Toughest Approaches

[Offwidth]

Any comparisons between Alaska and Colorado out there?

 

[QCappy]

A couple I have done at Horizon:

A six, yes six degree glideslope MLS approach into Sun Valley, ID. The Approach is commenced at 15,000, fully configured prior to glideslope intercept at 15,000.

A 4.5 degree MLS approach into Wenatchee, WA. Not particularly difficult, although, if you go missed you must quickly switch to navigate off of the VOR. Then make a 180 and exit the way you came all while inside a deep valley with steep hills on all sides....better be on speed!

 

[satpak77]

try the VOR/DME into Tegucigalpa, MHTG

 

[smfav8r]

Quito Equador is fun, the approach isn't too bad, but the missed can be very hairy trying to miss the mountains.

 

[fokkers&beer]

LDA-2 in Juneau AK, down to mins, of course.

 

[paulsalem]

A couple I have done at Horizon:

A six, yes six degree glideslope MLS approach into Sun Valley, ID. The Approach is commenced at 15,000, fully configured prior to glideslope intercept at 15,000.

A 4.5 degree MLS approach into Wenatchee, WA. Not particularly difficult, although, if you go missed you must quickly switch to navigate off of the VOR. Then make a 180 and exit the way you came all while inside a deep valley with steep hills on all sides....better be on speed!

You guys fly MLS? as in microvable?

 

[unwashed]

Yes we do, a few of them.

 

[paulsalem]

I honestly thought that those were pretty much only millitary.

I guess I'll quit complaining about the MLS questions on the ATP written then.

 

[Brasgaucho]

Lda-2 (jnu)
Lda/dme-d (psg)
Gps-e (dut)

 

[CaptainMark]

a 600 600 600 cat3 into sacramento...actually taxiing was the hard part...

 

[thunderworm]

glad to see fokkers&beer still kicken it. jnu definetly but what about ktn swithching from loc to ndb to vor that is the willy nilly for those horizion guys. just playing i like the rides you give us.

 

[Offwidth]

Yeah, LDA 2 in JNU and Kodiak get my votes. Don't know what that guy from Colorado was yapping about the other day...

 

[unwashed]

any approach into butte montana. DH is about 990, 10000 foot mountains on the east side.
The RNAV or NDB into KSUN are fun.

 

[bell47]

VFR, overgrossed Airtractor 301, with blown cylinder, oil on the windshield, oil temp rising, oil press and airspeed dropping, back to to wet, grass 1800 ft strip. with a left quarting tailwind of about 8 knots. Been there done that, yup it sucked!

 

[CrewDawg]

VFR, overgrossed Airtractor 301, with blown cylinder, oil on the windshield, oil temp rising, oil press and airspeed dropping, back to to wet, grass 1800 ft strip. with a left quarting tailwind of about 8 knots. Been there done that, yup it sucked!

I think we have a winner!!!

 

[fokkers&beer]

Shot the approach into Quito, Ecuador yesterday, the missed is pretty tricky. The thing about Quito is it sits at 9,000' MSL and theres a hill that requires a turn 2 miles from the airport. The high altitude does take a little away from the performance also. The terrain down there looks fairly similar to JNU however, I think the JNU approach is worse, and if you continue with only lights in sight the missed is scarier.

 

[greasy8driver]

I've done Quito several times. If the wx is bad it can be interesting expecially if your a/c doesn't like to stop.

But I think LaPaz in bad wx or Valencia Venenzuela ndb appr. in the middle of the night is worse.

my 2 cents

 

[kilroy]

try the VOR/DME into Tegucigalpa, MHTG

Been there done that one day I did 4 approaches(Full approaches 10 turns in the hold) before getting in. The locals were landing all around me but I couldn't see sh!t