Approach trivia

Trivia contest at the airport. On the Aspen approach, KASE,
there's an approach LOC/DME-E. Never seen or heard of a
DME-E...and can't find anything in the Terminal Procedures
book.

Help!

On 7/7/2007 2:52:56 PM, wrote:

Trivia contest at the airport. On the Aspen approach, KASE,
there's an approach LOC/DME-E. Never seen or heard of a
DME-E...and can't find anything in the Terminal Procedures
book.

The "-E" indicates that the approach is a circling approach to the runway and
has been revised at least five? times (A,B,C,D,E).


--
Peter

"blanche cohen" wrote in message ...
Trivia contest at the airport. On the Aspen approach, KASE,
there's an approach LOC/DME-E. Never seen or heard of a
DME-E...and can't find anything in the Terminal Procedures
book.

Help!



Needs "E"verything to perform the approach?

Needs better than VFR minimums? The miss follows a back course localizer, from a mountain?

The "E" means the localizer is not lined up with the runway, offset to one side or the other?

Blueskies wrote:


The "E" means the localizer is not lined up with the runway, offset to one side or the other?



DING.

It's the fifth circling approach the the field. Oddly enough there are
really only two still alive, the LOC/DME-E and the VOR/DME-C.

This airport is extremely dicey, even VFR. Read the remarks in the
airport directory:

- TERRAIN WILL NOT ALLOW FOR NORMAL TFC PATTERNS. HIGH RATES OF DESCENT
MAY BE RQRD DUE TO TERRAIN & LOCAL PROCS.
- OPERATIONS DURING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DISCOURAGED FOR
PILOTS UNFAMILIAR WITH AREA.
- ARPT LOCATED IN HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEY WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN FROM
12500 - 14000 FT MSL IN NEAR PROXIMITY TO ARPT; NUMEROUS UNLIGHTED
OBSTRUCTIONS. ALL ADVERSE WEATHER SITUATIONS MAGNIFIED IN MOUNTAINS.
- UNCONTROLLED TRAFFIC ON THE TERMINAL RAMP; ASPEN AVIATION RAMP; SOUTH
RAMP; & ABO RAMP. RY 33 RUN-UP AREA NOT VISIBLE FROM ATCT.
- FOR ALL GA OPNS BTWN 30 MIN AFT SS TO 2300 THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:
ACFT EQUIPPED AS RQRD UNDER FAR 91.205(D) FOR INST FLT - PILOT IS INST
RATED; VFR PIC HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE TKOF OR LDNG IN THE PRECEDING
12 MONTHS AT ASE. IFR: EXECUTE APCH/DEP PROCEDURES WITH ATC CLNC.
- UNLESS CEILINGS ARE AT LEAST 2000 FT ABOVE HIGHEST TRRN & VIS IS 15
MILES OR MORE; MOUNTAIN FLYING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
- TKOF NOT AUTHORIZED ON RY 15 WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FM AMGR.
- DUE TO POOR VSBY IN VALLEY, USE LNDG LGTS IN TFC PAT.
- REVIEW OF AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE RCMDD INCLUDING DA; WEIGHT & BALANCE
AND CLIMB PERFORMANCE.
- HANG GLIDERS; PARA GLIDERS; HOT AIR BALLOON & GLIDER OPNS ON & INVOF
ARPT UP TO 18000 FT MSL.
- FBO REQUIRES 4 HRS ADVANCE NOTICE FOR STAGING ACFT PRIOR TO DEP.
- DUE TO HIGH APCH MINIMUMS PILOTS MAY NEED AN IFR ALTERNATE EVEN
THOUGH WEATHER IS FORECAST TO BE HIGHER THAN 2000-3.
A30-00X THIS RUNWAY EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE PKN LDA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
AIRPORT.
A106 ACFT REQUIRING IFR SHOULD FILE FLIGHT PLAN WITH FLIGHT SERVICE 45
MIN PRIOR TO ESTD DEP.