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Old 9th Oct 2017, 10:43
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Tu.114
 
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If you want to avoid the NDB09 and have sufficient weather, there´s another good option at SBZ.

A visual approach is normally gladly cleared by the approachers. The runway is usually very nicely visible already from far: a long grey stripe west of the city, right south of a light industrial area with several halls and large grain silos. I personally like to fly a bit north of the mountain range, turn into a sort of base between the points named SOF1 and SOF2 on the shown chart and then end up nicely established at about 6 to 7 miles. You will find the runway 09 sloping down noticeably and there is also steeply rising terrain just in front of the threshold (the airport is situated on a little plateau). The optics on the approach are a bit unusual consequently, and also the radar altimeter overreads by about 100 feet due to this. Also, there may be a little bit of turbulence on short final in moderate wind conditions.

Or, wind permitting, radar vectors for an ILS 27 are available at SBZ as well. They will usually guide you in from the north, do consider keeping the speed low on the right base so you do not overshoot the localizer to the south.
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