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Instrument arrival to Shoreham EGKA without ATC?

A flying school based at an airfield where there is an RNP approach have been asked not to join. In a manner that can remotely be confused with the published RNP approach.

Apparently they have been told that it is being used inappropriately then its approval will be removed.

Personally I just join at a 6 mile final and use skydemon as it gives a lower minima

I can see the problem with a flying school using it. That would result in lots of traffic on it (flying schools will have lots of movements each hour) and makes a collision much more likely than the odd random visitor.

EIWT Weston, Ireland

The loss of FTO IAP income is a big thing. This is why most airports charge for IAPs; if they didn’t they would get FTOs from far away fly there for the IAP and not land

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Sure that makes sense when it’s under the control of ATC.

But when it’s not and parties are just ‘unofficially’ using it then I can understand why they would ask the school to stop.

EIWT Weston, Ireland

Sure, but then the concept of Class G airspace is fundamentally incompatible with that – i.e. it’s not within the aerodrome’s power to restrict who flies which tracks in the sky.

In extremis, any A/G or AFISO unit can prevent entry into the ATZ simply by not returning the radio call. The Barton Interpretation saw to that.

EGLM & EGTN
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