Using an unmonitored Localizer?

Surfneric

Surfneric

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Ok, question for anyone who might have an idea: Can an ILS or Localizer that is shown as "unmonitored" in the notams be used for an approach? I'm leaning towards the "yes you can side" since I've not found anything stating otherwise.

The only info I have found says that you cannot use it for an alternate, and the approach plate will denote that in the alternates section. But I have not found this anywhere in the FAA's publications, other than the approach plates, which i guess is good enough.

I'm thinking, use it, just be sure to keep a close eye on it.( even keep it identifying through the whole approach)
 
Surfneric said:
Ok, question for anyone who might have an idea: Can an ILS or Localizer that is shown as "unmonitored" in the notams be used for an approach? I'm leaning towards the "yes you can side" since I've not found anything stating otherwise.

The only info I have found says that you cannot use it for an alternate, and the approach plate will denote that in the alternates section. But I have not found this anywhere in the FAA's publications, other than the approach plates, which i guess is good enough.

I'm thinking, use it, just be sure to keep a close eye on it.( even keep it identifying through the whole approach)
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I don't know if you really need to ident it through the whole approach. If you lose the localizer, it will flag on the CDI or whatever you've got. There's a reason we don't have to listen to those things non-stop like we do a ndb.
 
You can use it. Do not keep identifying it throughout the approach unless you have a radio that does that automatically like a garmin GPS/navcom. If you get a nav flag while on the approach continue on the heading to either the time or DME for the MAP and go missed.

All unmonitoed means is that ATC won't tell you its broken, but if you're in the middle of shooting an approach on a monitored localizer and it fails you will undoubtedly be the first to know prior to ATC telling you anyway so the procedure is the same.

You can't use it as an alternate because you don't know until you get there if it will work and they figure that would be bad if you are running out of fuel already.

Bottomline is treat them the same.

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There's tons of unmonitored navaids with approaches associated with them, they wouldn't publish a procedure if they didn't intend you use it... (the exception being the VOR 31 to CKN that has been in every binder for the last I don't know how long, and NOTAM'd NA for about the last five charting cycles)... All "Monitoring" is is an automated radio receiver listening to the station with a link to an ATC facility. If something goes bad, ATC can see that its out of service and stop using it. Unmonitored NAVAIDs are still legal-to-use navaids.
 
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