approach pattern

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noun

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
- they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
• Syn:
traffic pattern, pattern
• Derivationally related forms:
pattern (for: pattern)
• Hypernyms:
path, route, itinerary
• Part Meronyms:
approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope