ground-controlled approach

or ground-con·trol approach

[ground-kuh n-trohld]

noun Aeronautics.

a system in which an observer interprets radar observations of the position of an aircraft and transmits continuous instructions to its pilot for landing. Abbreviation: GCA

Origin of ground-controlled approach

First recorded in 1940–45

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