autolanding

noun — 2 senses

autolanding

noun

Etymology From auto- + landing.

1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.

2

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The process and procedure of autolanding, the action of to autoland.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.