On 1/17/05 3:06 PM, in article , "Newps"
wrote:

This happens all the time here. East half of the airport, including the
ASOS, is 0/0. West half is clear and a million.. No contact approach
allowed. Better off to do an instrument approach and just break it off
as soon as you receive the clearance. Ask for the full approach if it
will take you near or over the airport and then just break off and land
if you can get an approach and landing clearance. Nothing says you have
to actually go out and do the approach.


This doesn't seem like a prudent thing to do. If 1/2 of the airport is
obscured, how would you know that the rest wouldn't fog up in less time than
it took to land? IMHO, it would be best to fly the published approach and be
ready to go missed.
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