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Old 03-12-2010, 07:01 PM
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TonyC
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Here's another interesting case study.If you look at that approach, you'll see minimums for the straight-in ILS (S-ILS), the straight-in Localizer (S-LOC), and for circling. What you won't see on that approach plate are minimums for a Side-Step to Runway 7R.

Being unfamiliar with the airfield, we might assume that Runways 7L and 7R are more than 1,200 feet apart, and therefore not eligible for this cool Side-Step maneuver. And, we'd be wrong. How do we know we're wrong? Well, it's because there ARE Side-Step minimums for the Ted Stevens Anchorage Intl (ANC) ILS or LOC/DME RWY 7R. The SIDESTEP RWY 7L minimums are higher than the straight-in Localizer minimums, but lower than the circling minimums.

Based on the information available on those approach plates, then, I would deduce that it is permissible to fly the ILS RWY 07R Side-Step 07L, but it is not permissable to fly the ILS RWY 07L Side-Step 07R.






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