Tri-Cities/Bristol, Tennessee ILS or LOC Runway 23

The ILS or LOC approach into Tri-Cities/Bristol in Tennessee offers several key areas of interest for instrument rated pilots to study for proficiency.

Jason Blair

Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 02:44 PM ET

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Bristol, Tennessee, offers a wide range of activities for pilots and their families. [Adobe Stock/Eifel Kreutz]

Key Takeaways:

The Glade Spring VOR initial approach segment requires maintaining 6,000 feet due to terrain before descending to 3,600 feet inbound to KEIPY.
This approach notably features both outer and inner marker beacons (OM/IM) for identifying the Final Approach Fix (FAF) and proximity to the runway.
Pilots without glide slope or DME must use cross radials from a secondary VOR to identify step-down waypoints or the FAF.
The missed approach procedure to the BOOIE NDB necessitates either an operational ADF or a suitable IFR GPS; otherwise, radar assistance is required.

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Whether you’re flying in for country music of a lap around the speedway, a visitor to Bristol, Tennessee—billed as the birthplace of country music—might drop into the museum focused on that fact, or perhaps for the several yearly NASCAR events at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Nestled in a deceivingly mountainous locale on the Tennessee-Virginia border, the approach plate hints at some terrain in the area, especially to the south and east.

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