What does "sidestep" mean?

[KDSM]

Atc told me to "fly straight in runway 34L, sidestep 34R"
what the hay does that mean?

[cspyro21]

Hmm....not sure, but I'd guess that it means "standby to 'sidestep' and land on 34R if conditions are better for that RWY" etc.....

Just a little idea

[dave3cu]

http://www.pilotsweb.com/pcg/pcg_s.htm

SIDESTEP MANEUVER- A visual maneuver accomplished by a pilot at the completion of an instrument approach to permit a straight-in landing on a parallel runway not more than 1,200 feet to either side of the runway to which the instrument approach was conducted.

Dave

[KDSM]

thanks dave  ;)

[flyboy 28]

Which airport was this at? I wanna try.

[KDSM]

Sea/Tac with a whole lotta AI

[BAW0343]

i've has that happen to me when i request another runway during my approach   usually i change beacuse atc made a stupid mistake like letting a plane land infront of me and clearing me for landing at the same time   so i just ask for the other runway

[beefhole]

Which airport was this at? I wanna try. :)

Any airport with a tower and parallel runways, james ;)

Request the aproach to one runway and landing on another.  You fly the instrument approach for, say, 18L and then, when within visual range, you hand fly er over to 18R.  This procedure, from what I know, is actually more common at airports whose runways look like this-

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So the runways are 18/36 and, say, 33/15.  When they want to land on both 18 and 15, they will bring all aircraft in on the same approach, say to 18, and then every other aircraft will peel off and land on 15. (think TJSJ, San Juan Int'l-they performed that manuever on my flight, you can look it up in FS)