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LCY12345
22nd Jan 2007, 07:41
Can anyone help me draw up a list of airports which have a steep approach similar to that of LCY? (i.e. anything other than 3 degrees)
acebaxter
22nd Jan 2007, 07:43
The localiser into Aspen, but I don't remember the angle.
Groundloop
22nd Jan 2007, 08:16
The localiser into Aspen, but I don't remember the angle.
Don't you mean glideslope. Localiser only provides horizontal guidance, not vertical.
svenny
22nd Jan 2007, 08:34
Exeter R/W 26 is 3.5 degrees
Chambery is 4.5 degrees :eek:
birdstrike
22nd Jan 2007, 09:27
Marseille 31R is 4 degrees.
Wellington Bomber
22nd Jan 2007, 09:44
Leeds Bradford R/W 14 is 3.5 degrees
lgw bean flicker
22nd Jan 2007, 11:56
INN 26 is 3.8deg
AlanM
22nd Jan 2007, 13:32
I also thinks he means like 5.5 degrees.... as per LCY
Superpilot
22nd Jan 2007, 14:33
This was brought up a while back....
Runways with a glide slope angle greater than 3 degrees (http://www.pcpages.com/njanjua/gs_angles.htm)
Source: Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
AlanM
22nd Jan 2007, 15:48
Good link mate, although it says LCY is 4.99 degrees which is wrong.
Zeffy
22nd Jan 2007, 16:03
Van Nuys, California has a 3.9 degree glideslope.
http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0701/00552I16R.PDF
Also, FAA AC 25-7A section 233 implies that GS angles up to and including 4.5 degrees are "normal" operations -- i.e., the AC's approval criteria apply to angles greater than 4.5-degrees.
In trim
23rd Jan 2007, 05:10
Sion (SIR) in Switzerland is always good for a laugh!!
acebaxter
23rd Jan 2007, 07:45
Don't you mean glideslope. Localiser only provides horizontal guidance, not vertical.
Nope, no glideslope into Aspen, vor or localiser. Another airline had a GPS approach in there but we never used it so I'm not sure how it worked.
Not having a glideslope doesn't change the approach angle you have to fly. You just have to manage it on your own. Lot's of fun in a mountainous area. One way or another you have to get from 14,000 feet at the top of the approach down to about 9000 feet at the missed approach point. A glideslope would have been nice, but I don't think they had the terrain clearance to legally do it.
Vapor
23rd Jan 2007, 08:22
Lugano??? Perhaps.
Right Way Up
23rd Jan 2007, 10:59
I have a recollection of Bodrum having a 6 degree descent on a VOR approach, but I believe it may have been withdrawn.
Skegness (SKG) has a very steep approach (RW34?), about 3.8 in think.
Dash-7 lover
26th Jan 2007, 22:46
When LCY first opened it was 7.5 ILS and PAPIS and PLH had the only other 7.5 degree ILS for training.
Chesty Morgan
26th Jan 2007, 23:25
Chambery is 4.46. Technically not a steep approach. Sion is 6.5 I think.