circling to land vs circle to land
 

Hi all

just wondering if this approach is correct .

circle to land - good weather , visual approach , jeppesen chart circle to land published altitudes for doing visual circle to land
circling approach - technique in case of bad weather or strong crosswind to for ex. break out the clouds and continue to other rwy using techniques such a 45 degree 15 second etc. with all those rules to stay within 1,7 NM circle from rwy threshold etc.

Regards

From my experience I opine they are the same thing, ie when converting from a rwy approach to land on another rwy. ILS to circle - after the ILS you are deemed to be ‘circling’. The latter is always completed visually and staying within a specified distance (a function of approach cat) of the landing area.

ok , so let's assume VOR 05 followed by circling to 23 in VFR conditions
should I
- descend to VOR 05 minimum ex.700 ft and at that altitude make a circling to 23 or ,
- descend to circle to land altitude ex. 2200 ft and at that altitude make a circling to 23

Regards



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If it’s VFR conditions arrive at circuit height of 1500 AGL join downwind and and land. No need to descend to the VOR MDA....you’ll only confuse other traffic in the circuit ...