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RADAR SERVICE

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

A term which encompasses one or more of the following services based on the use of radar which can be provided by a controller to a pilot of a radar identified aircraft.

  1. Radar Monitoring- The radar flight-following of aircraft, whose primary navigation is being performed by the pilot, to observe and note deviations from its authorized flight path, airway, or route. When being applied specifically to radar monitoring of instrument approaches; i.e., with precision approach radar (PAR) or radar monitoring of simultaneous ILS,RNAV and GLS approaches, it includes advice and instructions whenever an aircraft nears or exceeds the prescribed PAR safety limit or simultaneous ILS RNAV and GLS no transgression zone.
  1. Radar Navigational Guidance- Vectoring aircraft to provide course guidance.
  2. Radar Separation- Radar spacing of aircraft in accordance with established minima.

See ADDITIONAL SERVICES; TRAFFIC ADVISORIES; RADAR SERVICE ICAO.

ICAO definition

Term used to indicate a service provided directly by means of radar.

  1. Monitoring- The use of radar for the purpose of providing aircraft with information and advice relative to significant deviations from nominal flight path.
  2. Separation- The separation used when aircraft position information is derived from radar sources.

In the 7110.65

Used in 51 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-1-3Procedural Preference
  2. 2-6-4Issuing Weather and Chaff Areas
  3. 3-1-9Use of Tower Radar Displays
  4. 3-9-3Departure Control Instructions
  5. 3-9-6Same Runway Separation
  6. 3-10-4Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations
  7. 4-1-2Exceptions
  8. 4-4-2Route Structure Transitions
  9. 4-5-6Minimum En Route Altitudes (MEA)
  10. 4-8-1Approach Clearance
  11. 5-1-1Presentation and Equipment Performance
  12. 5-1-9Radar Service Termination
  13. 5-3-1Application
  14. 5-3-5Questionable Identification
  15. 5-3-7Identification Status
  16. 5-3-9Data Blocks
  17. 5-4-1Application
  18. 5-4-5Transferring Controller Handoff
  19. 5-4-6Receiving Controller Handoff
  20. 5-5-1Application
  21. 5-5-2Target Separation
  22. 5-5-8Additional Separation for Formation Flights
  23. 5-5-9Separation From Obstructions
  24. 5-5-10Adjacent Airspace
  25. 5-6-2Methods
  26. 5-9-4Arrival Instructions
  27. 5-9-5Approach Separation Responsibility
  28. 5-9-6Simultaneous Dependent Approaches
  29. 5-9-7Simultaneous Independent Approaches- Dual & Triple
  30. 5-9-9Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
  31. 5-9-10Simultaneous Independent Approaches to Widely-Spaced Parallel Runways Without Final Monitors
  32. 6-4-3Minima on Opposite Courses
  33. 6-5-4Minima Along Other Than Established Airways or Routes
  34. 6-5-5RNAV Minima- Diverging/Crossing Courses
  35. 7-4-3Clearance for Visual Approach
  36. 7-5-3Separation
  37. 7-6-1Application
  38. 7-6-2Service Availability
  39. 7-6-11Termination of Service
  40. 7-6-12Service Provided When Tower Is Inoperative
  41. 7-7-1Application
  42. 7-8-2Class C Services
  43. 8-1-4Types of Separation
  44. 8-5-5Radar Identification Application
  45. 9-2-14Military Operations Above Fl 600
  46. 9-3-2Separation Minima
  47. 10-1-4Responsibility
  48. 10-2-8Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty
  49. 10-4-1Traffic Restrictions
  50. 13-1-2Conflict Detection and Resolution
  51. 13-1-13Use of Graphics Plan Display (GPD)