A manoeuvre in which a turn is made away from a designated track followed by a turn in the opposite direction to permit the aircraft to intercept and proceed along the reciprocal of the designated track.
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- Glossary: Final Approach SegmentThat part of an instrument approach procedure (IAP) from the time that the aircraft, completes the last procedure turn or base turn, where one is specified, intercepts the last track specified for the procedure, crosses the final approach fix (FAF) or crosses the point where the vertical path or glide path intercepts the intermediate approach segment altitude.
- Glossary: Procedure Turn InboundThe point of a procedure turn manoeuvre where course reversal has been completed and an aircraft is established inbound on the intermediate approach or final approach course. A report of “procedure turn inbound” is normally used by ATC as a position report for separation purposes.
- Glossary: Radar RequiredAnnotation used on an instrument approach chart to indicate that the procedure turn may have been eliminated and that the initial approach portion of the procedure is being provided by ATC vectors. Without ATC vectoring, the instrument approach procedure (IAP) may not have a published initial approach.
- Glossary: Straight-in ApproachA VFR approach in which the aircraft enters the aerodrome traffic circuit on the final leg without having executed any other part of the circuit. Or, an IFR approach in which the aircraft begins the final approach without first having executed a procedure turn (PT).