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VERTICAL SEPARATION

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

Separation between aircraft expressed in units of vertical distance.

See SEPARATION.

In the 7110.65

Used in 50 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-1-3Procedural Preference
  3. 2-1-7Inflight Equipment Malfunctions
  4. 2-1-29RVSM Operations
  5. 2-3-3Oceanic Data Entries
  6. 4-8-5Specifying Altitude
  7. 4-8-11Practice Instrument Approaches
  8. 5-1-4Merging Target Procedures
  9. 5-5-4Minima
  10. 5-5-5Vertical Application
  11. 5-5-6Exceptions
  12. 5-5-7Passing or Diverging
  13. 5-5-9Separation From Obstructions
  14. 5-9-1Vectors to Final Approach Course
  15. 5-9-9Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
  16. 5-13-5Selected Altitude Limits
  17. 5-14-4System Requirements
  18. 6-4-3Minima on Opposite Courses
  19. 6-5-2Minima on Diverging Radials
  20. 6-6-3Separation by Pilots
  21. 6-7-2Approach Sequence
  22. 7-3-1VFR‐on‐Top
  23. 7-4-7Contact Approach
  24. 7-5-3Separation
  25. 7-5-4Altitude Assignment
  26. 7-7-3Separation
  27. 7-8-3Separation
  28. 7-9-4Separation
  29. 8-1-4Types of Separation
  30. 8-1-10Procedures for Weather Deviations and Other Contingencies in Oceanic Controlled Airspace
  31. 8-3-2Separation Methods
  32. 8-5-1Altitude/Flight Level Transition
  33. 8-5-3Opposite Direction
  34. 8-5-4Same Direction
  35. 8-6-1Temporary Stationary Airspace Reservations
  36. 8-6-3Temporary Moving Airspace Reservations
  37. 8-7-2Vertical Separation
  38. 8-7-3Longitudinal Separation
  39. 8-8-2Vertical Separation
  40. 8-8-3Longitudinal Separation
  41. 8-9-2Vertical Separation
  42. 8-9-3Longitudinal Separation
  43. 8-10-2Vertical Separation
  44. 8-10-3Longitudinal Separation
  45. 9-2-13Military Aerial Refueling
  46. 9-2-14Military Operations Above Fl 600
  47. 9-4-4Separation Minima
  48. 9-6-1Application
  49. 12-1-4Separation
  50. 13-2-3Information Management