Manchester's Climbs & ILS
 

Hi

Does MAN have named climbs that planes follow when taking off?

Also when capturing the ILS on descent, what geographical part of Manchester does the ILS extend to.

Just interested to know when watching them coming in over Sale, are they close to capturing it there or does it just extend over a straight line over Wythenshawe or Mobberley when coming in that way?

Thanx in advance.

Manchester does indeed have specific departure paths and they're known as Standard Instrument Departures (SIDS). The following link will take you to the AIS site where you can select the appropriate chart.

NATS | AIS - Home

The approach paths to MAN are also well defined routes; known as Standard Approach Routes (STARS). The above link will also lead you to the appropriate STAR.

The ILS approach path, for example, RWY 23R, extends (in a straight line) towards and beyond the Stockport area.

The ILS approach to RWY 05L extends (in a straight line) towards and beyond the Knutsford area.

TCF

Found this with a quick Google

http://www.vatsim-uk.org/regions/nor...ages/ccdep.gif

In short, yes the aircraft do follow named "SID's" (Standard Instrument Departures) and "STAR's (Standard Arrival Routes) which are named after waypoints at the end of or the beginning of the route.

The chart shows erroneously "EGGP" (Liverpool) twice, the right hand of the two near MCT is where Manchester airport is (it should read EGCC). Blue and orange tracks are departures, red are arrivals and green is Liverpool.

The ILS extends out as far as radio waves will allow, although in practice 25 miles is normally the maximum (a quick search on PPRuNe would answer that for you, it's been covered many times) :ok:

Must speed up my typing, TCF beat me to it!