Is this a real approach plate?

[Keith Lane]

Or a joke?
Or FAA humor (if there is such a thing)
You will probably have to zoom in on it to read the funny part.

 

[John Collins]

It is funny but also it is real.

 

[ScottM]

It is real

http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/PSM/IAP/RNAV+(GPS)+RWY+16/pdf

 

[Everskyward]

Or FAA humor (if there is such a thing)

This is my current favorite as far as FAA humor goes.

A clue in case you can't figure out where that is.

 

[Palmpilot]

Can you see Russia from there?

 

[Everskyward]

Can you see Russia from there?

I couldn't but perhaps she has better eyesight.

 

[Laurie]

I don't have a picture, but another good one are three intersections that form a triangle around Deer Lodge, MT where the state prison is located.

THESE
MENAR
CONNS

 

[Palmpilot]

I couldn't but perhaps she has better eyesight.

It looks like the Russian mainland is far enough away so that one would have to be awfully high for the curvature of the Earth not to block one's view, but maybe there are some Russian islands out there that don't show up on my globe.

 

[Palmpilot]

Mustang VORTAC is named after a brothel.

 

[Teller1900]

I've always been amused by that RNAV approach. The final approach fixes for the ILS 4L and 4R in EWR are HOWYA and DOOIN, respectively.

 

[BillTIZ]

Or a joke?
Or FAA humor (if there is such a thing)
You will probably have to zoom in on it to read the funny part.

It's real.. I've flown it.

Now go look at the LEB approaches for Haamm Burger and Fries

 

[colohan]

I like this one.

Chris

 

[Everskyward]

I like this one.

But that one can only be used once per airplane.

 

[Matthew]

This one has been around the block a few times:

 

[fgcason]

I like this one.

That's one of those rare approaches where you have to be checked out to fly it...and there are only two qualified instructors.

 

[Dave Theisen]

This is my current favorite as far as FAA humor goes.

Is there an airport there, or is that an "approach to nowhere":wink2: