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 ...

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 ...

Horizon Air, a regional carrier in the northwestern United States, flies in a challenging environment and, therefore, has special needs. It flies into airports in mountainous terrain, and it seeks ...

US Airways flight technical operations manager Mike Davis sounds a warning as he starts a presentation on required navigation procedures: "You will hear me talk a lot about 'containment' today." Davis ...

Air New Zealand (ANZ) is set to become the first airline to gain certification for its Airbus A320s to carry out near-precision approach procedures to required navigation performance (RNP) standards ...

Design problems in Rnav procedures affect Norm Mineta and Sacramento International. Two-thirds of those surveyed want to keep KSMO, and a majority do not want it turned it into a park ...