The FAA has significantly expanded options for air traffic controllers to clear RNAV-equipped aircraft onto approaches, including direct to intermediate or step-down fixes on both RNAV and ...

A new RNAV approach at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, is deemed impractical by pilots due to an excessively high Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) of 4000 feet above the airport, primarily caused by strict ...

The "Radar Required" notation on RNAV approaches, like KBVY Rwy 34, primarily indicates the lack of published altitudes (e.g., transition routes or Terminal Arrival Areas) for pilots to safely ...

Garmin’s SmartCharts promise a cleaner, more intuitive way to brief and fly instrument procedures on the iPad—but how do they hold up in the real world, especially when ATC throws a curveball? In this ...

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 ...

Performance-based navigation (PBN), made up of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance-authorization required (RNP-AR) sounds complicated. But in reality, it isn’t. Emirates’ Roger ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken the highly unusual step of suspending the RNAV (GPS) Z approach to Runway 32 at Steamboat Springs Airport (KSBS) in Colorado, a procedure many ...

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