"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"zatatime" wrote in message
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I didn't know they have instrument approaches to lakes.


If I recall correctly the Seattle area has some (a couple). Not sure
if its on the US or Canadian side though.

Sort of. There are no instrument approaches to waterways per se, but we
have several seaplane bases close enough to airports with instrument
approaches that for all intents and purposes, they might as well have
instrument approaches.

Non-precision, of course, but that's almost always good enough.

Felts Field in Spokane is designated to have three runways, one of which is
3W/21W. The nonprecision approaches don't forbid circling, so that says to
me this is a waterway with an instrument approach.

Hmmm.. however circling is not allowed to the northwest. Is the waterway NW
or SE of the hard-top? Don't know.

-- David Brooks