The feds build VORs and place NDB antennas in locations where they can get
the land at a decent price and where the terrain is suitable. The feds build
runways for much the same reasons, plus allowing for terrain/obstacle
clearance. It's asking a lot to expect everything to fall nicely into place.

Bob Gardner

"Greg Farris" wrote in message
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The title just about says it - I've always wondered WHY many
non-precision approaches (not talking about LOC only here, but VOR,
VOR/DME, NDB etc) are not lined up with the runway heading. Sometimes it
looks as though the approach desginers have gone out of their way to
make sure the non-precision approach is just a few degrees off - as if
to say - "look stupid - this is not a precision approach . . ." But if
this were so, then we would have to wonder why SOME of these approaches
ARE lined up and straight-in. I'm surev there's a simple explanation
that will be pointed out here.

thanks,
G Faris