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30th Aug 2007, 08:33

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bookworm

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Interesting answers, thank you.

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I think the question lacks important factors such as just what is the circling minimums, vis/mda. At 4 miles and 'only' 400 m rvr and BKN012, just what would be seen ...don't know, enough to circle?

The ceiling was originally chosen to attempt to exclude the possibility of a visual approach to 01. And thanks for the safety tips -- strikes me that the biggest real-world challenge is avoiding the stream of VFR arrivals for 01.

But this is solely about legality.

Let me modify the question slightly then:

METAR EXXX 052120Z 00000KT 9999 R01/P1500U R19/0400 BCFG BKN009 15/14 Q1018=

Circling MDH is 600 ft for my category of aircraft. At 1000 ft aal (or the OM, depending on your particular flavour of approach ban) I'm in solid cloud with no visual reference. Can I continue the approach?

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