Plain English Meaning

WPs are named points in space that the aircraft's navigation system flies to and between. Each one has a fixed location, and stringing them together gives you a route.

Full Definition

Waypoints (WPs) are predefined geographic positions, each identified by latitude and longitude coordinates, used to define an RNAV route or instrument procedure. In fix records and area navigation databases, waypoints serve as the building blocks of a flight path — marking where it begins, where it turns, and where it ends.

Context Anchor

Seen in instrument procedure data, navigation database records, and route pages in a navigator or .