What type of instrument approach procedure are pilots cleared for?

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What type of instrument approach procedure are pilots cleared for?

Instrument approaches are issued as either standard instrument approach procedures or special instrument approach procedures. The standard ones are published, designed to be flown without radar vectors, and can be cleared for directly. Special procedures are not part of the published standard set and require explicit clearance because they involve nonstandard routing, radar guidance, or other unusual elements. So when ATC clears you for an instrument approach, you’re being cleared for a standard procedure or a special one. Other groupings, like precision versus nonprecision, describe the guidance type on the approach itself, not the clearance category, and visual or other non-instrument methods aren’t what the clearance specifies.

Instrument approaches are issued as either standard instrument approach procedures or special instrument approach procedures. The standard ones are published, designed to be flown without radar vectors, and can be cleared for directly. Special procedures are not part of the published standard set and require explicit clearance because they involve nonstandard routing, radar guidance, or other unusual elements. So when ATC clears you for an instrument approach, you’re being cleared for a standard procedure or a special one. Other groupings, like precision versus nonprecision, describe the guidance type on the approach itself, not the clearance category, and visual or other non-instrument methods aren’t what the clearance specifies.

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