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Old 3rd Jan 2014, 05:17
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You'll notice there is a requirement to remain within 10 miles of LAKAN intersection. Two hundred feet per minute could, in theory, get you killed.

From the FAA Instrument Procedure Handbook:

For short runways, arriving at the MDA at the MAP when the MAP is located at the threshold may require a missed approach for some airplanes. For nonprecision approaches a descent rate should be used that will ensure that the airplane reaches the MDA at a distance from the threshold that will allow landing in the touch- down zone. On many IAPs this distance will be anno- tated by a VDP. To determine the required rate of descent, subtract the TDZE from the FAF altitude and divide this by the time inbound. For example if the FAF altitude is 2,000 feet MSL, the TDZE is 400 feet MSL and the time inbound is two minutes, an 800 FPM rate of descent should be used. To verify the airplane is on an approximate 3°glide- path, use a calculation of “300-foot-to 1 NM.” The glidepath height above TDZE is calculated by multi- plying the NM distance from the threshold by 300. For example, at 10 NM the aircraft should be 3,000 feet above the TDZE, at 5 NM 1,500 feet, at 2 NM 600 feet, at 1.5 NM 450 feet, etc., until a safe landing can be made. In the above example the aircraft should arrive at the MDA (800 feet MSL) approximately 1.3 NM from the threshold and in a position to land in the touchdown zone.
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