Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Airspace Structure; Environment - Non Weather Related
The MSA (Minimum Safe Altitude) for HOU ILS or LOC Runway 4 is based on the MHF VOR. The coverage area distance is 29 NM from MHF. HOU is 29 NM west of MHF. Therefore; the entirety of the approach does not have a valid MSA. I see this as a potential safety problem.
Pilot reported a safety problem relating to the Minimum Safe Altitude (MSA) for the HOU ILS or LOC Runway 4.