Circle to land @ NZQN
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According to the regulation, we must go around if we lose visual contact with the runway during circling. However, when we circle to land at Queenstown, anyway we will lost visual contact with the airfield because of the terrain. How may we carry out the circling then?
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just like everything else about Queenstown it has its own special case. It’s not actually a circling maneuver, it’s discontinuing the approach and continuing with visual reference ..anyhow, it doesn’t state you must have visual contact with the runway on a circling maneuver, just the runway environment. That’s loose enough to keep lawyers in pay for years if you ever had to argue it in court. I’ve flown the figure of eight a few times in my life and if you stretch your neck you can usually see some part of frankton most of the time
just like everything else about Queenstown it has its own special case. It’s not actually a circling maneuver, it’s discontinuing the approach and continuing with visual reference ..anyhow, it doesn’t state you must have visual contact with the runway on a circling maneuver, just the runway environment. That’s loose enough to keep lawyers in pay for years if you ever had to argue it in court. I’ve flown the figure of eight a few times in my life and if you stretch your neck you can usually see some part of frankton most of the time
Hamilton Island in Queensland is another. Circling off the RW32 VOR for RW14 you fly around the back of Dent Island. You lose sight of the runway but Dent island is considered ' a feature identifiable with the threshold of the runway' or words to that effect.
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just like everything else about Queenstown it has its own special case. It’s not actually a circling maneuver, it’s discontinuing the approach and continuing with visual reference ..anyhow, it doesn’t state you must have visual contact with the runway on a circling maneuver, just the runway environment. That’s loose enough to keep lawyers in pay for years if you ever had to argue it in court. I’ve flown the figure of eight a few times in my life and if you stretch your neck you can usually see some part of frankton most of the time
just like everything else about Queenstown it has its own special case. It’s not actually a circling maneuver, it’s discontinuing the approach and continuing with visual reference ..anyhow, it doesn’t state you must have visual contact with the runway on a circling maneuver, just the runway environment. That’s loose enough to keep lawyers in pay for years if you ever had to argue it in court. I’ve flown the figure of eight a few times in my life and if you stretch your neck you can usually see some part of frankton most of the time
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Thank you George. Is their any airport reference or official documents that can approve us to divate from the regulation to continue approach if we can not see the runway during circling at those airports?
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And to make the matter even more confusing; if during a visual figure-8 circling at NZQN you receive a EGPWS 'pull up', Virgin Australia (and Boeing) allow you to disregard this warning, and continue the manoeuvre, while AirNZ is a compulsory go around. Confused as to what is the safest thing to do? I am.
chx230, I don't live in unzud, I don't even know where QT is, but looking at the RNAV F and H, the "circling" minima is actually shown as a "visual circuit" minima. It is not visual circling in the AIP sense of the phrase. The vis minimum for this "circling" is 5km, which means that you can conduct it in VMC; you therefore do not need to keep the runway in sight while doing your wiffodil.
You may get tangled up with your AIP's definition of VMC (Class C? Class D?, Special VFR?, altitude?) WRT vertical distance from cloud, which may or may not upset the applecart, but to my eye it not a true "circling approach".
You may get tangled up with your AIP's definition of VMC (Class C? Class D?, Special VFR?, altitude?) WRT vertical distance from cloud, which may or may not upset the applecart, but to my eye it not a true "circling approach".
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chx230, I don't live in unzud, I don't even know where QT is, but looking at the RNAV F and H, the "circling" minima is actually shown as a "visual circuit" minima. It is not visual circling in the AIP sense of the phrase. The vis minimum for this "circling" is 5km, which means that you can conduct it in VMC; you therefore do not need to keep the runway in sight while doing your wiffodil.
You may get tangled up with your AIP's definition of VMC (Class C? Class D?, Special VFR?, altitude?) WRT vertical distance from cloud, which may or may not upset the applecart, but to my eye it not a true "circling approach".
You may get tangled up with your AIP's definition of VMC (Class C? Class D?, Special VFR?, altitude?) WRT vertical distance from cloud, which may or may not upset the applecart, but to my eye it not a true "circling approach".
But NZQN is different. They put “circle to land” there. And during circling, we can not keep enough distance to the cloud as VFR require to. But as an IFR circling, we should go around if we can not see the runway. Confusing....
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"Circle to land" is not mentioned anywhere on the RNAV F or H, they say "VISUAL CIRCUIT". This is NOT Visual Circling. ATC may well clear you Special VFR, or waive the vertical distance from cloud. Ask them.
chx230, don’t get hung up on the phrase “circle to land”. The NZ AIP chart does not say “circle to land”, it says “visual circuit”. You may be looking at the Jeppesen chart which does say “circle to land” but Jeppesen just republish information in their own format and may unintentionally introduce minor differences from the source material.
1.2 Significant Differences from ICAO Doc 8168 — PANS-OPS Non-Standard Approach Procedures
1.2.1 At a limited number of locations in New Zealand, the terrain or existing NAVAID infrastructure necessitated promulgation of instrument approach procedures which are primarily designed to enable the flight crew to establish the visual references necessary to continue on a visual approach, or to proceed to the aerodrome of landing under VFR, as applicable.
1.2.2 Although the minima for these approaches are annotated on AIP charts as “circling”, these approaches do not utilise the standard circling areas or standard circling manoeuvring. These approaches are distinguished from standard PANS-OPS circling approaches by a note below the landing minima box on the approach chart stating the intent.
These approaches are:
D O Great Barrier (NZGB): NDB A, RNAV (GNSS) B
O Queenstown (NZQN): VOR/DME B, VOR/DME C, RNAV (GNSS) F, RNAV (GNSS) G
1.2.1 At a limited number of locations in New Zealand, the terrain or existing NAVAID infrastructure necessitated promulgation of instrument approach procedures which are primarily designed to enable the flight crew to establish the visual references necessary to continue on a visual approach, or to proceed to the aerodrome of landing under VFR, as applicable.
1.2.2 Although the minima for these approaches are annotated on AIP charts as “circling”, these approaches do not utilise the standard circling areas or standard circling manoeuvring. These approaches are distinguished from standard PANS-OPS circling approaches by a note below the landing minima box on the approach chart stating the intent.
These approaches are:
D O Great Barrier (NZGB): NDB A, RNAV (GNSS) B
O Queenstown (NZQN): VOR/DME B, VOR/DME C, RNAV (GNSS) F, RNAV (GNSS) G
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1.2 Significant Differences from ICAO Doc 8168 — PANS-OPS Non-Standard Approach Procedures
1.2.1 At a limited number of locations in New Zealand, the terrain or existing NAVAID infrastructure necessitated promulgation of instrument approach procedures which are primarily designed to enable the flight crew to establish the visual references necessary to continue on a visual approach, or to proceed to the aerodrome of landing under VFR, as applicable.
1.2.2 Although the minima for these approaches are annotated on AIP charts as “circling”, these approaches do not utilise the standard circling areas or standard circling manoeuvring. These approaches are distinguished from standard PANS-OPS circling approaches by a note below the landing minima box on the approach chart stating the intent.
These approaches are:
D O Great Barrier (NZGB): NDB A, RNAV (GNSS) B
O Queenstown (NZQN): VOR/DME B, VOR/DME C, RNAV (GNSS) F, RNAV (GNSS) G
1.2.1 At a limited number of locations in New Zealand, the terrain or existing NAVAID infrastructure necessitated promulgation of instrument approach procedures which are primarily designed to enable the flight crew to establish the visual references necessary to continue on a visual approach, or to proceed to the aerodrome of landing under VFR, as applicable.
1.2.2 Although the minima for these approaches are annotated on AIP charts as “circling”, these approaches do not utilise the standard circling areas or standard circling manoeuvring. These approaches are distinguished from standard PANS-OPS circling approaches by a note below the landing minima box on the approach chart stating the intent.
These approaches are:
D O Great Barrier (NZGB): NDB A, RNAV (GNSS) B
O Queenstown (NZQN): VOR/DME B, VOR/DME C, RNAV (GNSS) F, RNAV (GNSS) G
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