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Runway Visual Range (RVR) (RVR)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: rvr.ttl
- Name
runwayVisualRange- Datatype
- Real
- Definition
- An instrumentally derived value, based on standard calibrations, that represents 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.
- Description
- The runway visual range is based on the sighting of either high intensity runway lights or on the visual contrast of other targets, whichever yields the greater visual range.
- Synonyms
- RVR
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Physical quantity
- length
- Recommended unit
- Metre (m)
- Used by
- GA215 Terminal Instrument Procedure Minima
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.