RNAV approaches are GPS-based procedures becoming widespread in general aviation, with LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) procedures offering similar lateral and vertical guidance to ...

The next approach type we’ll discuss in the continuation of a series on how to perfect different approach styles is how to fly the perfect GPS approach. Over many years, aviation has changed its ...

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 ...

Not that we don't experience low IFR throughout other seasons, but as we transition into warmer temperatures, the temperature/dewpoint spread likes to stay close. This is especially true for nighttime ...

The FAA approved a new RNP (Required Navigation Performance) approach for Aspen, Colorado's Runway 15, offering lower minimums (537 ft with 1 1/4 mile visibility) and a stable 3.5-degree approach.

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 ...

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 ...

When loading an RNAV Approach into the FMC during preflight it does not prompt a transition on the approach after prompting for MIN PROF. When you select the approach, it goes to the MIN PROF, but ...