How to Read an IFR Approach Chart
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
The descent profile. This perspective makes the descent path easier to understand. Non-precision approaches (such as a localizer, VOR, LNAV, or NDB) use a Maltese cross for the FAF. At this point you should start descending to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA). That V represents the Visual Descent Point or VDP.
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