QRO / BJX Gouge

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10-02-2021, 06:20 AM

WhisperJet

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QRO / BJX Gouge

Heading there a lot coming up. Any gouge for QRO or BJX? I notice only VOR into QRO. Are the approaches fairly straightforward? Are the hotels in safe areas? Any other intel is much appreciated.

10-02-2021, 09:20 AM

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Heading there a lot coming up. Any gouge for QRO or BJX? I notice only VOR into QRO. Are the approaches fairly straightforward? Are the hotels in safe areas? Any other intel is much appreciated.

Not a United guy but flew there a ton. They use the VOR approaches with the arc. Slow down early. You'll get lasered at night all the time. And the typical Mexico 250/10000AGL instead of MSL.

10-03-2021, 02:01 AM

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Heading there a lot coming up. Any gouge for QRO or BJX? I notice only VOR into QRO. Are the approaches fairly straightforward? Are the hotels in safe areas? Any other intel is much appreciated.

Everything you need to know is in the WOM, 10-1 and 10-7 pages.

10-03-2021, 07:07 AM

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Heading there a lot coming up. Any gouge for QRO or BJX? I notice only VOR into QRO. Are the approaches fairly straightforward? Are the hotels in safe areas? Any other intel is much appreciated.

Not a UAL guy… yet but QRO is a great overnight. The downtown area is safe and fun. Good restaurants (go to Chucho Roto and get the chammoro (phonetic spelling) you won’t regret it), some cool architecture, and a nice town square feeling with buskers and such. The airport is far from the town (45 mins) which can be a drag.

The approaches are procedural control (no radar) so anticipate the full procedure but there’s no secret sauce.