Navigational Aids (NAVAIDs) - Any facility used by an aircraft for navigation.
Navigational Fix - A geographical position determined by reference to one or more radio navigational aids.
Navigational Aid. Any visual or electronic device, airborne or on the surface, which provides point-to-point guidance information or position data to aircraft in flight.
NM
Nautical Mile. International unit equal to 6076.115 feet (1852 meters).
(See NAVIGATIONAL AID.)
(See VOR.)
TERRAIN FOLLOWING- The flight of a military aircraft maintaining a constant AGL altitude above the terrain or the highest obstruction.
GEE
RAF navigational aid which could provide the navigator with a fix from pulses transmitted by three ground stations. Range approximately 300 miles.
GEN
General ...
Navaid - Navigational Aid
NDB - Non Directional Beacon
No Joy - No communications established
NORDO - No Radio
NOSIG - No significant weather
NOTAM - Notice to Airmen ...
NAVAIDs (Navigational Aids) − Any facility used by an aircraft for navigation.
AN/MPN-2 was a mobile radar beacon which provided navigational aid and homing facilities for aircraft. Its major components were mounted in a trailer van. major components are AN/CPN-6, and AN/CPN-8 ...
A medium-frequency navigational aid which transmits non-directional signals, superimposed with a Morse code identifier and received by an aircraft's ADF.
NM: Nautical Miles.
But, navigational aids like NDB's and VORs still send out their identifying letters by means of the Morse Code.
exact services offered by stations vary by country, however most FSS services include providing pilots with preflight briefings including weather and notices to airmen (NOTAMs); filing, opening, and closing flight plans; monitoring navigational aids ...
This is one area where fiddling with the autopilot or GPS or other navigational aids should be minimized and emphasis placed upon proficient hand flying. The end of every missed procedure ends in a fix with a holding procedure.
LOCALIZER-TYPE DIRECTIONAL AID (LDA) - A navigational aid used for nonprecision instrument approaches with utility and accuracy comparable to a localizer; however, ...
Distance measuring equipment (DME) does what its name implies: It allows pilots to measure their distance from a VOR station or other navigational aid.
ENAV is a FAA Acronym for: En Route Navigational Aids
Related Definitions from Aviation Glossary
GSA
GHA
Military Operations Area (MOA)
ATA - Air Transport Association
MRO ...
Airport Beacon: A navigational aid emitting alternating white and green flashes to indicate a lighted airport or white flashes only for an unlighted airport.
These are ground-based radio navigational aids scattered around the country. Lines between them, called Victor airways, are the primary instrument flight paths throughout the country.
A jet fighter designed to operate at night or in bad weather conditions. Normally equipped with radar amongst other navigational aids.
Amphibian
An aircraft capable of operating off either land or water.
The inner marker is used only on certain approaches. Its light is white, and the tone is a series of Morse dots.
NDB Non-Directional radio Beacon. A low-power AM radio transmitter on the ground used as a navigational aid. See also ADF ...
 See also: Navigation, Air traffic, Aircraft, Flight, Pilot
  
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