The new RNAV (GPS)-A approach at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, is largely impractical due to an impractically high Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) of 4000 feet above the airport. This high MDA is a safety ...

Austrian conducted an RNP RNAV approach – the first in Europe – to Innsbruck’s runway 26 in June. “This [new approach procedure] enables substantially improved and safer course guidance, especially in ...

A pilot takes his Beechcraft Bonanza on a cross-country flight from South Dakota toward Indianapolis to attend the Red Bull ...

RNAV approaches are GPS-based procedures, particularly RNAV LPV, which offers "localizer performance with vertical guidance" comparable to ILS approaches. ATC employs specific phraseology for RNAV ...

FAA is on track to meet its early goals for introducing more approach and departure routes based on required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV), agency Associate Administrator for ...

Transport Canada has cleared WestJet to carry out flight management system (FMS) -guided airport approach procedures using area navigation (RNAV) capabilities certificated to record accuracy levels.

Pilots frequently misinterpret ATC instructions concerning course guidance, altitude restrictions, and procedure turns, even when reading back clearances correctly, leading to potentially dangerous ...

The choice between ILS and WAAS GPS (LPV) approaches is nuanced, depending on aircraft equipment, specific weather conditions (e.g., icing, terrain), and operational factors like circling restrictions ...

The FAA is looking to implement a new offset RNAV approach to Teterboro Airport's Runway 19, to ease noise impact. In an effort to lessen aircraft noise over sensitive areas, the FAA is proposing a ...

[Avionics Today 10-07-2015] Oman Air is using Performance Based Navigation (PBN) to simplify approaches into an airport with one of the most challenging terrains in its network, thanks to new ...