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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' visual approach contact height.) The [[altitude]] along the  instrument approach [[glide path]] of a landing aircraft from which the pilot will first see 500 ft of  the approach light array.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[runway visual range]]; <br/>''compare'' [[approach visibility]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' visual approach contact height.) The [[altitude]] along the  instrument approach [[glide path]] of a landing aircraft from which the pilot will first see 500 ft of  the approach light array.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[runway visual range]]; <br/>''compare'' [[approach visibility]].</div><br/> </div>
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approach-light contact height[edit | edit source]

(Also called visual approach contact height.) The altitude along the instrument approach glide path of a landing aircraft from which the pilot will first see 500 ft of the approach light array.



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