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VISUAL FLIGHT RULES

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

Rules that govern the procedures for conducting flight under visual conditions. The term “VFR” is also used in the United States to indicate weather conditions that are equal to or greater than minimum VFR requirements. In addition, it is used by pilots and controllers to indicate type of flight plan.

See INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR); INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC); VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

Refer to 14 CFR part 91; AIM.

In the 7110.65

Used in 60 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-1-20Wake Turbulence Cautionary Advisories
  3. 2-1-21Traffic Advisories
  4. 2-2-12Airborne Military Flights
  5. 2-3-8Aircraft Equipment Suffix
  6. 2-3-10Control Symbology
  7. 2-7-3Altimeter Settings Greater Than 31.00 Inches Mercury
  8. 2-9-3Content
  9. 3-4-10Runway Edge Lights
  10. 3-4-18Rotating Beacon
  11. 3-7-5Precision Approach Critical Area
  12. 3-10-1Landing Information
  13. 3-10-4Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations
  14. 3-10-12Overhead Maneuver
  15. 4-2-8IFR-VFR and VFR-IFR Flights
  16. 4-3-2Departure Clearances
  17. 4-3-9VFR Release of IFR Departure
  18. 4-8-11Practice Instrument Approaches
  19. 4-8-12Low Approach and Touch‐and‐Go
  20. 5-2-7VFR Code Assignments
  21. 5-2-11Code Monitor
  22. 5-2-19Inflight Deviations From Transponder/Mode C Requirements Between 10,000 Feet and 18,000 Feet
  23. 5-6-1Application
  24. 5-7-2Methods
  25. 5-7-3Speed Assignments
  26. 5-10-4Lost Communications
  27. 5-10-12Low Approach and Touch‐and‐Go
  28. 5-10-15Military Single Frequency Approaches
  29. 7-1-1Class a Airspace Restrictions
  30. 7-1-2VFR Conditions
  31. 7-1-4Visual Holding of VFR Aircraft
  32. 7-3-1VFR‐on‐Top
  33. 7-3-2Altitude for Direction of Flight
  34. 7-4-3Clearance for Visual Approach
  35. 7-4-6RNAV Visual Flight Procedures (RVFP)
  36. 7-5-1Authorization
  37. 7-5-7Ground Visibility Below 1 Mile
  38. 7-5-8Flight Visibility Below 1 Mile
  39. 7-6-1Application
  40. 7-6-2Service Availability
  41. 7-7-1Application
  42. 7-8-6Exceptions
  43. 7-9-2VFR Aircraft in Class B Airspace
  44. 7-9-3Methods
  45. 7-9-4Separation
  46. 7-9-6Helicopter/Powered‐Lift Traffic
  47. 8-1-3VFR Flight Plans
  48. 9-2-6IFR Military Training Routes
  49. 9-2-10ATC Security Services for the Washington, Dc, Special Flight Rules Area (dc Sfra)
  50. 9-3-2Separation Minima
  51. 9-4-2Routing
  52. 9-4-4Separation Minima
  53. 10-1-4Responsibility
  54. 10-2-15Emergency Airport Recommendation
  55. 10-3-1Overdue Aircraft/Other Situations
  56. 10-7-1Information Relay
  57. 12-1-2Airspace Classification
  58. 13-1-6Manual Coordination and the Coordination Menu
  59. 13-1-8Recording of Control Data
  60. 13-2-2Conflict Detection and Resolution