Minimum Terrain Clearance Altitude vs MEA

[aterpster]

BOAC:

It looks as if confusion again reigns at ACE with the Jepp charts. The VOR21 approach is designated 'VOR' with no runway.. The arrival terminates at the LZR at 5000' but the procedure begins at the LTE at 5000' with no arrival shown to join the dots apart from the VOR03 procedure. Like the worm says, 5000' to the LTE would be sensible/practical, but if you are cleared BRNAV to the localiser it would be either 5000', ATC clearance or 3500 within 25)

The confusion, if such even exists, is not on the part of Jeppesen. The IAP at issue does not have straight-in minimums, thus it cannot be called the VOR RWY 21. In the U.S. and some other countries it would be called the VOR-A or VOR-B, etc, so it could be coded into RNAV databases. Because the Spanish Government (not Jeppesen) elected to simply call it "VOR" it is probably not in any RNAV database.

Following is a link to the Spanish source chart for this IAP. Please note the title:


http://www.terps.com/gcrr/source.pdf