Mmmm ....
As quoted by Horror Box ...
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It is possible though, and I believe, if I remember correctly from many years ago, uncontrolled, unmanned airfields with NDB approaches in Australia, but these were generally in very sparsely populated areas - ...
Quite true .. BUT ... to use these generally low powered NDB approaches you were expected to be on an IFR flight plan and co-ordinated by an active FIS and required to make appropriate radio calls to other possible traffic.
The fact that the beacons themselves were often practically useless as one often got the 'ident' only as you crossed over the airfield boundary is arguable ... they did sort of help you find the airport over some quite featureless terrain.
At least the ADF needle would point to the nearest thunderstorm (often directly over the airport you were tracking too) so you knew where to avoid going.
Thank God for GPS !!!
