Danger lurks in circling approaches
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
Any NOTAMS applicable? What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability). The rule of thumb is VSI = ½ groundspeed times 10.
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