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Originally Posted by Bman.  YI meant to say the circling was there to drop the altitude (not speed). I suppose I am confused because the GPS-C approach doesn't indicate and "straight in" MDA. |
Circling-only approaches are not desirable. No one designs them intentionally. They design the best approach they can, based on a set of approach design criteria, and if the MDA ends up being too high, they are not permitted to label the approach with a runway number. It's just a "heads up" to the pilot.
If the aircraft is able to descend rapidly enough to an appropriate altitude, the aircraft can certainly land straight-in. I expect that this happens most of the time, wind permitting.