Originally Posted by
Milk Man
Assuming you are flying into Class Bravo airspace like IAH, you are cleared for the visual approach. What is the proper procedure for flying a visual into a busy airport. Would you A) back it up with the ILS and use the FAF altitude or B) fly traffic pattern altitude conservatively, not too far from airport
Now you go-around, what do you fly the missed approach procedure from the ILS or the traffic pattern altitude. And keep in mind lost comms situation. IAH has reported left pattern in A/FD. They do clear you for visual even on marginal VFR days, so even the ILS missed may put you back in the weather.
Im getting mixed opinions on this and I havent really found anything concrete. Thanks
1. Throw yourself at the runway really fast and try to miss at the last second.
2. Backup with ILS is a good idea in general esp with an airport that has multiple parallel runways. Sometimes in the haze people want to line up on the wrong one.
3. If you're visual then you go missed visual. Usually even if you have a published missed, when shooting an actual approach, at a busy airport as soon as you tell them "going missed" they will probably assign you a heading but always be prepared.
There's a link here of when the Chautauqua ERJ got stuck in the grass at JFK. Listen to it and you'll hear the controller telling everyone to go missed and giving them all vectors because they were cleared for the visual.
**On a side note when you check in with approach they tell you which runway to expect. You brief that approach and,
correct me if I'm wrong, but if they say "Turn heading 150 intercept the LOC for runway 12 mainting 3.5k at or above XXX clear for the visual" they are still able to give you the published missed because you accepted the clearance to take the LOC which means you are prepped and ready for the published missed.