On the ODP, the
controlling obstacle is a 2729-foot tower a few miles to the east of the runway.
It was tall and well-lit, and in my avionics' obstruction database, but it also was the
controlling obstacle for the 2700-foot minimum vectoring altitude to the north of my destination, the direction from which I was arriving.
It's a
controlling obstacle for my descent when arriving from that direction, and local ATC usually won't clear me any lower than 2700 feet until I'm past it.
The procedure has a visual climb over airport (VCOA) to mitigate the non-standard climb gradient when the
controlling obstacle is more than 3nm from the departure end of runway.
In other words, if flying at the MEF value, you could be only 301 feet above the
controlling obstacle. That value takes on great significance when we understand 300 feet is an acceptable altimeter error.
This means the missed should be charted way back by WIMET, which makes much more sense since the
controlling obstacle could be the 328-foot tower just inside WIMET.
Holidaymakers will compete against each other in extreme stunts and the audience get in on the act too - blasting contestants with water and
controlling obstacles on stage.