"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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Beats me. All the minimums for the LOC w/DME are as good or better than
the corresponding values for the LOC/DME. I can't see any reason
anybody would ever want to fly the LOC-DME.


Not want to, but may have to if RUT VOR/DME is out of service. The missed
approach procedure for the LOC RWY 19 uses RUT VOR/DME, the procedure for
the LOC/DME RWY 19 does not.



I can only see one possible reason for the LOC-DME to exist, and I'll
admit it's grasping at straws. In the LOC-DME, you start the missed
further out, which may be of some operational advantage to ATC? But
since this is an untowered airport, it's almost certainy "one-in,
one-out", so I can't get too excited about that idea.


No advantage to ATC in that. If you don't have GPS and the RUT VOR/DME is
out of service, the LOC/DME RWY 19 is your only approach.