ILS approach

Aussie

Aussie

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this may be simple...not to me.
This is for airlines. WHen flying on approach to land at an airport, do all flights get cleared for the ILS approach, or can they request visual from the start of the approach? When flying ILS approach, do they always select APP on the autopilot panel, or fly it manually following the bars on the main display?

Hope that makes sense,


CHeers

Aussie
 
I know a lot of flights into MCO get the visual. If you're landing on 18L/36R, you don't have much of a choice unless you sidestep.
 
In PHX and DTW, unless the weather is reeeeally bad, you will practicly always get a visual approach and a sidestep once and a while.
 
I flew two approaches in the past two days and let the autopilot fly each one until about 700 feet off the deck.
 
A side step is typically used when one runway as an ILS, and the parallal runway does not. Airplanes come down the ILS, and when they see the airport they "side-step" over to the other runway. Commonly used when the airplanes parking area is closer to the runway without the approach, or or for traffic reasons.
 
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In PHX and DTW, unless the weather is reeeeally bad, you will practicly always get a visual approach and a sidestep once and a while.

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Doesn't all PHX runways have an ILS on both ends?

So why then would they "sidestep"?


Matthew
 
Ohh kool, thanks for that, makes sense now.
That would only work on parallel runways though?
Most i know have ILS on both.

CHeers

Aussie
 
Here is one...approach will clear you for the visual 25L, which is typically used for departures...however, when you check on with tower and nobody is waiting to takeoff 25R then they'll give you this runway to save taxi time.
 
Im with ya, and they call that sidestepping.

Reason i ask, is cause i was flying Flight SIm 2004 (i know its a sim) and they cleared me for visual RWY05, then sidestep RWY 12. I didnt know what the hell that meant cause i did the approach as if coming in for 05, then on long final got told to line up for 12!

Must be a sim thing!
 
You don't need a side-step in that case...just clear the airplane for the visual for the runway in use.
 
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