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Readback—October 2024

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Pilots cannot file for or be assigned a Standard Instrument Arrival (STAR) that is not explicitly published and charted for their specific destination airport; if no arrival serves the destination, filing direct or to a nearby point is required.
  • Circling to land on the same runway for which a straight-in approach was flown is an unusual scenario, typically considered only if breaking out too close for a straight-in landing.
  • Prohibitions on circling minimums (e.g., "NA at night") are often due to unlit obstacles, preventing pilots from using circling procedures to circumvent straight-in restrictions for that runway.
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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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