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Old 14th Jun 2012, 10:14
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Indeed - or, for a more "terrain challenged" airport, what would you do if you were circling, and lost visual contact?

You begin to climb, and turn towards the runway (because you know there is no terrain between where you are circling and the runway), and pick up the missed approach procedure. (2.5% climb gradient as standard.)

So, for a take-off, you can get airborne turn back to the runway, don't enter cloud until above the circling minima, and then pick up the most useful missed approach up to the MSA/LSALT before then departing on track ...
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