landing approach

The continuously changing position of an aircraft in space directed toward effecting a landing on a predetermined area.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

landing approach - the approach to a landing field by an airplane

landing - the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"

coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

go-around, overshoot, wave-off - an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

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