"Mark Jackson" wrote in
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New equipment was ordered and installed, etc. etc. We are now waiting
for the FAA to flight test the approach. It has been a month and the
airport people keep saying "sometime soon."

How long does the flight test process take? Is there any way to check
the status with the FSDO or the like?

Well, the flight check only takes about an hour or less. Essentially they
just fly the approach like anyone would, and log the results. They will
usually fly it more than once, however, to check the limits.

The problem is that the FAA only has a couple of planes to do this for the
entire USA. Normally this is enough - they sort of wander across the
country and all of the approaches get rechecked every few years. The
problem in your case is that you don't want to wait for years. {:(

Unlikely that your FSDO would have any information. I believe that it's
handled out of Oklahoma City. You might give AOPA a call and see if they
can get you a phone number.

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