The visual approach is ideal for conditions like this, when visibility is decent but there's a broken cloud deck between en route altitudes and the airport. Rather than flying a full published procedure, a vector toward the airport until the pilot has it in sight likely will be all the maneuvering needed to descend and align with the runway in use for landing.
Paul Sanchez
When an instrument-rated pilot thinks of an approach, he or she likely pictures a so-called standard instrument approach procedure, or SIAP, the published approaches we all have come to know and “love.” A SIAP is described in FAR Part 97 and in published charting data available from the FAA and Jeppesen, for example. Standard approach […]
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