{"id":61709,"date":"2017-01-18T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/?p=61709"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:27:49","slug":"glossaryvector-air-charter-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/glossary\/vector-air-charter-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vector is a navigational radar guidance heading that is issued to a private aircraft charter or a commercial airliner by air traffic control (ATC). A vector may be issued to an aircraft for four common reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Departures<\/li>\n<li>Collision avoidances<\/li>\n<li>Approaches<\/li>\n<li>Airspace transitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Departure Vectors<\/h2>\n<p>This occurs when a vector is assigned to an aircraft directly after takeoff or while they\u2019re taxiing on the runway before takeoff. These vectors may provide instructions relating to a specific altitude, time, distance, or landmark.<\/p>\n<h2>Collision Avoidance Vectors<\/h2>\n<p>If two aircrafts are at a risk of flying too closely or possibly colliding, the ATC will need to monitor the airspace and vector each aircraft to safety.<\/p>\n<h2>Approach Vectors<\/h2>\n<p>An approaching private aircraft charter may be issued a vector for landing. These are typically given to shorten or lengthen flight time. They also help ensure the air traffic runs smoothly at the airport.<\/p>\n<h2>Airspace Transition Vectors<\/h2>\n<p>Besides landing and takeoffs, aircrafts sometimes require assistance while traveling through different airport airspaces. Because the airspace surrounding airports can be fairly busy, ATC will sometimes issue transitioning aircrafts a vector to keep them out of high traffic areas. This also reduces the likelihood of collisions and keeps the flow of air traffic running smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vector is a navigational radar guidance heading that is issued to a private aircraft charter or a commercial airliner by air traffic control (ATC).","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402],"tags":[978],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88979,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61709\/revisions\/88979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}