AVweb’s NBAA 2007 Podcast #4: Roll Your Own Approach – Jeppesen’s New RNP Program

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Key Takeaways:

  • WAAS GPS technology enables instrument approaches at virtually any U.S. airport.
  • The FAA is unable to meet the high demand for developing these new instrument approaches.
  • To address the backlog, the FAA will authorize Jeppesen to develop public RNP approaches on a contract basis.
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The advent of WAAS GPS means that virtually any airport on the planet — at least in the U.S — can have an instrument approach. But the FAA can’t even begin to keep up with demand, so it’s about to approve Jeppesen’s request to develop so-called public RNP approaches on a contract basis. Jeppesen’s Andy McDowell explains how it will work.

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