FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Fog in Spokane Impacting QX
Thread: Fog in Spokane Impacting QX
View Single Post
Old Sep 5, 2014 | 10:28 pm
  #6  
beckoa
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
1M
Community Builder
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, Hertz PC, Marriott Lifetime Plat, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 44,266
Originally Posted by WhIteSidE
The HUD ties into the ILS. Presumably the alternate runway they're using is 07/25. This runway does have a GPS/RNP approach. I'm sure AS has the "better" RNP authorization, but that approach still requires 300 foot ceiling and a mile of visibility along the runway as opposed to the CAT-III approach on the other runway which requires no ceiling and only a few hundred feet of visibility along the runway.
Yeah we could of used a CAT-III approach in GAM last month...not that the H6 Beech 1900 supports that

Anyone know what the minimums are for BRW? Two weeks ago I almost missed my flight (fairly low ceilings and limited visibility) but it came back after stopping at SCC...
beckoa is offline  
Reply