Plain English Meaning

A point on a flight plan where the aircraft starts turning early so it rolls onto the next leg without overshooting. The aircraft cuts the corner rather than flying right over the point.

Full Definition

A waypoint that requires the use of turn anticipation to avoid overshoot of the next flight segment. The aircraft begins its turn before reaching the waypoint so that the new course is intercepted smoothly without flying directly over the waypoint itself.

Context Anchor

Seen in GPS and RNAV route or procedure descriptions, especially when following a sequence of waypoints in the flight plan.

Derivation

The name describes exactly what the aircraft does: it flies by the waypoint rather than over it. The hyphenated form distinguishes it from a , where the aircraft must cross directly above the point before turning.