On the CV-2 approach, if the final bearing increases, intercept the new final bearing prior to which DME fix?

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On the CV-2 approach, if the final bearing increases, intercept the new final bearing prior to which DME fix?

This question is about timing when you begin tracking the final approach course on the CV-2 if the published final bearing shifts upward. When the final bearing increases, you need to be established on that new course early enough to ensure a stable, configured descent and to meet altitude/track requirements by the FAF. Intercepting the new final bearing prior to the ten-mile DME fix gives you sufficient distance to align with the final course, correct for wind, and set up a stabilized approach before you reach the point where the approach is designed to be on the final track. If you waited until after that fix, there wouldn’t be enough distance to properly converge onto the final course and maintain safe obstacle clearance and descent path. Thus, the appropriate intercept point is before the ten-mile DME fix.

This question is about timing when you begin tracking the final approach course on the CV-2 if the published final bearing shifts upward. When the final bearing increases, you need to be established on that new course early enough to ensure a stable, configured descent and to meet altitude/track requirements by the FAF.

Intercepting the new final bearing prior to the ten-mile DME fix gives you sufficient distance to align with the final course, correct for wind, and set up a stabilized approach before you reach the point where the approach is designed to be on the final track. If you waited until after that fix, there wouldn’t be enough distance to properly converge onto the final course and maintain safe obstacle clearance and descent path.

Thus, the appropriate intercept point is before the ten-mile DME fix.

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