Air carrier captain reported confusion when on a visual approach above the FAF altitude ATC asked th...

Attributes
ACN	1708248
Time
Date	201912
Place
Locale Reference	DAL.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 308
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Dallas approach gave us descend to 2;400 feet on a 70 degree heading. Once we had the field in sight he cleared us the visual approach to 31L. I began to descend to 2;200 feet the FAF crossing altitude. When we contacted tower he asked us to climb to 2;500 feet as we were below minimum vectoring altitude. This was confusing as we intercepted the glideslope at that point and landed normally. The tower kept thanking us for our cooperation. At least three times. We re-read the sip and charts and cannot find any note on the 2;500 feet MVA. 2;500 feet would have put us high at the glideslope intercept and caused an unstable approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported confusion when on a Visual Approach above the FAF altitude ATC asked them to climb to 2;500 feet for the Minimum vectoring Altitude.

Narrative: Dallas Approach gave us descend to 2;400 feet on a 70 degree heading. Once we had the field in sight he cleared us the visual approach to 31L. I began to descend to 2;200 feet the FAF crossing altitude. When we contacted Tower he asked us to climb to 2;500 feet as we were below minimum vectoring altitude. This was confusing as we intercepted the glideslope at that point and landed normally. The Tower kept thanking us for our cooperation. At least three times. We re-read the SIP and charts and cannot find any note on the 2;500 feet MVA. 2;500 feet would have put us high at the glideslope intercept and caused an unstable approach.

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Air carrier captain reported confusion when on a visual approach above the FAF altitude ATC asked them to climb to 2;500 feet for the minimum vectoring altitude.