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Old 10th Nov 2016, 13:45
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You have misunderstood the circling requirement. I am reproducing what I stated before:
a circling approach will be specified in those cases where terrain or
other constraints cause the final approach track alignment or descent gradient to fall outside the criteria for a straight-in approach– ICAO Doc 8168 (PANS-OPS), Vol I,
The approach you quote requires circling because of the descent gradient although the runway is straight ahead. Normally the circling approaches are designed to land on the opposite RW due to inability to design Instrument approach for the landing RW.
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