After the final approach fix, if visibility falls below minimums, you can:

After the final approach fix, if visibility falls below minimums, you can:

• A. Continue the approach
• B. Abort the approach
• C. Request vectors
• D. Land immediately

Answer: (A)

The important idea here is how to handle visibility that drops below published minima during an approach. The minima tell you the lowest visibility allowed to descend and complete the approach using instruments. If, after the final approach fix, you find that visibility is below those minimums, you don’t have to abort automatically. If you can see the runway environment and you can continue the approach visually, you may proceed to land by transitioning from instrument to visual flight and completing the landing. In short, you may continue the approach to landing as long as you have the runway in sight and can safely complete the landing. If you don’t have the runway environment in sight, you should not continue to land; you’d need to go around and execute the missed approach. Landing immediately isn’t appropriate unless you’re visually established and can safely land with the expected reference cues. Requesting vectors isn’t necessary if you’re already aligned and can proceed visually.

The important idea here is how to handle visibility that drops below published minima during an approach. The minima tell you the lowest visibility allowed to descend and complete the approach using instruments. If, after the final approach fix, you find that visibility is below those minimums, you don’t have to abort automatically. If you can see the runway environment and you can continue the approach visually, you may proceed to land by transitioning from instrument to visual flight and completing the landing. In short, you may continue the approach to landing as long as you have the runway in sight and can safely complete the landing.

If you don’t have the runway environment in sight, you should not continue to land; you’d need to go around and execute the missed approach. Landing immediately isn’t appropriate unless you’re visually established and can safely land with the expected reference cues. Requesting vectors isn’t necessary if you’re already aligned and can proceed visually.