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decision height

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A height above the highest elevation in the touchdown zone, specified for a glide slope approach, at which a missed-approach procedure must be initiated if the required visual reference has not been established. See also decision altitude.


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Since the EVS IR vastly improves the pilot's situational awareness at decision height and allows other airplanes in the air and on active taxiways/runways to stand out clearly in the EVS image, it reduces the potential for accidental collisions," notes Merluzeau.
Category I vertical decision height minimum is 200 feet; while Category II vertical decision height minimum is 100 feet.
 
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