Approach Category - A320

[DownloadDog]

What Approach Category is the A320?

Thanks

[Tail-take-off]

Not sure what you mean.

The A320 is a Cat C aircraft ie we use Cat C minima etc.

It is capable of Cat 3B autolands.

[DownloadDog]

Thanks for that - Cat C- was what I was after!

[hvogt]

Maybe this thread (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=265851) will help you.

[Down Three Greens]

For interest....93.5T MTOM A321 (2 ACT) is CAT D...just

[TopBunk]

DTG

Maybe the Max Landing Mass is more relevant?

[Down Three Greens]

Point Taken
....our 93.5 MTOM A321 was Cat D
Can't remember what the MLM was.
Haven't got access to the AFM and can't remember what the Airbus Weight Variant was.

[Dan Winterland]

PANSOPS or TERPS?

For PANSOPS, both the 320 and the 321 are classed as Cat C, even though the 321 just creeps into the D bracket. But in some countries which uses TERPS as an approach standard, the 321 is in Cat D, and the 320 is in Cat D for circling minima.