BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Scenario:
Winds 010@9. 700 OVC 2SM RA
Landing at an uncontrolled field with an ILS to Runway 20 (with 200 and 1/2 mins) and a GPS to Runway 2 (with 600 and 1 1/4 mins).
Pertinent data (but not really legally controlling in this case):
-Max tailwind for the airframe is 10 knots.
-The runway is wet.
-The runway is "shortish" for the airframe in question.
-The GPS approach has a nasty stepdown fix that gives you about .2 miles to get from an intermediate altitude of 800 feet to the VDP (well, PDP actually) at the MDA of 600 feet while flying at a ref speed of 145 knots.
-There is only a REIL on 20 while 2 has full approach lights.
Do you take the headwind or the tailwind approach?
And just for reference this is KPGV.
Winds 010@9. 700 OVC 2SM RA
Landing at an uncontrolled field with an ILS to Runway 20 (with 200 and 1/2 mins) and a GPS to Runway 2 (with 600 and 1 1/4 mins).
Pertinent data (but not really legally controlling in this case):
-Max tailwind for the airframe is 10 knots.
-The runway is wet.
-The runway is "shortish" for the airframe in question.
-The GPS approach has a nasty stepdown fix that gives you about .2 miles to get from an intermediate altitude of 800 feet to the VDP (well, PDP actually) at the MDA of 600 feet while flying at a ref speed of 145 knots.
-There is only a REIL on 20 while 2 has full approach lights.
Do you take the headwind or the tailwind approach?
And just for reference this is KPGV.