Plain English Meaning

The part of a training flight that deals with getting down, lined up, and safely on the ground at the destination.

Full Definition

In scenario-based training, the arrival is the segment of a planned flight scenario covering the descent, approach, and landing at the destination airport, including the procedures, decisions, and actions a pilot performs from leaving cruise to clearing the runway.

Context Anchor

Used in flight planning, scenario-based training, and in-flight decision-making when discussing the part of a flight near the destination airport.

Derivation

From Latin 'ad ripam,' meaning 'to the shore.' Originally described boats reaching land. In it carries the same idea: the where the flight reaches its destination.