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continuous descent operations
- Definição1
- An operation, enabled by airspace design, procedure design and ATC facilitation, in which an arriving aircraft descends continuously, to the greatest possible extent, by employing minimum engine thrust, ideally in a low drag configuration, prior to the final approach fix /final approach point.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Continuous descent operations (CDO) manual. Montreal, 2010. (Doc. 9931)
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: CDO.
- Subárea
- Airspace Control
- Français
- opérations en descente continue