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MISSED APPROACH

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

  1. A maneuver conducted by a pilot when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a landing. The route of flight and altitude are shown on instrument approach procedure charts. A pilot executing a missed approach prior to the Missed Approach Point (MAP) must continue along the final approach to the MAP.
  2. A term used by the pilot to inform ATC that he/she is executing the missed approach.
  3. At locations where ATC radar service is provided, the pilot should conform to radar vectors when provided by ATC in lieu of the published missed approach procedure.

See MISSED APPROACH POINT (MAP).

Refer to AIM.

In the 7110.65

Used in 27 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-3-10Control Symbology
  2. 3-7-5Precision Approach Critical Area
  3. 3-7-6Precision Obstacle Free Zone (POFZ) and Final Approach Obstacle Clearance Surfaces (OCS)
  4. 3-8-1Sequence/Spacing Application
  5. 3-9-6Same Runway Separation
  6. 3-10-2Forwarding Approach Information by Nonapproach Control Facilities
  7. 3-10-4Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations
  8. 3-10-12Overhead Maneuver
  9. 4-7-4Radio Frequency and Radar Beacon Changes for Military Aircraft
  10. 4-7-11Arrival Information by Approach Control Facilities
  11. 4-8-9Missed Approach
  12. 4-8-10Approach Information
  13. 4-8-11Practice Instrument Approaches
  14. 5-6-3Vectors Below Minimum Altitude
  15. 5-8-2Initial Heading
  16. 5-8-5Departures and Arrivals on Parallel or Nonintersecting Diverging Runways
  17. 5-9-6Simultaneous Dependent Approaches
  18. 5-9-9Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
  19. 5-10-11Missed Approach
  20. 5-10-14Final Approach Abnormalities
  21. 5-11-6Approach Guidance Termination
  22. 5-12-10Elevation Failure
  23. 6-7-1Application
  24. 6-7-2Approach Sequence
  25. 6-7-7Missed Approaches
  26. 9-1-2Special Handling
  27. 13-1-8Recording of Control Data