Thread: SDF Approach?
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Old April 17th 07, 12:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Ron Natalie
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Default SDF Approach?

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:45:40 -0000, John Godwin
wrote in
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The Simplified Directional Facility is similar to a Localizer but may
be offset from the runway and the course may be wider than a Localizer.


How does an SDF approach differ from an Localizer-type Directional Aid
(LDA) approach?


A LOC (whether aligned with the runway or LDA) will have a tighter
width. While it varies in angular dimension because from approach
to approach, the loc angular width is about 3 degrees. The SDF
is 6 or 12.