This past January there was some brief mention in the aviation trade media that Alaska Airlines had begun to use a radically different type of instrument approach procedure to reduce IFR approach and ...

Austrian conducted an RNP RNAV approach – the first in Europe – to Innsbruck’s runway 26 in June. “This [new approach procedure] enables substantially improved and safer course guidance, especially in ...

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 ...

ATC procedures are being updated to provide RNAV-equipped aircraft with more flexible and efficient options for joining approaches, including direct clearances to intermediate or step-down fixes on ...

A visual approach is an IFR authorization allowing pilots to proceed visually to an airport in good weather, simplifying navigation by relying on spotting the field or preceding aircraft instead of ...

To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: The most recent readily available instrument approach charts for the KSEA RNAV M 16R ...

At mountain airports like Aspen and Eagle County, a straight approach to the runway is not possible. Here is how pilots ...