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LOW APPROACH

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

An approach over an airport or runway following an instrument approach or a VFR approach including the go‐around maneuver where the pilot intentionally does not make contact with the runway.

Refer to AIM.

In the 7110.65

Used in 14 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 3-7-2Taxi and Ground Movement Operations
  2. 3-8-1Sequence/Spacing Application
  3. 3-8-2Touch‐and‐Go or Stop‐and‐Go or Low Approach
  4. 3-9-4Line Up and Wait (LUAW)
  5. 3-10-3Same Runway Separation
  6. 3-10-5Landing Clearance
  7. 3-10-10Altitude Restricted Low Approach
  8. 3-10-13Simulated Flameout (SFO) Approaches/Emergency Landing Pattern (ELP) Operations/Practice Precautionary Approaches
  9. 4-7-3Single Frequency Approaches (SFA)
  10. 4-8-12Low Approach and Touch‐and‐Go
  11. 5-5-4Minima
  12. 5-10-12Low Approach and Touch‐and‐Go
  13. 5-10-13Tower Clearance
  14. 5-10-15Military Single Frequency Approaches