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Old 11th Oct 2015, 21:37
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Originally Posted by 767-300ER
Anyone care to comment on whether their company SOPs have them adjust the non-precision approach FPA to account for cold weather? We have a table to make an adjustment...
There is a very nasty trick with FPA about cold temp on Airbus. The FPA is not geometric, and unfortunately gets affected by cold temp. I do not believe it is anywhere in FCOM. Thus, if you correct the FAF altitude, you need to increase FPA.

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