I’ve watched a video from Mentour Pilot, and he says that ILS is seldom used in normal operations as it limits the capacity of the airport and it has a few restrictions in terms of taxing, etc.
It seems like it’s mainly used in scarce visibility conditions.
So what is the most commonly used approach in the real world?
Thank you!
When the visibility drops below a set level the controllers will switch from “Cleared for the Visual Approach to Rny28” over to an instrument approach for Rny28. If all the approach electronics are working they usually vector you to a ILS Approach for Rny28 or select down from there to GPS Approach to Rny28 or any other prefered app … LOC, VOR etc. You can sub any active runway in this note.
Real world 777 driver. By far, as in 9/10 times, it’s an ILS. After that the most likely is an RNAV, and then lastly a VOR. Also, most places now won’t offer visual approaches for heavy/widebody aircraft unless requested. And after a 12+hr flight, it’s not worth it.
Driver? Oh please…
Sarcasm is a thing you know lol and he’s right… its always an ils for wide body… rarely a vor
This video is specifically talking about a CAT II or CAT III approach, which is used in low visibility operations. It’s an ILS approach but the airport takes extra precautions to improve the accuracy of the approach and avoid interference. Such as increasing spacing between aircraft on approach and preventing aircraft from lining up ahead.
On a day where the visibility/cloud base is good, an ILS approach is still typically flown, however, the airport doesn’t implement these extra precautions which would lower the flow rate
Great, thanks everyone for the clarifications! 
I am a GA pilot. I take a visual approach when available but I always set up my instruments for ILS and use them as part of my landing.
Wow, I didn’t realise I had to post my license # to be considered credible. It’s just a slang/casual term, used all the time where I am.
You also need to add your full name to your posts… oh wait, that’s another forum
Indeed ! Here the same, different plane
Mostly ILS and RNAV, but VORs and NDBs are the most fun when you get tired of doing the typical approaches. Most airports have multiple approach types to the runways in the event that the main approach type is not working due to a failure or maintenance.
When I was based in Gran Canaria we would mostly land on runway 03L because it had the ILS but sometimes the glide slope was out and we would perform a LOC to 03L or even the LOC to 03L with a sidestep to 03R due to maintenance on the 03L runway.
When coming in from mainland Spain, traffic wasn´t heavy and the 03L / 03R runways were in use, we would request a visual approach and that was great fun in the CRJ 1000. Very agile and responsive aircraft for a 40 ton bird.
And then you have the airports that simply don´t have a backup such as La Palma, also in the canary islands. You just have the NDB to runway 36 with a 10 degree offset. Quite interesting at night with gusting winds. Go arounds tend to happen there 
Had one myself at night…
I always tried to get a visual approach at the end of a long range flight.
Simply following the ILS on 99% of the flights was sooo boring.
@Nicco54, Either ILS or visual. Everything else means a way too high workload to be enjoyable!
737 in the US here. Majority are visual approaches backed up by an ILS.
Erm… clearly depends on the airport and the type of operation.
Some airports in Africa didn´t really give us a choice 
Dakar (GOBD) had the ILS for runways 01 but 19 only had the VOR. Ironically Nouakchott (GQNO) had better installations in terms approach types. Go figure.
“Driver” is a common slang term among professional pilots - at least in the US
Many thanks everyone, really enlightening!
Confirmed by an ATC. 