Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A

It's a circling approach to a mountain getaway.

Jason Blair

Thursday, February 01, 2024 at 12:33 PM ET

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Here's a look at the VOR-A approach to Ogden, Utah. [Image: Jeppesen]

Key Takeaways:

The Ogden VOR-A is a non-straight-in approach requiring a circling maneuver to land, with specific night and aircraft category restrictions due to terrain.
Pilots must precisely manage descents without a glideslope, utilizing DME arcs for initial approach segments to navigate through varying altitudes.
The approach features a very short 3.5 DME segment from the Final Approach Fix to the Missed Approach Point, and a demanding missed approach procedure requiring a significant climb to 13,000 feet.

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Billed as Utah’s up-and-coming mountain destination perhaps for some skiing in the winter, hiking or mountain biking in warmer seasons, or some of the newer dining options in town, Ogden could be on your fly-to airport list. If it is, the VOR-A might be the approach you use to transition from the en route environment down to the airport, which means you will end up circling to one of the available runways.

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