Plain English Meaning

If you're flying VFR and need help finding an airport, ATC may be able to give you headings to steer that lead you toward it. They'll help when they can, but you still have to see and avoid traffic, stay clear of clouds, and avoid terrain yourself.

Full Definition

A limited ATC service in which radar-equipped facilities provide heading assignments (vectors) to help VFR aircraft locate and proceed toward a destination airport. The service is workload-permitting, advisory in nature, and does not relieve the pilot of the responsibility for terrain and obstacle clearance, , or maintaining .