By nature, non-precision approaches offer a degree of latitude to pilots when descending to the runway environment. You can make a constant rate descent in hopes of arriving over the VDP or visual descent point and the MDA at the same time, or you can descend quickly to the MDA after leaving the final approach fix. Which choice offers you the best advantage of being able to find the airport and land when the visibility is low? Rod Machado reviews each of these options in detail and offers his recommendation.

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