Originally Posted by
Downwind_Left
Approach lighting actually becomes less important with low viz approaches. For a Cat III approach the approach lighting being u/s has no effect on your minima because you’ll never actually see it if landing in actual minimums.
Another significant issue for low viz ops at EGNS, is on RWY08 the ILS is offset from the runway by 4 degrees. So when you pop out of cloud you’re not actually pointing at the runway. The aircraft needs to be visually manoeuvred to line up with the runway. The higher minimas for that runway reflect that.
you’re right approach lighting is less of an issue with CAT III approaches but it is very much the determining factor for the islenof man and their non standard cat I approach. The approach lighting is the most important factor for a CAT I as it’s a manual landing. CAT III is a different beast as it’s a mandatory auto land which is why it becomes less of an issue.
the isle of man is no where near CAT III and the aircraft that mainly use it are hot cat III capable.
if there was a way to get CAT II that would help more than anything else.
I’ve spent enough time at Kelly to have worked these things out …