What is a procedural turn?

What is a procedural turn?

Procedure Turns. Procedure Turns. A procedure turn is the maneuver prescribed when it is necessary to perform a course reversal to establish the aircraft inbound on an intermediate or final approach course. The procedure turn or holding in lieu of a procedure turn is a required maneuver.

How do you turn on a procedure when not flying?

When is a procedure turn required or not required?

1. When the symbol “No PT” is depicted on the initial segment being used.
2. When receiving radar vectors to the final approach course.
3. When conducting a timed approach from a holding fix.

What are the standard procedure turn limitations?

According to the AIM, “pilots should begin the outbound turn immediately after passing the procedure turn fix. The procedure turn maneuver must be executed within the distance specified in the profile view. The normal procedure turn distance is 10 miles.

When can you descend on procedure turn?

You can see on the profile view that the procedure turn altitude floor is 3,000 feet. That means you can descend from 6,000 to 3,000 feet after crossing ZACKS outbound, and then down to 2,100 feet after established inbound.

Is a procedure turn considered a hold?

Flying a procedure turn shaped like a holding pattern is not holding. If there were just a PT barb on the approach, what you are saying is correct, you can do any kind of reversal you want as long as you stay on the other side.

Are procedure turns required?

AIM 5-4-9 tells us “the procedure turn or hold-in-lieu-of-PT is a required maneuver when it is depicted on the approach chart, unless cleared by ATC for a straight-in approach.” That’s pretty straightforward. In these cases, hopefully ATC would have given you a straight-in clearance, but if they haven’t, just ask.

When can you descend during procedure turn?

When must you do a procedure turn?

[Aeronautical Information Manual §5-4-9. a] A procedure turn is the maneuver prescribed when it is necessary to reverse direction to establish the aircraft inbound on an intermediate or final approach course.

What does the absence of the procedure turn barb?

The absence of the procedure turn barbed arrow in the plan view means indicates that a procedure turn is not authorized for that procedure.

When can you descend on a procedure turn?

What are VOR approaches?

As the name implies, VOR approaches are approach procedures which use VORs as the primary navigational aid. A lot of VORs are located at the airport, but there are many which are located away from the airport. Approach procedures can be based on either. So, now that we know what VOR approaches are, let’s brief our chart and then go flying…

How do you do a Lincoln VOR procedure turn?

This procedure turn is from the ILS-18 at Lincoln, NE. To do this procedure turn, the pilot must fly out on the 324° radial of the Lincoln VOR and then turn right and intercept the inbound localizer course of 174°. Funny thing, it looks exactly like a teardrop entry into a holding pattern.

How do you intercept a VOR?

• Radios tuned to VOR to 116.4 • Confirm Morse code and leave on in the background • Reduce power to approach setting • Cross over the VOR at 2,000 feet or higher. • As you pass the VOR turn north to intercept the outbound procedure turn (357 radial). Past the VOR descend to 2000.

How does the VOR work on Runway 15 at KMTN?

Unlike just about any other approach, the VOR/DME into Runway 15 at KMTN is one big DME arc. Each fix along the approach is a DME radial, and the final approach course is constantly curving. According to the FAA…