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Readback—October 2024

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Pilots cannot file or be assigned an Instrument Arrival Procedure (STAR) for a destination airport unless that airport is explicitly charted as being served by that specific arrival.
  • Circling to the same runway one is approaching straight-in is an "oddball situation" that a pilot might consider if they break out too close to the runway to make a straight-in landing.
  • "Not Authorized" (NA) for circling at night, even when a straight-in approach to the same runway is permitted, typically indicates unlit obstacles or hazards that specifically impact the circling maneuver.
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Can You Get There?

Here’s the basic question: If no arrival from your inbound direction is published for your destination airport but one is published for a nearby airport, can you file and fly that arrival even though it is not charted to serve your destination?

As an example, in Oklahoma City no arrival is published from the west for Sundance (KHSD). However, one is published for Wiley Post (KPWA) which is only five miles away. It is the DAWKS1 and serves KPWA after starting at ROLLS. I realize you can always ask a controller for vectors to your actual destination but since that destination (KHSD) is not served by this arrival, is that an acceptable plan?

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