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Old 10th Aug 2015, 10:16
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At my TRACON in northern Europe we don't have Minimum Vectoring Altitudes. We are allowed to use radar vectors which keeps you 3NM from or 1000Žabove obstacles and of course inside controlled airspace. People often mistakenly assume that you cannot vector below the published MSA, but the two things have nothing to do with each other at least not in our case

So in that case assuming you are established on an ils-approach over open water I could "reposition you" as long as your were at or above 1000'. After that it would be the published missed approach procedure.
Like elsewhere a repositioning in place of a missed approach saves paperwork and in our case keeps you clear of the departure sector, thus expediting the traffic flow.

On top of MVA and MSA comes all the various local noise abatement procedures which adds another layer of complexity.

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