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VECTOR

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

A heading issued to an aircraft to provide navigational guidance by radar.

See RADAR VECTORING ICAO.

In the 7110.65

Used in 52 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 2-1-3Procedural Preference
  2. 2-1-21Traffic Advisories
  3. 2-3-2En Route Data Entries
  4. 2-3-4Terminal Data Entries
  5. 2-6-4Issuing Weather and Chaff Areas
  6. 3-1-9Use of Tower Radar Displays
  7. 4-2-1Clearance Items
  8. 4-3-2Departure Clearances
  9. 4-3-3Abbreviated Departure Clearance
  10. 4-4-1Route Use
  11. 4-4-2Route Structure Transitions
  12. 4-4-4Alternative Routes
  13. 4-6-2Clearance Beyond Fix
  14. 4-7-1Clearance Information
  15. 4-7-5Military Turbojet En Route Descent
  16. 4-8-1Approach Clearance
  17. 4-8-9Missed Approach
  18. 5-1-4Merging Target Procedures
  19. 5-5-7Passing or Diverging
  20. 5-6-1Application
  21. 5-6-2Methods
  22. 5-6-3Vectors Below Minimum Altitude
  23. 5-7-1Application
  24. 5-8-1Procedures
  25. 5-8-2Initial Heading
  26. 5-9-1Vectors to Final Approach Course
  27. 5-9-2Final Approach Course Interception
  28. 5-9-3Vectors Across Final Approach Course
  29. 5-9-4Arrival Instructions
  30. 5-10-3No‐Gyro Approach
  31. 5-10-4Lost Communications
  32. 6-7-1Application
  33. 6-7-2Approach Sequence
  34. 7-4-2Vectors for Visual Approach
  35. 7-4-3Clearance for Visual Approach
  36. 7-5-3Separation
  37. 7-6-2Service Availability
  38. 7-7-3Separation
  39. 7-8-3Separation
  40. 7-9-3Methods
  41. 7-9-4Separation
  42. 9-2-1Aircraft Carrying Dangerous Materials
  43. 9-2-13Military Aerial Refueling
  44. 9-2-14Military Operations Above Fl 600
  45. 9-2-18Awacs/Norad Special Flights
  46. 9-3-2Separation Minima
  47. 9-5-1Jettisoning of External Stores
  48. 10-2-9Radar Assistance Techniques
  49. 10-2-18Volcanic Ash
  50. 13-1-8Recording of Control Data
  51. 14-1-3Departure Clearance (DCL) Application (pdc/Cpdlc) Selectable Fields
  52. 14-2-1General