pilotage

Noun

pilotage (countable and uncountable, plural pilotages)

1. The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination.
   • "It will not be light this half hour, and I will answer for his safe pilotage while dark; but if the day once break, the fishermen will be abroad, and there will not be a chance of escape."1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 35

   Synonyms:

   pilotry, piloting

2. The occupation of a pilot.
   • Near-synonym: (aviation pilot) flying

   Synonyms:

   piloting, flying

3. The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel.