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Initial approach starting point of an instrument approach
The Initial Approach Fix (IAF) is the point where the initial approach segment of an instrument approach begins. An instrument approach procedure may
Initial_approach_fix
Aircraft landing procedure
(MAP) or upon landing. Missed approach segment: This segment starts at the MAP and ends at a point or fix where the initial or en route segment begins.
Instrument_approach
Topics referred to by the same term
Arab-led Iraqi political coalition Initial approach fix, where the initial approach segment of an instrument approach begins Intangible asset finance, the
IAF
Abbreviation Term Notes IAC instrument approach chart IAF initial approach fix IAN Integrated Approach Navigation IAN approaches provide the functions, indications
List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations
List_of_aviation,_avionics,_aerospace_and_aeronautical_abbreviations
Aviation accident in Virginia
shoot the localizer 30 approach. Due to a plane landing ahead of them, the aircraft entered a hold over the initial approach fix BALES at 4,000 ft. Just
2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash
2004_Hendrick_Motorsports_aircraft_crash
Civil aviation regulations for flight on instruments
routes to fly to arrive at an initial approach fix (IAF) from which an instrument approach commences. An instrument approach terminates either by the pilot
Instrument_flight_rules
Emergency aircraft procedure
simply acknowledge the missed approach call or modify the missed approach instructions, for example, with vectors to another fix. ATC may subsequently clear
Missed_approach
route (ENR): End of ICL, through cruise and descent to first of: initial approach fix (IFR) or 300 m (1000 ft) above runway elevation (VFR). Maneuvering
List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents
List_of_deadliest_aircraft_accidents_and_incidents
Set of arrival waypoints used in aviation
point of the approach to the airport, normally the initial approach fix (IAF). Hence, a STAR connects the en-route phase with the approach phase of the
Standard terminal arrival route
Standard_terminal_arrival_route
1989 aviation accident
Because of high terrain in the area, the approach uses a series of three step-downs from the initial approach fix of 7,500 feet (2,300 m) MSL. The crew began
TAN-SAHSA_Flight_414
New Zealand international rugby union & league player (born 1973)
miles south of Wellington Airport's Runway 34. It is the Initial Approach Fix for most approaches into Runway 34. The exact coordinates are 174° 47' 43.12"
Tana_Umaga
Collusion to secretly predetermine the outcome of a sports match
organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging, hippodroming, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing
Match_fixing
Department store in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
contributions made by Spag and Olive Borgatti to aviation in Worcester. The "Initial Approach Fix", located just south of the store location, has been renamed from
Spag's
Type of securities offering in which a private company goes public
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also
Initial_public_offering
Paradigm of outsourcing
technology (IT) sector, which contrasts with the traditional "break/fix" or '"on demand" approach, where services are rendered and billed only after a technical
Managed_services
Means of calculating position
position of a moving object by using a previously determined position, or fix, and incorporating estimates of speed, heading (or direction or course),
Dead_reckoning
Instrument approach operations
fly this approach. The approach procedure is designed like other instrument approach procedures, except the intercept angle between initial segment and
Simultaneous_approach
hopeful that other Hollywood studios would not try to replicate Marvel's initial approach. Alex Zalben, writing for Total Film, championed the Marvel Spotlight
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series (Marvel Studios)
List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_television_series_(Marvel_Studios)
Theory of software design
is better" produced more successful software than the MIT approach: As long as the initial program is "good enough", it will take much less time and effort
Worse_is_better
2025 Marvel Studios television series
Watson, Fay; Shepherd, Jack (January 26, 2025). "Daredevil: Born Again will fix the showrunner's big issue with the Netflix series: "At its worst, it was
Daredevil:_Born_Again
The 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case arose when the Delhi Police arrested three cricketers, S. Sreeshanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet
2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
2013_Indian_Premier_League_spot-fixing_and_betting_case
management that BPL matches could be fixed using a potential spot-fixing approach by a fellow cricketer. According to Gladiators media manager Minhaz
Match fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League
Match_fixing_in_the_Bangladesh_Premier_League
Association football scandal
to lose a game that Gauld first became involved in match-fixing. In late 1962, Gauld approached Sheffield Wednesday player David Layne, a former team mate
1964 British football match-fixing scandal
1964_British_football_match-fixing_scandal
Path selection method for aircraft
after PFAF (precise final approach fix). lateral TSE values as low as 0.10 NM on any segment of the approach procedure (initial, intermediate, final or
Required navigation performance
Required_navigation_performance
Root-finding algorithm
x fix {\displaystyle x_{\text{fix}}} of g, then x fix = g ( x fix ) = x fix − f ( x fix ) f ′ ( x fix ) {\textstyle x_{\text{fix}}=g(x_{\text{fix
Fixed-point_iteration
1996 aviation accident in Croatia
marked the missed approach point. Further, the board noted that the approach was rushed. The aircraft passed the final approach fix at 80 knots (150 km/h)
1996 Croatia USAF Boeing CT-43 crash
1996_Croatia_USAF_Boeing_CT-43_crash
Free incomplete Windows NT-like operating system
disabled access after a meeting was held to discuss the allegations. When approached by NewsForge, Microsoft declined to comment on the incident. Since ReactOS
ReactOS
Software-development approach where design is perfected before implementation
is much easier to fix a requirements bug in the requirements phase than to fix that same bug in the implementation phase, as to fix a requirements bug
Big_design_up_front
Mixed reality operating system made by Apple
(March 11, 2025). "Apple Releases visionOS 2.3.2 With Streaming Playback Fix". MacRumors. Retrieved March 11, 2025. Clover, Juli (March 31, 2025). "Apple
VisionOS
Interplay between observation, experiment, and theory in science
inquiry does both, the inductive approach usually formulates only a research question, not a hypothesis. Following the initial question instead, a suitable
Scientific_method
US military surveillance aircraft
been used to hunt high-value terrorist targets, taking part in the "Find, Fix, Finish" kill chain. Being based on the rugged PC-12, the U-28 can operate
Pilatus_U-28_Draco
Betting scandal in cricket
forms of the game after he pleaded guilty to have not reported two approaches of fixing. The ban would be effective from the date of his suspension (14 March)
2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal
2017_Pakistan_Super_League_spot-fixing_scandal
Rule that defines a business
time. This inconsistency creates problems that can be difficult to find and fix. Allowing business rules to be documented during the course of business projects
Business_rule
Formulation of quantum mechanics
Feynman path integrals), than the Hamiltonian. Possible downsides of the approach include that unitarity (this is related to conservation of probability;
Path-integral_formulation
Surgery replacing hip joint with prosthetic implant
Over time, bone cells from the patient would grow into these spaces and fix the stem in position. The stem was modified slightly to fit more tightly
Hip_replacement
Person directing aircraft in airspace
airspace when the United DC-8 overflew its cleared fix by 11 miles in low visibility, entering the approach corridor of Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy)
Air_traffic_controller
Formulation to quantize gauge field theories in physics
quantum field theory and string theory. In the BRST approach, one selects a perturbation-friendly gauge fixing procedure for the action principle of a gauge
BRST_quantization
6.9 mi) fix at 1,200 feet (370 m) altitude, 150 knots (280 km/h; 170 mph), in the landing configuration and commence slowing to final approach speed. At
Modern United States Navy carrier air operations
Modern_United_States_Navy_carrier_air_operations
Pointed weapon attached to the end of a firearm
requiring soldiers to wait until the last possible moment before a melee to fix the bayonet. The defeat of forces loyal to William of Orange by Jacobite
Bayonet
Homomorphism from an initial algebra into another algebra
f-algebras newtype Fix f = Iso { invIso :: f (Fix f) } -- gives us the initial algebra for the functor f cata :: Functor f => Algebra f a -> (Fix f -> a) -- catamorphism
Catamorphism
Higher-order function Y for which Y f = f (Y f)
\mathrm {fix} } is a fixed-point combinator and the function f {\displaystyle f} has one or more fixed points, then f i x f {\displaystyle \mathrm {fix} \
Fixed-point_combinator
1974 aviation accident
aligning with the airport, the flight would continue to the airport's final approach fix (FAF), located 5.5 nautical miles from the runway, known as Ross Intersection
Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_212
Aircraft runway landing behavior
nose-down attitude resulting in high sink rate) Rough landing strip Attempts to fix the excessive sink rate in last moments before landing Nose-wheel aircraft[clarification
Bounced_landing
Standard for assessing computer system vulnerabilities
of E:P/RL:U/RC:C A temporary fix from the vendor would reduce the score back to 7.3 (E:P/RL:T/RC:C), while an official fix would reduce it further to 7
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Common_Vulnerability_Scoring_System
American video game developer (2004–2018)
Bruner stepping down, and Pete Hawley, formerly of Zynga, brought in to fix Telltale's problems. Internal restructuring led to a layoff of 25% of the
Telltale_Games
Premier of Ontario since 2018
centre said that the building does not need to be shut down, and offered to fix it. Now-Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton pledged $1 million to help rebuild
Doug_Ford
American film producer from California
Ellison removes Annapurna Pictures from the 'Terminator: Genesis' reboot". HitFix. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014
Megan_Ellison
Class used for injecting methods
object-oriented Flavors system (developed by Howard Cannon), which was an approach to object-orientation used in Lisp Machine Lisp. The name was inspired
Mixin
1985 aviation accident in Spain
before they reached the approach fix point. Since the aircraft had been maintaining 7,000 ft, by the time they reached the approach fix, the crew would have
Iberia_Flight_610
Vector quantization algorithm minimizing the sum of squared deviations
Fayyad's approach performs "consistently" in "the best group" and k-means++ performs "generally well". Demonstration of the standard algorithm 1. k initial "means"
K-means_clustering
2006 Italian association football scandal
perfectly clearly [sic] that no Article 6 violations (match-fixing/attempted match-fixing breaks the sixth article of the sporting code) were found within
Calciopoli
Agricultural technique
plants for rice crops. They host a cyanobacterium (Anabaena azollae) that fixes nitrogen from the atmosphere, and they block light from plants that would
Companion_planting
1967 film by Burt Kennedy
as Mr. Fee, Jimmy's father Dan Ferrone as Bert Albany, Blossom's man Paul Fix as Major Munn C.S.A. Elisha Cook Jr. as Hanson (undertaker) Kalen Liu as
Welcome_to_Hard_Times_(film)
Criminological theory
cohesiveness of the people within. Neighborhoods with a strong sense of cohesion fix broken windows and assert social responsibility on themselves, effectively
Broken_windows_theory
Model for disclosing computer security vulnerabilities
initial triage and validation of incoming reports, and coordinates communication between reporters and the affected organization. Managed approaches are
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure
Coordinated_vulnerability_disclosure
2024 Intel product line
more performance fixes in January". PC Gamer. Retrieved 1 August 2025. Paul Alcorn (18 January 2025). "Intel's Arrow Lake fix doesn't 'fix' overall gaming
Arrow_Lake_(microprocessor)
Electric pickup truck
delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck pickups as it tries to fix production woes". AP News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023
Tesla_Cybertruck
Large language model developed by Google
2025. Peters, Jay (May 19, 2026). "Google Pics is a new app that tries to fix AI image editing". The Verge. Archived from the original on May 19, 2026
Gemini_(language_model)
Partial differential equation describing the evolution of temperature in a region
especially in the context of diffusion through a medium, it is more common to fix a Cartesian coordinate system and then to consider the specific case of a
Heat_equation
2024 American media company merger
Ellison to Be CEO. Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via YouTube. "Ellison's Plan to Fix Paramount Includes Technology Upgrade". Yahoo Finance. July 9, 2024. Retrieved
Merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global
Merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_Paramount_Global
South African mixed martial artist (born 1994)
Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in
Dricus_du_Plessis
1995 studio album by Garbage
In 2017, Manson revealed during an interview with Yahoo! that the song "Fix Me Now" was originally titled "Chris Cornell", because she was obsessed with
Garbage_(album)
Web application that interacts with the user by dynamically rewriting a web page
framework. The framework is updated twice every year. New features and fixes are frequently added in this framework. Ember.js is a client-side JavaScript
Single-page_application
Mathematical branch
{\displaystyle {\mathit {MF}}[f]=\min\{\#\mathrm {Fix} (g)\,|\,g\sim f\},} where ~ indicates homotopy of mappings, and #Fix(g) indicates the number of fixed points
Nielsen_theory
Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026
2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026. "Hungary's new Prime Minister Magyar seeks to fix Poland ties". Deutsche Welle. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026. "EU hails
Péter_Magyar
South Korean memory semiconductor supplier
in mass production due to a low yield rate.[citation needed] Hyundai's approach to manufacturing memory chips as a foundry for foreign firms under OEM
SK_Hynix
British politician (born 1970)
"The Government has a women problem – and its down to the feminist men to fix it". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved
Andy_Burnham
2000 aviation accident in the Persian Gulf
the approach and directed the first officer to report VOR establishment. He called for landing gear extension and flaps 1. At the final approach fix, the
Gulf_Air_Flight_072
Machine learning technique
2023. Douglas Heaven, Will (30 November 2022). "ChatGPT is OpenAI's latest fix for GPT-3. It's slick but still spews nonsense". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved
Reinforcement learning from human feedback
Reinforcement_learning_from_human_feedback
Radio transmitter which emits radio waves in all directions, used as a navigational aid
Albert Francis Hegenberger, was used to fly the world's first instrument approach on May 9, 1932. NDBs used for aviation are standardised by the International
Non-directional_beacon
Technique for the generative modeling of a continuous probability distribution
(since it resulted in "unstable training and poorer sample quality"), but fixing it at some value Σ θ ( x t , t ) = ζ t 2 I {\displaystyle \Sigma _{\theta
Diffusion_model
Computer network architecture proposal
recommended using SNMP as the initial network management protocol for the Internet to later transition to the object-oriented approach of CMIP. SNMP was a step
Recursive Internetwork Architecture
Recursive_Internetwork_Architecture
Computer programming environment
is started in the error context. The user can then inspect the problem, fix it and continue – if possible. If an error occurs in such a debug REPL, another
Read–eval–print_loop
Malicious website exploit where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a trusted user
Ajax & Web Services" (PDF). HITB. Retrieved September 4, 2015. "Security Fix - Weaponizing Web 2.0". Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Dynamic
Cross-site_request_forgery
American businesswoman (born 1963)
Rubenstein Show: Laurene Powell Jobs". Bloomberg. "Can $3.5 billion help fix climate change? Laurene Powell Jobs wants to find out". Los Angeles Times
Laurene_Powell_Jobs
Agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal
was an agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal to fix revenues to be raised from land. It had far-reaching consequences for both
Permanent_Settlement
Set of managerial and production principles
automaker provides cross-functional teams to help suppliers discover and fix problems to become more robust, better suppliers. The final principles embrace
The_Toyota_Way
Detour Deadly Detour S10.E05 6 Dangerous Approach Dangerous Approach Dangerous Approach Dangerous Approach S10.E06 7 Murder in the Skies Crash in the
List_of_Mayday_episodes
American venture capital firm
Confluent, eBay, Elastic, Manus, New Relic, Nextdoor, Red Hat, Snap, Stitch Fix, and Uber. In August 2017, Benchmark filed a lawsuit against Uber co-founder
Benchmark (venture capital firm)
Benchmark_(venture_capital_firm)
1990 aviation accident in New York
while holding at CAMRN in order to ensure arrival at the approach fix with an adequate approach minimum fuel level and a breakdown in communications between
Avianca_Flight_052
Flash memory file system
defragmentation Inline xattrs/data/dir Offline filesystem check (Check and fix inconsistency) Atomic operations Filesystem-level encryption Offline resizing
F2FS
Ongoing armed conflict in Southeast Asia
original on 6 January 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2025. "An illegitimate junta can't fix Myanmar's broken economy". Frontier Myanmar. 15 September 2022. Archived
Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
Myanmar_civil_war_(2021–present)
2021 software security vulnerability
before the vulnerability was published, in Log4j version 2.15.0-rc1. The fix included restricting the servers and protocols that may be used for lookups
Log4Shell
Funding model in the video game industry
and may have access to special materials in the game. The early-access approach is a common way to obtain funding for indie games, and may also be used
Early_access
American medical television drama series
set without the guidance of a script—a first for Ruscio and an uncommon approach in the television industry. She found particularly inspiring the designs
The_Pitt
2025 American television series
pills back, curing him of the hallucinations. Molly undergoes surgery to fix her heart and evidence supplied by Watson enables the DA to initiate proceedings
Watson_(TV_series)
2006 film by Jared Hess
"Jared Hess says he's never been asked about making 'Nacho Libre 2'". HitFix. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2011. Wikiquote
Nacho_Libre
Form of gambling
by missing shots), spot-fixing (a player action is fixed), bad calls from officials at key moments, and overall match-fixing (the overall result of the
Sports_betting
Class of radio navigation systems
and thus reveal their exact location, or "fix". There is a serious practical problem with this approach - in order to measure the time it took for the
Hyperbolic_navigation
College basketball gambling scandal
and had a number of players implicated in point shaving and match fixing. The initial scandal centered on New York City area colleges and universities:
1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal
1951_college_basketball_point-shaving_scandal
Ukrainian boxer (born 1976)
representing Klitschko, suggested that he was a victim of an ongoing fight fixing in Las Vegas (which also included fraudulent medical reports), which was
Wladimir_Klitschko
Type of software test
reviews, "smoke testing is the most cost-effective method for identifying and fixing defects in software". One can perform smoke tests either manually or using
Smoke_testing_(software)
5:00 pm, in retaliation for the city council's incompetence and refusal to fix the poor living conditions at their home. However, after stopping at the
List of Starsky & Hutch episodes
List_of_Starsky_&_Hutch_episodes
Japanese manga series
school's "loud group". He believes that everyone has a problem that he can fix, represented by him "unlocking" them with keys. This draws him to Koyuki
The_Ramparts_of_Ice
Luxury SUV model from Lexus
Consumer Reports said it knew of no actual incidents, it recommended a software fix. The same day, vehicle maker Toyota expressed concern, thanked the magazine
Lexus_GX
General election held in Scotland on 7 May 2026
opportunity to “fix” public services after nearly two decades of SNP government, appealing to the public to give him “five years to fix the SNP’s mess”
2026 Scottish Parliament election
2026_Scottish_Parliament_election
English mixed martial arts fighter and combat sport commentator
England, where he began martial arts training at the age of 5. Hardy's initial education was in taekwondo, and he later began competing at the age of
Dan_Hardy
Season of television series
former law partner Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman: Fisk's right-hand man and fixer Genneya Walton as BB Urich: A journalist for The BB Report and the niece
Daredevil: Born Again season 2
Daredevil:_Born_Again_season_2
Chatbot developed by Google
has another 'woke' AI problem with Gemini — and it's going to be hard to fix". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024. Retrieved
Google_Gemini
Business process improvement technique
effective at what it is intended to do, but that it is "narrowly designed to fix an existing process" and does not help in "coming up with new products or
Six_Sigma
INITIAL APPROACH-FIX
INITIAL APPROACH-FIX
Boy/Male
English
Phonetic name based on initials.
Girl/Female
Tamil
The initial reality
Boy/Male
Biblical
Out of my mouth proceeds reproach.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Joy; Win
Girl/Female
Hebrew, Indian, Spanish
Ann
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Phonetic Name Based on Initials
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Phonetic Name Based on Initials
Boy/Male
English
Phonetic name based on initials.
Girl/Female
Spanish
Grace.
Girl/Female
Hindu
There is no ending. ne-no tal-ending, The forehead
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Phonetic Name Based on Initials; Combination of Initials J and D
Girl/Female
Indian
The initial reality
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
The Sprout; Initial
Biblical
winter; reproach
Boy/Male
Tamil
Difficult to approch
Girl/Female
Indian
A Planets of Jupiter
Boy/Male
American, Australian
From the Initials J C
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Sweet
Boy/Male
Hindu
Difficult to approch
Boy/Male
Biblical
Winter, reproach.
INITIAL APPROACH-FIX
INITIAL APPROACH-FIX
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Part of Lord Shiva; Son of Lord Shiva
Surname or Lastname
English (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire)
English (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) : perhaps a variant of Pemberton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, most probably from a place in Dorset, named from Old English hǣl ‘omen’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’; the reference is presumably to pagan river worship. Two minor places with this name in Devon are probably named as ‘elder-tree spring’, from Old English ellern ‘elder tree’ + well(a). The surname is now found chiefly in the West Midlands. Compare Halliwell.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : variant of Irish Madden.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and northern English
Scottish and northern English : variant spelling of Hale 1.English : variant spelling of Hail.
Girl/Female
French
Untamed.
Male
Russian
(СеваÑÑ‚ÑŒÑн) Russian form of Greek Sebastianos, SEVASTIAN means "from Sebaste," a town in Asia Minor.Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Slave of the benefactor
Girl/Female
Tamil
Handsome woman
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Best of the Era
INITIAL APPROACH-FIX
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v. t.
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
v. t.
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
n.
An approach.
v. i.
See Approach.
v. i. & t.
To approach again or anew.
a.
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
v. t.
To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
imp. & p. p.
of Initial
v.
The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
a.
Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.
n.
Approach.
imp. & p. p.
of Approach
v. t.
To take approaches to.
v. i.
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
n.
One who approaches.
v. t.
To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
a.
Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
v. i.
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Initial
adv.
In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.