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Sergei.a320
Hello everyone! Can someone provide me any reference. So we're flying usual ILS approach. Arriving via star ,and approaching IAF. For example IAF has to be passed at 5000', IF 2600 and FAF at 1600'. At the moment of approaching IAF, ATC says :"...cleared ILS RW...", Does it mean that we are able to descend as published?? Give me reference please. Thanx.
Do I understand correctly....the STAR routing actually takes you to the IAF of the ILS?
If so, then yes, you would be cleared to descend to the published altitudes on each segment....segments of the STAR of course, because you’ve already been cleared via the STAR (assuming you’ve already been cleared to descend via the STAR) and then the published segments altitudes of the approach.
All this assumes you’re not getting vectors as a transition from the STAR routing to published points or segments on the approach. (In which case you would maintain the last ATC assigned altitude until established on a published segment of the approach.)
Fly safe,
PantLoad