Welcome Guest. Sign in or Signup

2 Answers

Unusual starting point for procedure turn. Follow up

Asked by: 2119 views , ,
General Aviation

Thanks to both instructors that provided replies to my question on the ILS approach to Rwy.14 at KCXO earlier today.

I would like to ask a follow-up question:  to fly the approach correctly is it really necessary to start the procedure turn at CFBQR?  Without GPS I would not know how to find this waypoint.

Thanks again

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer


    Russ Roslewski on Oct 17, 2016

    CFBQR has no bearing on how you fly this approach. It is what is called a Computer Navigation Fix, CNF, and is only there so the GPS has something to navigate to. Personally, I don’t think they should be charted at all. Where you start or end your PT is not determined by the CNF.

    We had a good discussion a few years ago here too.

    http://www.askacfi.com/11842/computer-navigation-fix.htm

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  2. Russ Roslewski on Oct 17, 2016

    I’m not the only one who thinks they shouldn’t be charted, as this item came up a few years ago at the Aeronautical Charting Forum

    http://ipv6.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs420/acfipg/media/closed/Hist_12-02-303.pdf

    There is a lot of good discussion there about the purpose for them and why the proposal to not chart them was voted down.

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes


The following terms have been auto-detected the question above and any answers or discussion provided. Click on a term to see its definition from the Dauntless Aviation JargonBuster Glossary.

Answer Question

Our sincere thanks to all who contribute constructively to this forum in answering flight training questions. If you are a flight instructor or represent a flight school / FBO offering flight instruction, you are welcome to include links to your site and related contact information as it pertains to offering local flight instruction in a specific geographic area. Additionally, direct links to FAA and related official government sources of information are welcome. However we thank you for your understanding that links to other sites or text that may be construed as explicit or implicit advertising of other business, sites, or goods/services are not permitted even if such links nominally are relevant to the question asked.