Vectors to the ILS
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Vectors to the ILS
Hello all,
I hope you can offer me some help on this. On a vectored ILS approach, what are the legal requirements that should be satisifed by the controller?
I think I remember reading something during the ATPL exams about a requirement for at least 1nm on a closing heading for localiser capture, and then 2nm required before capture of the G/s.
If anyone is able to provide me with a reference for the point, I'd be very grateful.
Off to look at CAP 393. Thanks for your help,
LF
I hope you can offer me some help on this. On a vectored ILS approach, what are the legal requirements that should be satisifed by the controller?
I think I remember reading something during the ATPL exams about a requirement for at least 1nm on a closing heading for localiser capture, and then 2nm required before capture of the G/s.
If anyone is able to provide me with a reference for the point, I'd be very grateful.
Off to look at CAP 393. Thanks for your help,
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hi there, from ATC Side, (apart from having navaids such as ILS Consisting of Localiser & G/S & if any DME), normally from ATC side, we Vector a/c on a closing Heading of 30' degrees from rwy centreline, if its rwy 36, 360' degrees + or - 30 degrees, to capture Localiser, in some cases the 30' degrees capture can go as high as 45' degrees, but ll this depends on Local ATC Instructions. Now to Capture the G/S, it is normally a 3' degree glide, so 1nm for every 300ft. So to conclude, if at 1500ft amsl, u need 5nm + 2nm (=7nm) extra for the a/c to continue on the ILS.
hope this is enough for you to understand.
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hope this is enough for you to understand.
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Originally Posted by Turn It Off
Its also a legal requirment for a/c to establish on Final Approach Track (localiser) at no less than 5 NM.
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Its also a legal requirment for a/c to establish on Final Approach Track (localiser) at no less than 5 NM.
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Originally Posted by Turn It Off
Its also a legal requirement for a/c to establish on Final Approach Track (localiser) at no less than 5 NM.
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Never heard of that one before either, have just checked MAT 1 and 2 can't find any reference to 5 miles
I believe it is changing with Amendment 68 to be established by 5 miles.
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The latest full edition I was given by CD ROM from NATS was edition 64, no such mention in that, just gone through the amendments and see it being changed from Edition 68 which changes at the end of this month.
In the good old days when we all got paper copy amendments it was so much easier to see any changes to procedures, incidentally the CD ROM was issued to us this month, pity that didn't have the very latest MATS part 1 amendment on it.
In the good old days when we all got paper copy amendments it was so much easier to see any changes to procedures, incidentally the CD ROM was issued to us this month, pity that didn't have the very latest MATS part 1 amendment on it.
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For which country are you guys/gals speaking? I've been vectored many times on to an ILS where I intercept the GS and localiser at about the same point (south africa). Happy to do it especially when ATC is squeezing me in
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I cant remember where, or even how, but I read it somewhere. Maybe CAP709 when I did some work on that
It might be more specific to Precision approach aids, coz my SRAs are lucky to be on F.A.T. at termination range.
Just reread the above bits abouts Mats 1 - I thought I hadn't gone mad - Yet!!
It might be more specific to Precision approach aids, coz my SRAs are lucky to be on F.A.T. at termination range.
Just reread the above bits abouts Mats 1 - I thought I hadn't gone mad - Yet!!