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Contact Approach -- WX reporting
It was briefly mentioned in one of the longer threads that a contact
approach requires 1 sm reported ground visibility. It reminded me that I had flown a contact approach some 8 months ago to an airport about 15 minutes after the tower had closed (there is no automated weather available) and couldn't land because fog and low clouds had rolled in. So did approach control screw up? I'm sure they had the last ATIS report some 70 to 80 minutes old at the time of my request, and the weather was good in that report. Interestingly, both the AIM and the 7110.65 say that a requirement for ATC authorization of a contact approach is that "The reported ground visibility is at least 1 statute mile." But the AIM starts out by saying: "Pilots operating in accordance with an IFR flight plan, provided they are clear of clouds and have at least 1 mile flight visibility and can reasonably expect to continue to the destination airport in those conditions, may request ATC authorization for a contact approach." |
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