RNAV approaches, particularly LPV, are GPS-based procedures increasingly common in US general aviation, offering similar lateral and vertical guidance to ILS approaches. Pilots familiar with ILS ...

RNAV GPS approaches are common, with most requiring RNP 0.3 accuracy. Different types exist, including LNAV (non-precision, lateral only), LP (non-precision WAAS-mandatory), LNAV/VNAV (precision-like, ...

Area navigation (RNAV) is a concept that predates the implementation of GPS by several decades. But it was with the advent of the latter, with its powerful microprocessors, compact size and global ...

Austrian Airlines claims its Boeing 737 fleet is the first in Europe to secure authorisation to perform approaches using the combined concepts of area navigation ...

In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...

Last month I wrote about my preference for RNAV approaches versus ILSs in most but not all situations. Earlier this year there was a fatal accident in a Cirrus SR22 in Bar Harbor, Maine, in which the ...

Pilots of a SmartLynx Airbus A321 conducted a low approach to London Stansted because its crew had not realised that a revised arrival procedure, with a displaced threshold, was in place. The aircraft ...

Where do you get your information? Do you go to experts, or rely on what people tell you in a Facebook post? I try not to spend too much time interacting on social media because to me it's largely a ...

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 ...