thats a big negative in the crj at pinnacle. if you do not have 1000ft ceiling you CAN NOT CIRCLE TO LAND IN THE CRJ. even with 10 miles visibility. i know it sounds crazy but vis and ceiling are controlling for circle to land approaches for us.

like i said that is in OUR opspecs. maybe some other carriers allow different. but as far as i know that is an faa limitation on circle to land approaches in the crj. you must have Visibility and you must have Ceiling to even begin an approach if the are announcing circle to land approaches. and like rickair said, i am not sure i would want to take the rj to 700 ft and circle around to another runway while trying to maintain within 3 miles of the airport to keep it in sight,, things could get pretty hairy, pretty quick.

more often than you would think. especially at smaller airports that have 1 ils to a runway, but the winds really favor another. so you would shoot the ils till you had the field and then just circle around to the other side.