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Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) (VS1_12)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: vs1_12.ttl
- Name
precApproachPathIndicator- Attribute
- VS1 Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS) Type
- Definition
- A visual approach slope guidance system consisting of a wing bar of 4 sharp transition multi-lamp (or paired single lamp) units equally spaced.
- Description
- The system shall be located on the left side of the runway unless it is physically impracticable to do so. In Canada a PAPI system of P1 is used by aircraft with eye-to-wheel height of 3 metres(10 feet), P2 eye-to-wheel height of 7.5 metres(25 feet), P3 eye-to-wheel height of 14 metres(45 feet).
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- GB480 Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS)
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.