Hi, I noticed on the Navigraph charts that this is not forbidden in any rwy direction and in direction of north/east/south/west as well.

I think i have the newest rules of this in Europe but i cant se the ILS charts mention any nm or special CIRL to Land rule set. 

This airport is a little special because of high terrain so i am a little curious how it is performed in real life. I suceeded twice from rwy 24 circl to 06 (MDA2160 aka 2200) and about 2,5nm from runway a 070 degress left turn and about 45 seconds before going base and then down to 1000 feet and timing from treshhold about 40seconds again before turning to land 

 

Michael Moe

  

Edited December 29, 2025Dec 29 by Michael Moe

You're right that there are no specific restrictions on circling at LIRN. However, there's not normally a need for it, as there are ILSs to both runway ends. I guess you might consider it if the ILS favouring the wind was inoperative. I'd be hesitant to do a circling at night though, given the terrain, even though it isn't expressly prohibited.

The circling MDAs are pretty high because of the terrain, particularly for approach categories C and D, so you'll need to think about how you want to descend once you have the runway in sight.

I'm not completely clear on your description of what you're doing, but here's how to do a circling approach in an Airbus:

https://wiki.ivao.aero/en/home/training/documentation/Perform_a_Circling_approach_A320

Any jet airliner would follow the same general procedure.

Thanks i found  the TERPS/ICAO differentcies as well . I think i did a mistake using 70 degree instead of 45 degree offset  and started the turn to early. Should have done that at MAP.

I guess the protected areas is up to 4.2nm/cat c 180 knots.

I started descending slowly from MDA at prox treshold at 150 knots .

It was just for fun in the sim.

Michael Moe

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by Michael Moe

2 hours ago, martinboehme said:

You're right that there are no specific restrictions on circling at LIRN. However, there's not normally a need for it, as there are ILSs to both runway ends. I guess you might consider it if the ILS favouring the wind was inoperative. I'd be hesitant to do a circling at night though, given the terrain, even though it isn't expressly prohibited.

The circling MDAs are pretty high because of the terrain, particularly for approach categories C and D, so you'll need to think about how you want to descend once you have the runway in sight.

I'm not completely clear on your description of what you're doing, but here's how to do a circling approach in an Airbus:

https://wiki.ivao.aero/en/home/training/documentation/Perform_a_Circling_approach_A320

Any jet airliner would follow the same general procedure.

I believe a lot of airlines prohibit visual approaches at night - I know Lufthansa and  Volotea certainly do.