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All-weather airport

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003446

An airport equipped with advanced navigation aids, lighting systems, and air traffic control procedures that permit aircraft operations under nearly all meteorological conditions, including low visibility and adverse weather. These facilities enable instrument flight rules (IFR) approaches and departures even when visual flight rules (VFR) are not possible. Such airports conform to specific International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) operational categories.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003446
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003446",
  "term": "All-weather airport",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "An airport equipped with advanced navigation aids, lighting systems, and air traffic control procedures that permit aircraft operations under nearly all meteorological conditions, including low visibility and adverse weather. These facilities enable instrument flight rules (IFR) approaches and departures even when visual flight rules (VFR) are not possible. Such airports conform to specific International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) operational categories.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/all-weather-airport/"
}

Record 414 of 10,703 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.