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this airport does not have a ILS approch system in either fs9 or the real world but a lot of big jets land there using rw12. A good number of times the weather is not so favorable a lot of times overcast i am talking in the real world and fs9 i think did a good job simulating that. what nav aids do these pilots use to land when the weather is not so good. I know of a fact that these jets go there what ever the condition is rain, clouds or poor visibilities. I know the air jamaica pilots are the best LOL. but how is it done?

VOR DME perhaps?
Over at my airport (ESGG in Sweden) the MDA when GS is out is just 769ft (254 ft AGL) so you can get pretty close to ground without ILS

NDB approaches are common as well, they generally have higer minimas though.

However, most modern airliners can fly a fully automated approach by using GPS and the onboard Flight management system (RNAV). No navaids required at all...higher minimas than ILS of course but often lower than conventional NDB approaches.
On the boeing 737, when approaching the final approach fix, simply spin the alt. wheel to ZERO and fly the approach with VNAV/LNAV

Thanks nexus for the info. i am new to all that you have explaned. its all foreign to me and the bad thing is that i might not get to learn it because whenever i go to the charts you know that slide bar to the right? i just cant scroll down all of a sudden one day it stop scroll, all the info just jumble into one when ever i try to scroll so i just gave up.