On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:13:40 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:

The SLE LOC BC RWY 13 FAF is located at ARTTY:

http://myairplane.com/databases/appr.../SLE_lbr13.pdf

In the notes it says "Artty Int not authorized for final approach fix".
However it sure does look like the FAF in the elevation view. So only
the fan marker can be used to identify the FAF? Why note that it's
5.6 DME off I-SLE? Is this just to prevent people without DME from
identifying it using the radial off of CVO?

My guess:

Artty is NOT defined with respect to the DME but rather as the intersection
of the CVO 359.08° radial with the I-SLE localizer. My guess is that the
precision of that location does not meet TERP's criteria for an FAF.

But I see no reason from the chart why one could not use the I-SLE
localizer and the I-SLE 5.6 DME to define the FAF.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)