For VOR approaches, you will use either _____ or _______ to determine arrival at the FAF.

For VOR approaches, you will use either _____ or _______ to determine arrival at the FAF.

• A. DME or Station Passage
• B. GPS or VOR signal
• C. Time or Radar vectors
• D. DME or GPS

Answer: (A)

For a VOR approach, your arrival at the Final Approach Fix is defined by either a published distance from the VOR or by crossing the VOR station itself. If you have DME, you simply use the DME readout and reach the FAF at the published distance from the VOR. If DME isn’t available, you identify the FAF by station passage—overflying the VOR—and then continue on the inbound final approach course. This setup gives you a clear, altitude-controlled transition into the final segment.

Other methods aren’t used for determining the FAF on a conventional VOR approach. Relying on GPS or the VOR signal alone isn’t the standard way to pinpoint the FAF on these charts, and timing or radar vectors don’t provide the published, fixed reference needed to establish the start of the final approach.