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Originally Posted by cfii2007  We were shooting a VOR approach in IMC, and yes, it kinda freaked me out a bit.
There is an ILS at the field for the opposite runway. |
From the Instrument Flying Handbook:
A valuable service provided by the automated radar equipment at terminal radar facilities is the Minimum Safe Altitude Warnings (MSAW). This equipment predicts your aircraft’s position in 2 minutes based on present path of flight — the controller will issue a safety alert if the projected path will encounter terrain or an obstruction. An unusually rapid descent rate on a nonprecision approach can trigger such an alert.