PAR

PAR - precision approach radar. Primary radar equipment showing an air traffic controller the height, track and range of an aircraft on final approach, enabling him to guide it to a landing.
pax - passengers.

PAR- pronounced "P" "A" R", not "par" - precision approach radar; a type of instrument approach.
PCS- Permanent Change of Station - moving when assigned to a new duty station ...

PAR - Precision Approach Radar, a ground-radar-based instrument approach providing both horizontal and vertical guidance ...

PAR [ICAO]-
(See ICAO Term PRECISION APPROACH RADAR.)
(See PARALLEL RUNWAYS.) ...

August 19 - Spair Airlines Flight PAR-3601, an Ilyushin Il-76, crashes near Belgrade with twelve fatalities.

Precision Approach Radar (PAR) - Navigational equipment located on the ground adjacent to the runway, consisting of one antenna, which scans the vertical plane, and a second antenna, which scans the horizontal plane.

Decision Height (DH): The height at which a decision must be made, during an ILS or PAR instrument approach, to either continue the approach or to execute a missed approach. (FAR Part 1) ...

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A landing approach in which a ground controller gives verbal guidance in azimuth and elevation to a pilot using precision approach radar (PAR) to monitor the aircraft's approach path. Still used by the military, but defunct in civil aviation.

In addition, precision approach radar (PAR) is available at some locations to allow controllers to guide an airplane to a landing under instrument weather conditions in place of on-board approach navigation equipment.

With respect to the operation of aircraft, means the height or altitude at which a decision must be made during an ILS, MLS, or PAR instrument approach to either continue the approach or to execute a missed approach.