1.2 Significant Differences from ICAO Doc 8168 — PANS-OPS Non-Standard Approach Procedures
1.2.1 At a limited number of locations in New Zealand, the terrain or existing NAVAID infrastructure necessitated promulgation of instrument approach procedures which are primarily designed to enable the flight crew to establish the visual references necessary to continue on a visual approach, or to proceed to the aerodrome of landing under VFR, as applicable.
1.2.2 Although the minima for these approaches are annotated on AIP charts as “circling”, these approaches do not utilise the standard circling areas or standard circling manoeuvring. These approaches are distinguished from standard PANS-OPS circling approaches by a note below the landing minima box on the approach chart stating the intent.
These approaches are:
D O Great Barrier (NZGB): NDB A, RNAV (GNSS) B
O Queenstown (NZQN): VOR/DME B, VOR/DME C, RNAV (GNSS) F, RNAV (GNSS) G