We recently heard an eye-opening tale of an approach into Gunnison, Colorado (KGUC), in which a jet crew flew the GPS-B approach in instrument conditions with a planned landing into the wind on Runway 24, but found themselves unexpectedly struggling with the approach. At first glance the approach looked to the crew to be a fairly typical non-precision RNAV approach, but what do you think? Pause here and see if you catch any subtle warning flags before continuing.
We know that every instrument procedure must be unique, since the specifics of the airport, traffic flow, and obstacle environment are all unique. However, in practice many of the approaches appear similar at first glance—and many times they are indeed more similar than different.
