Plain English Meaning

A type of approach where the pilot is allowed to land — and continue rolling down the runway — while looking through a special camera-and-display system that shows the runway, instead of needing to see the runway with their own eyes through the windshield.

Full Definition

An instrument approach operation in which the pilot uses an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) in lieu of natural vision to continue the approach below Decision Altitude/Decision Height (DA/DH) or Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) all the way to the runway touchdown and through the landing rollout. The EFVS-displayed image of the provides the required ; natural vision of the runway environment is not required until the is at or near the . This operation is conducted under 91.176(a) and requires , , and authorization.