What does CAT Mean?

[anon97430445]

What does CAT Mean? Like what does it mean when they say CAT 1 approach? what do the different CATs mean?

[Andre_S]

Check this out:

Difference between CAT 1, 2, 3

All numbers in meters: [image] For a cat IIIB, after passing the approach ban, which is normally 1000 feet you can even land with 0 meters visibility as there is no minimum. Interesting fact: imagine flying a cat IIIa approach with a DH of 50 feet; when you reach minimum and you don’t see have the necessary visual references you need to do a go-around but you might still touch down on the runway due to the momentum the airplane has. This does NOT mean you can cancel the go around and continu…

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