Aviation Dictionary

Flight visibility

Means the average forward horizontal distance, from the cockpit of an aircraft in flight, at which prominent unlighted objects may be seen and identified by day and prominent lighted objects may be seen and identified b...

Dictionary Term

Flight visibility

Definitions

Means the average forward horizontal distance, from the cockpit of an aircraft in flight, at which prominent unlighted objects may be seen and identified by day and prominent lighted objects may be seen and identified by night.
(See VISIBILITY.)

References

14 C.F.R. Part 1, Federal Aviation Administration, 2026
Pilot Controller Glossary, Federal Aviation Administration, 2023