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Can a Continuous Descent Final Approach (CDFA) be carried out if there is no final approach fix?
Your Question: Can a CDFA approach be carried out if there is no final approach fix?
The answer is yes, a CDFA approach can be conducted without a depicted FAF. I encourage you to read the FAA's AC ...
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LFLL LSE VOR 35L Visual Approach
You can use the X3 rule (very close to it). Your calculation appears to be incorrect.
My answer assumes that you are interested in why, when making a visual approach and descent while following the ...
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LFLL LSE VOR 35L Visual Approach
What is the technique then for a visual approach if we can't use that x3 rule?
To be blunt, look out the window.
Nothing says you can't use the x3 rule, and nothing says you can't occasionally ...
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Why are the height values different although the altitude values in the "straight-in approach" and "circling" minimums are the same?
Straight-in is referenced to a particular runway, while circling is referenced to the airport elevation. The same elevation MSL is thus a different height above the referenced elevation.
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