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 didn’t already have an instrument approach. Some GPS approaches to airports without previous … Continue reading “Do-it-yourself instrument approaches”
Month: May 2020
Add-on to the DA of a CDFA?
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 at this altitude/height whether to continue with a landing or go … Continue reading “Add-on to the DA of a CDFA?”