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How low can you go? When it comes to instrument approaches, you can go all the way
down to the published minimums, without seeing a thing.
You must always be able to make a descent to landing on the intended runway using
normal maneuvers and a normal descent rate,
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The flight visibility (that you observe) must meet or exceed the minimums published
for the approach, and
You must be able to distinctly identify one of the approved visual references for the
runway (often called the "runway environment")
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The approach light systems's red terminating bars or red side row bars (used on ALSF-1
and ALSF-2 systems)
The runway threshold
The threshold lights
The runway end identifier lights (they're the flashing strobes on the corners of the
runway's approach threshold)
The visual approach slope indicator (this includes both VASIs and PAPIs)
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The airport diagram also shows the type of approach light system in place for the runways,
as well as the type of runway lighting. Runway 18 has high-intensity runway lights (HIRL).