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Old 21st Dec 2016, 18:20
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Broken Biscuits
 
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VOR/DME approaches promulgated

I see that ATNS South Africa, the AIP provider for St Helena, now has a VOR/DME approach for both Runway 20 and Runway 02. Since the airport opened, these approach plates have been "deliberately blank".

As you might expect, the missed approach point is about 300 feet higher than the LOC/DME approach for Runway 20.

There's the the comment "If CDI exceeds 1/2 FSD on {final approach heading} between IF and MAPt immediately follow missed approach procedure." That implies to me there's not a lot of confidence in the performance of the VOR - perhaps due to things like aircraft on the apron and terrain reflections affecting the signal?

There's just the matter of getting ASSI to approve the Honeywell GBAS satellite augmentation service, then all the expensive navaids bought by DFID will be available.
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