11,300' at 10nm is not normal.
If you were conducting spin testing, how far away would you recommend going so you would not be spinning through altitudes likely to be used by RPT?
straight in approaches can be done and is done all time
I know, but my memory is that they were not always allowed. I was trying to remember when that changed. I would guess early 2000s, but that seems very recent so my memory may be faulty.