Precisionapproaches

Anautomaticlandingsystemisfailpassiveif,intheeventofafailure,thereisnosignificantoutof
trimconditionordeviationofflightpathorattitudebutthelandingisnotcompletedautomatically.For
afailpassiveautomaticlandingsystemthepilotassumescontroloftheaircraftafterafailure(JAA).
Remark:youcanflyaCATIIIAapproachwithaDHlessthan50ft,butaRVRstillabove200meters,that
makesitaIIIAandnotaIIIB.TheRVRisthedecidingfactorhere.
CatIII(andCatIIinEurope)areconductedwithradioaltimers(RA)todeterminetheDecisionHeight.
Whennecessary,thepublishedDHtakesintoaccounttheterrainprofilebeforerunwaythreshold(RAon
someplates).TheCatIdecisionheightisconvertedinaDecisionAltitudewithabarometricaltimer.
CATI:

DH CAT I =max {200 ft ; OCH } DA

CATII:

DH CAT II =max {100 ft ; OCH } <200ft

LEZLILSW27(CATIonly)
SpanishAIP

TheILSRWY27isaCATIonlyILS.Itisclearonthespanishchart,thankstotheemptyrowsbelowthe
CATIrow.
This State plate shows only the OCA(H) this is an important information from the point of view of
regulatorycompliance,butisnotuseddirectlytodescribe"minima".
ObstacleclearancealtitudeOCHistheheightonanIAPwiththeminimumpermittedclearanceabove
obstaclesonthefinalapproach.Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthelimitationsassociatedwiththenavaid
(systemminimum).ThustheDHorMDHisthehigheroftheOCHorthesystemminimum.CATI:
DH CAT I =max {200 ft ; OCH } .
TheconventionalDHforthisapproachinCATI,ACFTofcategoryA,wouldbe200ft(DH200).ButDH
is213withanACFTofcategoryCinapplicationof DH ILS 27,ACFT C =max {200 ft ; OCH 213ft} .

Aircraftcategory
CATA:0<VAT<90kt
CATB:91<VAT<120kt
CATC:121<VAT<140kt
CATD:141<VAT<165kt
CATE:65<VAT<210kt

LEMDILS33R(CATI/II/III)
SpanishAIP

III
CAT

Jeppesen
T II
CA

Above

minimus

are

compliants

with

DH CAT I =max {200 ft ; OCH } and

DH CAT II =max {100 ft ; OCH } .TheOCHisnotshown,becausetheJeppesenchartsareorientedfor

operationnaluse.
FromDH100ft(HeightAboveTouchdown)wetakeRA109ft,becausegroundisnotperfectlyflat
belowtheplane.Anheightof100ftabovetherunwayisactuallyaradioaltimeterheightof109ft
beforetherunwayduetotheterraininfrontofthisrunway.
Twochartsareused,onefortheCATIandanotheroneforCATII/CATIII.

I
T II
A
C

Navigraph

TheOCHisnotshown,becausethechartisorientedforthethrueoperationoftheaircraft,whichdoesnot
requirestoknowtheOCHthatledtothecalculatedDH.TheDHisalsonotshownforCATIIasonlyRA
will be taken into account during the final approach. The Navigraph chart displays only the essential
information.

EGGWILS26(CatI/II/IIIB)
UnitedKingdomAIP

TheUKplateshowsonlytheOCA(H).TheconventionalDHforthisapproachinCATIwouldbe200ft
(DH200)ABCD.
TheCATIIIOperationsareonlydescribedinthetextualAIP:
(a)Runways08and26,subjecttoserviceabilityoftherequiredfacilities,aresuitableforCategoryll/III
operationsbyoperatorswhoseminimahavebeenacceptedbytheNationalAviationAuthority.
(b)DuringCategoryll/IIIoperations,SpecialATCprocedures(ATCLowVisibilityProcedures)willbe
applied.PilotswillbeinformedwhentheseproceduresareinoperationbyATISbroadcastorbyRTF.
AsCATIIIminimumsarestronglyrelatedtoeachpilotandaircraftcertification(crewminimaandaircraft
minima),itlogicaltoonlypinpointCATIIminimums. ThefactthatJeppesenusesRA50'RVR200m is
consistenthoweverwiththeRVRCATIIIArule(RVRgreaterthan200mwhileDHislowerthan100ft,but
superiorto50ftifthesystemisfailpassive)andmightberelatedtotheverycompanythechartswere
suppliedto.TheRVRminimaforCATIIIAandCATIIIBwillbediscutedlater.

Jeppesen

T II
CA

Theaboveminimusarestatedonlyinthe2009platebutnomoreinthe2011plate.IncontrasttoLEMD,
onlyonechartisusedforthethreeCATcapabilities(seebelow).

II
TI
CA

NowhereismentionnedtheCATIIIBcapabilityexplicitelywrittenonthe2009Jeppesenchart.Itisonly
statedthattherunwayisapprovedforCATIIIoperationsingeneralinthetext.Thatcouldmeanthat
JeppesenconsidersCATIIIasbothIIIAandIIIB,otherwisespecified.

Navigraph

I
TII
CA

NavigraphdoesnotmentionanyCATIIIAminimumsinsteadofJeppesen.ButitclearlystatesthatCAT
IIIBisavailable.

LGAVILSZ21R(ZisforCATI)
HellenicAIP

TheDHisnotdescribed.WehavetheOCHhowever.

Jeppesen

Navigraph

Above minimus are compliants with DH CAT I =max {200 ft ; OCH } . The OCH is not shown in the
Navigraphversionbutitisobviousthatitis400ft(formissedapproachat4,0%).

LFPGILSCATIorILSCATIIandCATIIIorLOC26R
FrenchAIP
T
CA

III

TheDHforCATII(andCATIII)isnotdescribedinthefrenchAIP.WehavetheOCHILSCAT2however.
Since DH CAT II =max {100 ft ; OCH } andthegreaterOCHCAT2is84ft,wehaveaDHCATIIof100ft
forCATIIforallaircraftcategories(ABCD).ItissafetoassumethatDH=RA.RA CATIIisabout100ft
(RA100).ThisisconfirmedbytheJeppesenapproachplate(shownbelow)whichstatesRA102.

Jeppesen
AllRWYsapprovedforCATII/IIIoperations,specialaircrewandACFTcertificationrequired.

TheDHispublishedtogetherwiththeRAintheJeppesenchart.AccordingtotheJAA,theDHrecognition
mustbebymeansofheightmeasuredbyradioaltimeter.ButtheFAAleavesthechoiceforCATIIDH
recognition(radioaltimeter,innermarkersorbarometricaltimeter).

LFSBILSCATIorILSCATIIandCATIII15
FrenchAIP

DH CAT II =max {100 ft ; OCH }

Navigraph

DETERMINATIONOFRVRFORCATEGORYIII
Only the Jeppesen charts are
includingminimaforCATIIIA
operations.TheyareDH50and
RVR200m.Itcorrespondstoa
failpassive autoland system,
both for FAA and JAA (DH
greaterthan50ftiffailpassive).

Companypolicy<TRT>
Failpassivelanding

EitherFailPassiveistheonlyAutolandsystemavailableontheaircraftoronlycrewcertificationavailable
orFailpassiveisadegradedmodeasaconsequenceofafailureinFailoperationalmode.
TheDecisionHeightminimaistheradioaltitude(RA)abovethetouchdownzone.NoBarometricaltitude
willbeused(DA).

Failoperationallanding

FailoperationalautolandsystemisavailableontheaircraftwithROLLOUTcapability.Crewhaveadequate
qualifications.CATIIIisavailableontheconsideredrunway.
TheDecisionHeightminimaistheradioaltitude(RA)abovethetouchdownzone.

Anautomaticlandingsystemisfailpassiveif,intheeventofafailure,thereisnosignificantoutof
trimconditionordeviationofflightpathorattitudebutthelandingisnotcompletedautomatically.For
afailpassiveautomaticlandingsystemthepilotassumescontroloftheaircraftafterafailure(JAA).
Anautomaticlandingsystemisfailoperationalif,intheeventofafailurebelowalertheight,the
approach,theflareandlandingcanbecompletedbytheremainingpartoftheautomaticsystem.Inthe
eventoffailure,theautomaticlandingsystemwilloperateasafailpassivesystem(JAA).
Type

Failpassivecapacityforcurrent
autoland

Failoperationalcapacityfor
currentautoland

A320

CAT3SINGLEonthePFD

CAT3DUALonthePFD

B737DualAPFailoperational

SINGLE CH LAND 2 SINGLE CH LAND 3

(FLARE)
(FLARE+ROLLOUT)

B737DualAPFailpassive

SINGLECHCMD

CAT IIIA is conducted with LAND 2 (FLARE) or LAND3 for failoperational aircraft. CATIIIB is
conductedwithLAND3(FLARE+ROLLOUT)forfailoperationalaircraft.

DecisionAltitudeorHeightDA(H)
ADecisionAltitudeorHeightisaspecifiedaltitudeorheightinanILS,GLS,PAR,orsomeapproaches
usingaVNAVpathorIANwhereamissedapproachmustbeinitiatediftherequiredvisualreferenceto
continuetheapproachhasnotbeenestablished.TheAltitudevalueistypicallymeasuredbyabarometric
altimeterandisthedeterminingfactorforminimaforCategoryIapproaches,(e.g.,ILS,GLS,orRNAVwith
VNAV). TheHeightvaluespecifiedinparenthesis,typicallyaRAheightabovethetouchdownzone
(HAT),isadvisory.TheRAmaynotreflectactualheightaboveterrain.
FormostCategoryIIandCategoryIIIfailpassiveapproaches,theDecisionHeightisthecontrollingminima
andthealtitudevaluespecifiedisadvisory.ADecisionHeightisusuallybasedonaspecifiedradioaltitude
abovetheterrainonthefinalapproachortouchdownzone.

Failpassive

Failoperational

LowDragILSApproach<TRT>
Visibility>5000mandCloudbase>1000feet
otherwiseapplystandardprocedures
<TRT>ThisapproachmaybeconductedusingsingleA/Porflightdirectoronly