A little fun from France (approach procedure)

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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http://faris.nerim.net/LFKJ.JPG

I especially like the fact that while altitudes are in feet (and speeds in
knots), RVRs and visibility figures are in metres.

That's standard ICAO (blue table), used almost everywhere outside N America,
except the old eastern block, some of whom use metres for vertical level.
Visibilities and RVRs are all quoted in metres in METARs.

What I find weird about that LFKJ approach is the minimum RVR of 1200 m with
a DH of 1050 ft above the threshold. Thus the decision point is 3 miles
out: they must have some pretty bright boats moored on the approach...

BTW, you can access all the French IAPs in PDF form at

http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv..../IAC/index.htm

Some of the Paris ones are complex in a rather different way -- three plates
required for one approach.

Julian Scarfe