(Updated in November 2022 due to revisions of part-NCO effective October 30, 2022.) With GPS it is easy to add an instrument approach to virtually any runway. (At least as long as the obstacle situation is reasonable). Still, we have not – at least not in Sweden – seen any such approaches to airports that … Continue reading “Do-it-yourself instrument approaches”
Month: May 2020
Add-on to the DA of a CDFA?
(Updated to reflect new EASA regulations in force from August 2022.) When a 2D instrument approach procedure (a procedure without glidepath guidance, previously known as a “non-precision” approach or NPA) is flown using the recommended Continuous Descent Final Approach (CDFA) technique a decision altitude/height (DA/H) is used. Just as with 3D approaches the pilot decides … Continue reading “Add-on to the DA of a CDFA?”