Hello everybody. hope I'm posting in the right section.

I was planning a flight, VFR, to MROC-Juan Santamaria INTL. I opened Navigraph charts, Visual Corridor West Sector map. First time i see an approach chart that way, and i am having troubles reading/understanding it.

It is a visual approach, but instead of giving me visual references, reporting points on the ground, it gives waypoints with gps coords, or VOR/DME wayponts/distances. How does it works in real life? How to read it? If it is not against the forum rules, I will post the chart.

Thanks for your help.

32 minutes ago, ConairMSFS said:

It is a visual approach, but instead of giving me visual references, reporting points on the ground, it gives waypoints with gps coords, or VOR/DME wayponts/distances.

Are you talking about CYRUS visual RWY 25 ?

9 minutes ago, polosim said:

Are you talking about CYRUS visual RWY 25 ?

This one. Maybe it is a stupid question, but first time for me I see such a kind of approach.

Edited October 11, 20223 yr by ConairMSFS

1 minute ago, ConairMSFS said:

<a href="https://ibb.co/kSN7Lpk"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Nycv0XQ/mroc.jpg" alt="mroc" border="0"></a>

Maybe, a name or Reference chart number; for example: 19-1 .

2 minutes ago, polosim said:

Maybe, a name or Reference chart number; for example: 19-1 .

Thanks for your answers. Edited the post now, chart should be visible. Chart number is 19-2.

19 minutes ago, ConairMSFS said:

Maybe it is a stupid question, but first time for me I see such a kind of approach.

Not stupid question at all, hmmm… maybe the procedure a little be 🙂

Well, this is a procedure for defined visual corridors, mostly for GA in a highly congested area. ATC assigned altitudes and provided separation inside corridors. Outside the corridors, VFR altitudes should be used according the track.

Thanks a lot for your patience trying to explain me. Usually I was using sid/stars, vor approaches, or the classical visual patterns if I do simple VFR.

My doubt is: cause this approach is using waypoints, so a GPS is needed, how can it be marked as "visual corridor"? It cannot be used to fly in VFR, or simple steam gauges GA aircraft without GPS, right? There is only the straight in arrival, where i can just use vor/dme, but its still not visual approach. Probably there is something i'm missing and cant understand.