Old 01-24-2011 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by AKASHA
The facility designated on a BUR approach plate (SoCal App) is different from the facility designated on a PMD approach plate (Joshua App). Therefore, the source of altimeter information would also be different.

Absent an altimeter setting on the field, an Eligible on Demand Operator landing BUR would use an altimeter setting given by SoCal Approach, and landing PMD would use an altimeter setting given by Joshua Approach.

In no case would one use a SoCal altimeter landing PMD. In fact, at least one PMD chart directs you to use Lancaster altimeter in the event PMD altimeter is not available. The BUR/PMD example is misleading.
Nobody who knows the area would ever do that! The point was that airport proximity does not always correlate to similar altimeter settings.

But my original answer stands, the OP did not say anything about being 135, so I answered the question in general part 91 terms. I'm sure we can find an exception to every rule in the book if we look through enough OPSPECs
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