AVweb's NBAA 2007 Podcast #4: Roll Your Own Approach

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

Editorial Staff

Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM ET

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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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