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Old 27th January 2006 | 11:33
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maksim
 
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I believe many pilots somtime felt uncomfortably at Karachi after vectoring and having establish visual contact with 07L/07R and sudenly realized that they could see only one runway but not two parallel. Just have a look a little farther and to the left and you'll see a big hangar of PIA and two runways of KHI. A helpful means is to set on VHF NAV frequency of ILS 25R/25L and set course 254 although there is no back beam approach on the charts so it may not be used as a primary reference. If your A/C has an FMS/GPS set OPKC on it as it is ARP and located on 25R/07L. Unfortunately, radar vectors of approach not always precise and on time , especialy i like their message:
" ABC 123, check weels down and lock, wind 070/10, cleared to land, contact Tower 128,3 "
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