Airport: EGMD
Issue: ILS is offset to runway.
More details: when flying a ILS approach it will put you in the trees next to the runway.
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This is correct behaviour. The ILS chart for Rwy21 at Lydd shows that there is a 5 degree course offset on the localiser.
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It seems more than 5°.
At beginning of the runway it’s atleast 10x the with of the runway away…
That does seem a lot. I’ll try and have a look at it tonight.
I tried a few ILS approaches to Rwy 21 and agree that if you fly the ILS right to the ground you will end up off the runway and in the trees. However, I found that the ILS guides you to very near the end of the runway - albeit at an angle of 5 degrees from the centreline of the runway.
The chart says “Localiser offset 5 degrees and intercepts extended runway centreline 900m before the threshold of runway 21.”
At this point you can turn off the autopilot and land manually. (I could not replicate your 10 runway width displacement.)
Hope this helps a bit.
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I’ m not sure, but the 5 º offset LOC is when measured at the IF D 8.5 ILDY. As the aircraft gets closer like at the runway threshold, the distance away from the centre line will get more.
As mentioned by @AmazedLattice26 above, any offset localizer approaches are hand flown when passing the IF. Using AP all the way to the threshold will definitely result in a some offset.
Source: AviationStackExchange
You can fly an offset approach with the AP as well, but you should disengage it before you need to make the turn to align with the runway centerline.
That’s the reason why the minimum for an offset ILS is noticeable higher than for a CAT I ILS.
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Must just be my install, at 1910 alt 5nm out, it’s well left of the runway.
So when doing a approach it’s not setup correctly…
I have read other posts about this issue on other airports been the assist, will turn them all off tonight and have another go.
This is the chart I am using
? That’s a non-precision NDB approach. This has nothing to do with an ILS.
That’s not the case with the default database and default aircraft.
The offset is as wrong as at e.g. LOWI and LFMN.
The LOC antenna position is correct, but the inbound course is identical with the runway heading, which is wrong.
I couldn’t find the ILS chart on the CAA’s website, this is the only listed that u could find…
I was relying on the flight computer in the c208 to plot the ILS course but I found that you would have to correct with a very steep angle when at minimums in bad weather, so I did it again in clear weather and it didn’t line me up anywhere near the runway on a long final.
Thought I was going crazy (is it me that sort of thing) lol
If the offset is correct you only need to make a single shallow turn to align with the runway centerline.
Presently you are simply flying on a parallel track to the runway all the way in.
You need to make an S-turn and ‘swing over’ to be able to land.
