While a contact approach may feel a little bit like cheating, it's a perfectly legal approach. However, it has the potential to be used to beat the system. The AIM attempts to cut that off from the start with this block in 5-4-25 c. a contact approach "is not intended for use by a pilot on an IFR flight clearance to operate to an airport not having a published and functioning IAP (instrument approach procedure). Nor is it intended for an aircraft to conduct an instrument approach to one airport and then, when 'in the clear,' discontinue that approach and proceed to another."
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