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NONRADAR

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

Precedes other terms and generally means without the use of radar, such as:

  1. Nonradar Approach. Used to describe instrument approaches for which course guidance on final approach is not provided by ground-based precision or surveillance radar. Radar vectors to the final approach course may or may not be provided by ATC. Examples of nonradar approaches are VOR, NDB, TACAN, ILS, RNAV, and GLS approaches.
  1. Nonradar Approach Control. An ATC facility providing approach control service without the use of radar.
  1. Nonradar Arrival. An aircraft arriving at an airport without radar service or at an airport served by a radar facility and radar contact has not been established or has been terminated due to a lack of radar service to the airport.
  1. Nonradar Route. A flight path or route over which the pilot is performing his/her own navigation. The pilot may be receiving radar separation, radar monitoring, or other ATC services while on a nonradar route.
  1. Nonradar Separation. The spacing of aircraft in accordance with established minima without the use of radar; e.g., vertical, lateral, or longitudinal separation.

See FINAL APPROACH COURSE; FINAL APPROACH‐IFR; INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE; RADAR APPROACH; APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY; APPROACH CONTROL SERVICE; RADAR ARRIVAL; RADAR SERVICE; RADAR ROUTE; RADAR SEPARATION.

In the 7110.65

Used in 26 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-1-3Procedural Preference
  2. 2-2-6IFR Flight Progress Data
  3. 2-3-4Terminal Data Entries
  4. 2-10-1En Route or Oceanic Sector Team Position Responsibilities
  5. 2-10-2Terminal Radar/Nonradar Team Position Responsibilities
  6. 4-3-3Abbreviated Departure Clearance
  7. 4-4-1Route Use
  8. 4-7-4Radio Frequency and Radar Beacon Changes for Military Aircraft
  9. 4-7-5Military Turbojet En Route Descent
  10. 5-5-1Application
  11. 5-5-4Minima
  12. 5-5-10Adjacent Airspace
  13. 5-5-11Edge of Scope
  14. 5-6-2Methods
  15. 5-10-4Lost Communications
  16. 5-12-11Surveillance Unusable
  17. 5-13-7Coast Tracks
  18. 6-5-4Minima Along Other Than Established Airways or Routes
  19. 6-7-1Application
  20. 7-5-3Separation
  21. 8-2-2Transfer of Control and Communications
  22. 8-3-1Application
  23. 8-5-5Radar Identification Application
  24. 9-2-13Military Aerial Refueling
  25. 10-3-1Overdue Aircraft/Other Situations
  26. 13-1-5The Aircraft List (ACL), Departure List (DL) and Flight Data Management