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Old 22nd May 2013, 11:57
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@FlightPathOBN: As you can see, the chart is for ILS or LOC.

The ILS has a DA/DH. The LOC has a MAPt and an MDA. There is nothing counterintuitive about this.

Most operators are required to fly CDFA these days, so a strip with DME-Distance and altitudes is produced for reference. This would result in going around at the MAPt from 990', which is correct for a 3 degree glide to the runway.

If you are not required to fly CDFA, you may very well use non-CDFA ("Dive and Drive"), and descend to 970' once inside D4.0.

The fact that MAPts do not always coincide with MDAs for CDFA-type approaches is well known. Mostly it's by a significantly bigger amount than in this example.

Ahhh....these 3rd World Country charts....
Some might find that to be quite offensive.
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