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If I'm not wrong, autopilot can follow set route also and if the airport supports it, it can land autonomously too. Tesla's use of the term is highly misleading.

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No, but granted we're getting into semantics. Feature 1 you describe is provided by the Flight Management System[0], and feature 2 is provided through Autoland[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_management_system [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland

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