ICAO proposes renaming RNAV approach charts to RNP to standardize performance-based navigation (PBN) and simplify pilot understanding of required capabilities. The FAA and other international bodies ...

In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. The American psyche was troubled by the potential of this technological second place. This planted the seeds of one of ...

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 ...

FAA is on track to meet its early goals for introducing more approach and departure routes based on required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV), agency Associate Administrator for ...

Southwest Airlines believes that if FAA sticks to its current deployment plan for RNP/RNAV procedures, the carrier will achieve an adequate return on its equipage investment. Meanwhile, Alaska ...