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runway visual range

transp., avia. bansynvidd
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Runway Visual Range
abbr., scottish RVR
runway visual range
avia. The range over which the pilot of an aircraft on the centre line of a runway can see the runway surface markings or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its centre line.
avia., amer. In respect of a runway, the maximum horizontal distance in feet for the direction of takeoff or landing, as measured by an automated visual landing distance system and reported by an ATC unit or an FSS, at which the runway, or the lights or markers delineating it, can be seen from a point above its centreline at a height corresponding to the average eye level of pilots at touchdown

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