Yup. The Corvallis VOR is more than 30 nm away. I don't know the specific requirements for defining a FAF, but 30 nm is the limit for designing an approach using the VOR as the primary navigation source.

Interesting wording in the note, though. I've always thought of the DME figure as an alternate way to locate the intersection, not as a separate DME fix of the same name as the intersection.

It makes sense after you guys explain it, but I would have been confused as well.

wrote:


INT means the fix formed by the LOC and the radial from the VOR. That is
because that VOR/LOC INTersection does not meet FAF accuracy requirements.
Either the fan marker or DME must be used to identify the FAF inbound on
final approach.

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?

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