Originally Posted by
HoundDog
Help me know Every circling after an approach that I can find in my Approach plates seems to have a a max of 1-1/2 miles and Non as low a 400' AGL most of these are to get to a runway that does not have a working instrument approach to the active runway because of wind ect.
Also there is an APE that made for androiad and IPhones that showsall the airports and their 5 mile radius and their extensions for Instrument approaches and I thought all the location of the Registered AMA fields here on a forum that showed all the places R/C flight would not be permitted above 400'.
There has never been any kind of problem (if only negligible) since so many people not familiar with R/C TOYs started flying because of Fomies and now Stabilized flight systems with GPS and route programing. Again it a matter of Educationg the Ignorant. Now the stupid are Unfix-able, I agree but they are Incarceration-able.
Hi HoundDog.
Take a look at this page which describes the different dimensions of circling area for the 5 categories.
http://www.nbaa.org/ops/airspace/iss...approaches.php
See the VOR 13 approach chart for Nashville which lists different circling minima for each category - these altitudes (501, 521 & 561) are feet above the runway but actual height above ground may be lower during the visual circle - For Category A & B as low as 300 ft and for C & D, 400 ft.
At this airport the MDA is higher from A - D as the circling area encompasses a larger area with higher obstacles (some airports will have the same the circling MDA for all categories - it depends on the surrounding terrain )
