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Any visual or electronic device airborne or on the surface which provides point-to-point guidance information or position data to aircraft in flight.

Listed in the Pilot/Controller Glossary as a cross-reference to NAVIGATIONAL AID, whose text is shown above.

Source FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary · checked 2026-08-25

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