gca

Thân thiện

The pilot successfully completes a gca landing in heavy fog.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of aircraft landing procedure: "gca" is an acronym for Ground-Controlled Approach. It refers to a system where an aircraft is guided to land during poor visibility by ground-based radar and verbal instructions from a controller.

Usage

• As a noun: The term is used almost exclusively in aviation contexts to describe the specific landing procedure or the system enabling it.
  • The pilot requested a gca due to the heavy fog.
  • The airport is equipped to perform a gca.

Advanced Usage

• The term is a technical acronym. In formal writing, it is often spelled out in full on first use: "Ground-Controlled Approach (gca)."
• It is typically used without articles when referring to the procedure as a concept or system.
  • The controller is trained in gca operations.
  • They are practicing gca today.

Variants and Related Words

• Ground-Controlled Approach: The full, non-acronym form of "gca."
• PAR (Precision Approach Radar): The specific radar system used in a gca.
• Talk down: The verbal process used by the controller during a gca.

Synonyms

• Instrument landing system (ILS): A different, more common electronic system for landing in low visibility. (Note: ILS is a related but distinct technology from gca.)
• Blind landing: An informal, older term for any landing in poor visibility.

Related Phrases

• To be talked down: The passive verb phrase describing the pilot's experience during a gca.
  • The pilot was talked down safely by the controller.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ground-controlled approach
• GCA