Where are the PAR approaches?

[nbinont]

Before you ask - Yes, I realize they are an old approach. But does anyone know of an operational PAR approach near Ontario?

I've wanted to try one for a while now, and had a trip all planned out to Trenton only to find out they don't do PAR approaches anymore!

Are these approaches completely gone everywhere? Or does anyone in ATC know where they could be done?

Thanks in advance!

[kev994]

Bagotville had one last I checked, but so did Trenton...

[AuxBatOn]

No more in YBG, YTR or YQQ. They were replaced by a second ILS. Greenwood, Cold Lake, Moose Jaw still have theirs. Goose Bay is getting theirs down.

[thenoflyzone]

Bagotville had one last I checked, but so did Trenton...

Both YBG and YTR discontinued their PAR approaches recently. It is no longer offered. As the OP said, they are old school approaches, and the equipment needed to provide such a service is probably outdated. Maintenance costs were probably up there as well, for little or no usage.

Better for the taxpayer this way !

Thenoflyzone

[nbinont]

Thanks AuxBatOn (and kev994, thenoflyzone)!

Greenwood, Cold Lake, Moose Jaw still have theirs.

I guess I'll have to take a trip out there sometime this summer!

[AuxBatOn]

Still the best approach. As long as you can control the aircraft, you can get in. And it's the easiest approach there is...

[Old Dog Flying]

Probably the most accurate approach possible, but then I'm biased because I was one of the GCA guys with nearly 10,000 approaches. When the Wx went T/U in Europe we still managed to give a helping hand using the old Gilfillan MPN11 Precision radar.

When all else failed we were there..

Barney

[zulutime]

Not sure what happened to my first reply post.

I was fortunate enough to have been able to do a PAR approach some years back at Trenton. I was under the hood, (I had a check pilot with me), and it was the most straight forward approach I had ever done. When I lifted the hood, (about 200 ft from touchdown), I was only inches off runway centerline. Powered up into an overshoot. All you have to do is listen to the controller (no talking back on the radio) and do as they say. "5 degrees left, increase rate of descent, 2 degrees right, etc, etc" Great experience.