Spectacular Flight into Queenstown, New Zealand.
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z987k
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I'd like to see the plate on that one.
Found it!
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/NZQN_45.1_45.2.pdf
That is an impressive approach.
Found it!
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/NZQN_45.1_45.2.pdf
That is an impressive approach.
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Aceninja
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Thanks for posting the approach plate! I'm just starting my IFR training next week,& that plate looks impressive for sure
Roger Roger
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Am I reading it right, that the one has like a 300' AGL MDA if RNP .15? Pretty dang impressive.
z987k
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It is. Beats the crap out of anything I can think of up here, given the lateral terrain clearance.
Roger Roger
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the only thing I've seen here that is even close is Alaska's RNP approach through Gastineau channel into Juneau. Mins are something like 400/1 going into 26. But even that doesn't compare to the Queensland one.
ATC RET 2003
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Flew out of Queenstown (as a passenger) one time a few years back. Apparently getting IN there is no small feat, at least for Qantas, per this message that we were handed at check-in:
Sure enough, our outbound flight never made it in, so we were rebooked on another airline, and got out several hours later. I hadn't noticed until now that I was supposed to do the 'apologising'... which I failed to do. Oh, well. Guess I'll just have to go back and make amends.
The outbound flight (departed rwy 5) apparently took the same route as the missed approach track on the plate. Here's what it looked like out the window:
Sure enough, our outbound flight never made it in, so we were rebooked on another airline, and got out several hours later. I hadn't noticed until now that I was supposed to do the 'apologising'... which I failed to do. Oh, well. Guess I'll just have to go back and make amends.
The outbound flight (departed rwy 5) apparently took the same route as the missed approach track on the plate. Here's what it looked like out the window:
