April 1, 20242 yr What is the approach mode called where I only select a runway, and I have to set the approach distance and glide path angle? This seems to use LNAV and VNAV all the way down to the point where I manually take control at around 1000 feet. I had assumed ages ago that this was an IAN approach, but that does not seem to be the case. Edited April 1, 20242 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
April 1, 20242 yr 10 hours ago, Christopher Low said: What is the approach mode called where I only select a runway, and I have to set the approach distance and glide path angle? This seems to use LNAV and VNAV all the way down to the point where I manually take control at around 1000 feet. I had assumed ages ago that this was an IAN approach, but that does not seem to be the case. Visual approach. Usually, a visual is backed up with a line-selectable instrument approach in the FMC like an ILS or RNAV to aid as guidance, but if a runway doesn't have an instrument approach you would do what you're describing. Or you can build your own waypoints in the FMC for a visual with appropriate altitudes to designate the final descent point to the runway.
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