G Farris wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Are we talking about the LAST page of the pdf document VOR/DME RWY 14?

Nothing I can see on the document indicates that the course reversal is
visual. I'm guessing it might be because we cross the field outbound, and even
though it's a sea-level airport, you don't have to go too far out before you
start getting into terrain issues - plus of course the fact that we are below
the PAPI glideslope.

Though it's not shown on this plate, the 334° course takes us directly over
the NDB located on field at the Decimomannu air force base, 8nm out. Maybe
flying over that field has something to do with why we are so low?

I'm guessing you're not an instrument pilot? If the approach is for runway 14,
but you're landing on runway 32, it's a "circling" approach. The circling
maneuver is done visually. The term "course reversal" that you used has a
special meaning in instrument operations, and that's not what this is.

Dave