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As I'm working on the pavement rejuvenation (overlay) for the Bagdad Airport in AZ, I ran across this at the FAA site and found it quite interesting - since i'm not a pilot myself. For those of you who haven't yet flown into a non-towered area or for those that are just interested,
THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW... .
BTW - does anyone know if Bagdad Airport is a Category II or a Category II airport? I have to list the category in my engineers report. What's the best way to find out what category an airport is?
Enjoy...
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Kristie,
I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but here is what I found in FAR 1.1
Category II operations, with respect to the operation of aircraft, means a straight-in ILS approach to the runway of an airport under a Category II ILS instrument approach procedure issued by the Administrator or other appropriate authority.
Category III operations, with respect to the operation of aircraft, means an ILS approach to, and landing on, the runway of an airport using a Category III ILS instrument approach procedure issued by the Administrator or other appropriate authority.
Category IIIa operations, an ILS approach and landing with no decision height (DH), or a DH below 100 feet (30 meters), and controlling runway visual range not less than 700 feet (200 meters).
Category IIIb operations, an ILS approach and landing with no DH, or with a DH below 50 feet (15 meters), and controlling runway visual range less than 700 feet (200 meters), but not less than 150 feet (50 meters).
Category IIIc operations, an ILS approach and landing with no DH and no runway visual range limitation.
Yeah, yeah I have waaay too much time on my hands
I hope this helps