Plain English Meaning

The straight-in path you fly toward the runway during the last part of an instrument approach.

Full Definition

A published track that aligns the aircraft with the runway during the final segment of an instrument approach. It may be defined by a localizer, an ILS, a final approach radial from a VOR, a bearing to or from an NDB, or an RNAV final approach track. It is a course (a direction of travel), not a physical line in space, and it does not include extensions beyond the final approach fix.

Context Anchor

Seen on instrument approach charts and heard in when a is being guided to join or follow the final path toward .