Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
ESV's can be extensive if situations are right and there is a need for procedural control out to such a distance. I did a 40 nm localizer approach some time ago at KIAH.
As I recall, the LAX 25L localizer was one example of this. You would be cleared to intercept it a long way out, but not to follow the GS until FUELR intersection.