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Old 22nd June 2001 | 11:36
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I'm not sure it does make sense, paraman!

The Sumburgh approach, labelled 'NDB to ILS/DME Rwy 27' uses the SBH NDB as an IAF and has a teardrop pattern to the localiser. It has optional DME arcs for 'direct arrivals'.

Cambridge has an 'ILS/DME Rwy 23' approach which uses the CAM NDB as an IAF and has a teardrop pattern to the localiser. It has optional DME arcs for 'direct arrivals'.

I can't detect a material difference in the nature of the procedures, yet one has a 'NDB to' in the title, and the other does not.