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Sidestep-procedure top strip — ILS or LOC RWY 24R, Los Angeles — source page 102.
Middle Briefing Strip
The middle briefing strip may contain information in up to three separate boxes, when available, in the following sequence from left to right:
Middle briefing-strip layout — Notes, ALS, Missed Approach Procedure boxes — source page 102.
Box 2: Approach Lighting System Box (when applicable): shows the approach lighting system name and charting icon. Multiple approach lighting systems may be shown for approaches that have straight-in minimums for parallel runways.
Box 3: Missed Approach Procedure Text Box: The full textual description of the missed approach procedure is provided here.
GBAS: No Primary NAVAID box: Circling Approach: Sidestep Procedure: Middle Briefing Strip The middle briefing strip may contain information in up to three separate boxes, when available, in the following sequence from left to right: 1 2 3 NOTES BOX MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE TEXT BOX APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM • Box 1: Notes Box: contains procedure notes, Equipment/Requirements Notes box and Takeoff, Alternate, RA- DAR, WAAS, and/or Cold Weather indicators (details provided below under Notes Box). • Box 2: Approach Lighting System Box (when applicable): shows the approach lighting system name and charting icon. Multiple approach lighting systems may be shown for approaches that have straight-in minimums for parallel runways. • Box 3: Missed Approach Procedure Text Box: The full textual description of the missed approach procedure is provided here.
Source page 103
Notes Box
Procedure Equipment Requirements Notes Box
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Requirements and ground-based Equipment Requirements are displayed in separate, standardized notes boxes. For procedures with PBN elements, the PBN box contains the procedure’s navigation specification(s). If required, specific sensors or infrastructure needed for the navigation solution, additional or advanced functional requirements, and the minimum Required Navigation Performance (RNP) value and any amplifying remarks will also be included. Items listed in this PBN box are REQUIRED. The separate Equipment Requirements Box will list ground-based equipment requirements.
Procedure Equipment Requirements Notes — RADAR required plus standard notes — source page 103.
On procedures with both PBN elements and ground-based equipment requirements, the PBN requirements box is listed first.
PBN Requirements / Equipment Requirements / Standard Procedure Notes boxes — source page 103.
Remote Altimeter Airport Notes
Approach minimums are based on the local altimeter setting for that airport unless annotated otherwise. When more than one altimeter source is authorized, and the minima are different, they will be shown by separate lines in the approach minima box or as a note in the briefing strip; e.g., use MHK altimeter setting; when not available use SLN altimeter setting and increase all MDAs 40 feet. The altimeter source location is referenced by the FAA airport identifier. An airport outside the contiguous U.S. will use both the FAA and ICAO identifiers. Until all charts reference the airport identifier, the notes may contain altimeter sources referenced by city name, city and state, or airport name.
Notes Symbols
Several different symbols may appear within the Notes Box:
An entry is published in the Takeoff Minimums, (Obstacle) Departure Procedures, and Diverse Vector Area (Radar Vectors) section of the TPP.
Takeoff Minimums / Obstacle DP / DVA entry symbol — T — source page 103.
Non-standard IFR alternate minimums exist. Refer to IFR Alternate Airport Minimums section of the TPP.
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