Sorry about the confusion. I probably should have stated at the outset that it
was on the last page!!

What perplexes me is not that the airliner did his procedure turn below the
VGSI, but that it's actually published that way.

It's a wierd looking plate. the little X's look like FAF's, except that you
encounter three of them on one approach. Then, the procedure turn is
executed outside the standard 10nm radius, and at a published altitude below
the VGSI.

I can't think of why they would do it this way, unless it's related to the
military base and their traffic patterns.

Greg




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That is a tear-drop procedure turn, which can all be done in IMC. Then, some
airlines "dive and drive" for the MDA, thus getting below the PAPI, then
"driving"
towards the runway at MDA to intercept the PAPI slope.