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eight miles to the east is V15 and 11
miles to the west is V369.
Instrument Approach Procedures
When the visibility and cloud ceilings
deteriorate to a point where visual
flight can no longer be conducted safely,
aircraft must follow published
instrument approach procedures to
locate and land at the airport. There
are currently three published
instrument approach procedures to the
Mesquite Metro Airport: ILS Runway
17, NDB or GPS Runway 17, and
Localizer Back Course Runway 35.
The Runway 17 ILS approach provides
the airport with the lowest approach
visibility minimums. Utilizing this
approach, a properly equipped aircraft
and pilot can land at the airport with
250-foot cloud ceilings and threequarters
of a mile visibility. The ILS
Runway 17 approach can also be
utilized as a localizer only, or circling
approach. A circling approach allows
the approach to be flown to the opposite
runway end (i.e., the ILS Runway 17
circling approach would be utilized to
land on Runway 35).
Runway 17 is also served by a NDB or
GPS approach. Using the previously
mentioned Mesquite NDB or GPS
navigational aids, instrument
approaches for aircraft with approach
speeds less than 121 knots landing on
Runway 17 can be made when the
visibility is at least one mile and the
cloud ceilings are greater than 473 feet
AGL. For aircraft with approach speeds
of 121 knots but less than 141 knots,
approaches to Runway 17 can be made
1-16
with 473 foot cloud ceilings and one and
one-quarter mile visibility. This
approach procedure also provides for
circling approaches to Runway 35.
Runway 35 is served by one published
instrument approach. The Localizer
Back Course Runway 35 approach
utilizes the airport’s localizer for
straight-in approaches from the south
and circling approaches to Runway 17.
The localizer emits signals in both
directions. In conducting a back-course
approach, the pilot must adjust to the
opposite signals provided by the
localizer. Details of the published
instrument approaches are provided in
Table 1E.
Arrival and Departure Procedures
Due to the congested airspace over the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, the FAA
has established a series of Standard
Terminal Arrival (STAR) and Departure
Procedures (DP). The STAR is a preplanned
air traffic control arrival
procedure designed to provide for the
transition from the enroute phase of the
flight to an outer fix or an instrument
approach fix in the terminal area. The
four published STARs are: Dumpy Two,
Fingr Three, Gregs Five, and Knead
Five.
The DP is a preplanned air traffic
control departure procedure that
provides for the transition from the
terminal area to the enroute phase of
the flight. The seven published DPs
are: Dallas Seven, Garland One,
Hubbard Five, Joe Pool Nine, Kingdom
Five, Texoma Seven, and Worth Three.