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 ...

RNP (Required Navigational Performance) approaches are advanced, GPS-based RNAV instrument procedures designed through collaboration to enable safe access to ...

The article clarifies the distinct definitions of RNAV (Area Navigation), RNP (Required Navigation Performance), and PBN (Performance Based Navigation), emphasizing RNP's requirement for onboard ...

Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

Existing primary flight instrumentation "is no longer adequate and safe for the developing RNP (required navigation performance) environment", says the International Federation of Air Line Pilots ...

Experience the flying of a visual RNP approach in a Boeing 787, with insights into approach charts, actual call-outs, and Boeing procedures to give you a sense of everything happening inside the ...

[Avionics Today 03-03-2016] Denver International Airport (DEN) has flown 30,000 Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approaches, according to Southwest, an advocate in RNP implementation working ...

The first required navigation performance approach into this new airport in a mountainous valley is a sign of things to come as China plans to certify up to 50 more RNP procedures at ...

Join me for an approach and landing at Funchal Madeira Airport (LPMA), known as one of the most challenging airports in ...

Boeing is working with Lion Air to implement satellite-based approaches at Indonesian airports. In conjunction with Indonesian aviation authorities, Boeing and Lion are introducing required navigation ...

FOR YEARS, RESIDENTS IN SOUTH PORTLAND HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT PLANES FLYING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD... DROWNING OUT ALL OTHER SOUND. NOW NEW TECHNOLOGY HAS OPENED UP A PATH FOR PLANES TO AVOID NEIGHBORHOODS ...