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 ...

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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.

GPS approaches are a fact of life, authorised or not. In the GA community they often are not. So what should regulators do? It may look slow off the mark to countries like the USA, Canada and New ...

Recently Deb Fallows, aviation veteran and linguist, did a popular item about the strange and whimsical patterns of naming aviation waypoints, plus other aspects of flying-speak. She has gotten a lot ...

No audio available for this content. The GNC 355 is a GPS navigator with localizer performance with vertical (LPV) approach guidance and a built-in communications radio. (Photo: Garmin) Garmin ...

[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 ...