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Approach Categories

  • Approach categories are based on an aircraft Vref, if one is defined
  • Otherwise it is based on 1.3 * Vso speed
Category A< 91 knots
Category B> 91 knots and < 121 knots
Category C> 121 knots and < 141 knots
Category D> 141 knots and < 166 knots
Category E> 166 knots
AIM 5-4-7