Pilot/Controller Glossary
FINAL APPROACH POINT
This reproduces published FAA reference text for study. It does not replace the current official FAA publication or regulation.
The point, applicable only to a nonprecision approach with no depicted FAF (such as an on airport VOR), where the aircraft is established inbound on the final approach course from the procedure turn and where the final approach descent may be commenced. The FAP serves as the FAF and identifies the beginning of the final approach segment.
Retrieved from ecfr.gov on July 18, 2026.