WHAT IS A PROFILE DESCENT PROCEDURE?
A. A Profile Descent is a published Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) procedure and can be found in the Terminal Procedure books. A Profile Descent is an uninterrupted descent (except where level flight is required for speed adjustment) from cruising altitude/level to interception of a glide slope or to a minimum altitude specified from the initial or intermediate approach segment of a non-precision instrument approach. The profile descent normally terminates at the approach gate or where the glide slope or other appropriate minimum altitude is intercepted. For more info about Profile Descent Procedures, read the General Information notes in the front of each Terminal Procedure book.
