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Old 02-19-2009 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Pilot Contoller Glossary:

FINAL APPROACH FIX- The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment. It is designated on Government charts by the Maltese Cross symbol for nonprecision approaches and the lightning bolt symbol for precision approaches; or when ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path intercept.
Lightning bolt shows only on NOS/DOD charts, Jepps do not have a lightning bolt...
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