So I was flying the RNP A RWY05 in to LPMA. The approach shows flying a heading of 219 for the 05 rwy?? Am I losing my mind or is this just not correct? FMC plotted the same so I deviated and made a right traffic pattern to get to 05. Let me know what I’ve done wrong here. https://charts.portugal-vacc.org/files/LP_AD_2_LPMA_12-11_en.pdf
It’s correct. The approach is designed to get you safely below the clouds so you can then make a visual approach to Rwy 5.
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Marvellous, I’ve never seen that before (procedure for cloudbreaking), that’s extremely interesting to see different kind of approaches (charts) 
Fantastic! I don’t see where you got that from but my mind can now rest.
If you look carefully at the chart, there is only one approach “circle-to-land”. At or above MDA, if you see the airport or runway, you can descend and fly the runway traffic pattern to land.
Yeah I just never saw the second chart and the fmc was all kinds of wrong for the approach.
Hi @C34WEBB, could you please mark Mike’s submit as a solution ? Readers will appreciate that ! Thx…
Bhutan has the same principle, RNAV approaches to get down below the clouds and then do it manually and visually.
I checked the solution box earlier. Is that what you are referring to?
Yeah it’s ok… the solution is marked now.
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