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HAUTEUR MINIMALE DESCENTE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

The lowest height to which descent shall be authorized in procedures not using a glide slope, until the required visual reference has been established.

DEF

A specified altitude or height in a non-precision approach or circling approach below which descent may not be made without visual reference.

OBS

minimum descent height: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

minimum descent height; MDH: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Hauteur la plus basse jusqu'à laquelle la descente est autorisée, dans les approches qui ne sont pas de précision, tant que le contact visuel nécessaire n'a pas été établi.

OBS

hauteur minimum de descente : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

hauteur minimale de descente; MDH : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

hauteur minimum de descente : utilisé seulement par les pays anglophones.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
CONT

Para la altura mínima de descenso (MDH) se toma como referencia la elevación del aeródromo o la elevación del umbral, si éste estuviera a más de 2 m (7 pi) por debajo de la elevación del aeródromo. Para la altura mínima de descenso en aproximaciones en circuito se toma como referencia la elevación del aeródromo.

OBS

altura mínima de descenso; MDH: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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