runway resulting in a go-around. Use at minimum 1.
Final Approach
My general rule is that the tighter the spot, or the less familiar I am with the area, the slower I fly final. This gives me more time to see and avoid surprises.
Otherwise, fumbling for a replacement fuse as you are being vectored to the final approach, or at night with a flashlight in your mouth, can lead to an awkward, if not fatal, situation.
Radio equipment on the ground which, in conjunction with a radio receiver in an aeroplane, indicates its displacement to one side or another of a predetermined radio beam. The approach beacon is used for the final approach to landing, ...
The purpose of this beacon is to provide height, distance and equipment functioning checks to aircraft on intermediate and final approach.
the runway heading so the aircraft gradually converges with the runway centreline (if the angle is too great, the aircraft will not be able to turn tightly enough to establish and will fly through the localiser beam). The turn onto final approach is ...
Final: Final Approach. One of the many words describing the approach segments. The part of a landing sequence or aerodrome circuit procedure in which the aircraft has made its final turn and is inbound to the active runway.
As the high lift is needed only when flying slowly (take-off, initial climb, and final approach and landing) the temptation for the designer is to use a retractable device which closes at higher speeds to reduce drag.
 See also: Final, Aircraft, Flight, Landing, Runway
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