GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground-controlled approach mean? 

• GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH (noun)
  The noun GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH has 1 sense:

1. aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar

  Familiarity information: GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

GCA; ground-controlled approach

Hypernyms ("ground-controlled approach" is a kind of...):

aircraft landing; airplane landing (landing an aircraft)