Which category circling minimums is used?

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D

Answer: (D)

Circling minimums are published for each approach speed category, and you must use the minimums for the category that matches your aircraft’s approach speed. The maneuver requires the obstacle protection and maneuvering room associated with that category, so the faster your aircraft (the higher the category), the higher the circling minimums you use. In practice, this means you rely on the minima for the category that corresponds to your actual approach speed; for many jet operations, that ends up being the highest category published for that approach. If your speed placed you in a lower category, you would use those lower minima instead.