inner marker

noun

inner marker

noun
1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A type of marker beacon placed to indicate when an aircraft crosses the runway threshold of a Category II or Category III ILS or IGS approach, triggering a continuous visual and aural sequence of rapid-fire Morse code dots from the marker beacon receiver in the cockpit of an aircraft flying over the marker.

Synonyms
IM
Hypernyms
marker beacon
Coordinate terms
fan marker, middle marker, outer marker

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