pilotage

noun3

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
2. •
   The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel.
3. •
   The occupation of a pilot.