Relative bearing

Relative bearing is the angle from the aircraft’s nose to a radio station, beacon, or other object, measured clockwise from 000° to 360°. It shows where the station is relative to the current heading, not relative to north. You use it with instruments such as an ADF or RMI and in calculations with heading, QDM, and QDR. To work with it correctly, read it from the instrument and combine it with the aircraft heading, and apply deviation or variation when the task requires it.