Lets say I'm flying an ILS approach runway 36 at XYZ airport, circle to land runway 18, at the MDA and before the MAP, I clearly have the runway references in sight for 36 but not runway 18, can I still circle to land, and stay within the required radius or do I have to go missed? Do I need the runway references in sight for that specific runway I am circling too or can I have the airfield or the runway 36 in sight and still circle?
And part two, with circling approaches we have the specified radius to maintain from the desired runway, how do we know if we are flying within that given radius? Is it just by best educated guess?
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