USER COMMUNITY NAVIGATION TRANSITION PLAN

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USER COMMUNITY NAVIGATION TRANSITION PLAN
19TH ANNUAL FAA/JAA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE June
3-7, 2002 Phoenix, Arizona
Presented by Frank Alexander Northwest Airlines
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PARTICIPANTS

• Aircraft Owners Pilots Association
• Air Transport Association of America
• United States Air Force (DoD)
• National Business Aircraft Association
• Regional Airline Association

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PHASE I II DOMAINS

• APPROACH
• TERMINAL
• EN ROUTE AT ABOVE FL 290
• EN ROUTE BELOW FL290
• OCEANIC

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PHASE III DOMAINS

• APPROACH
• TERMINAL
• EN ROUTE AT ABOVE FL 180
• EN ROUTE BELOW FL 180
• OCEANIC

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TRANSITION TIMELINE
2015
2002
2005
2025
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
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Transition Timeline
2000
2005
2025
2015
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
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PHASE I

• APPROACH
• VNAV for all existing non-precision instrument
  approach procedures at Part 139 airports
• All new approach procedures NOT ILS will be RNAV
  (with a few exceptions)
• FAA will support industry initiatives for RNP
  procedures for RNP
• TERMINAL
• Continue expansion of RNAV procedures
• Basic accuracy is RNP 2 

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PHASE I

• EN ROUTE
• IMPLEMENTATION OF RNAV ROUTES
• BASIC ACCURACY RNP-4
• ALTERNATE MEANS OF NAVIGATION REQUIRED
• OCEANIC
• EXPAND RNP-10 AND INTRODUCE RNP-4
• USE CNS APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SEPARATION
  STANDARDS

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PHASE II

• APPROACH
• RNAV MINIMA BASED ON GLS (WAAS)
• RNP
• RF SEGMENTS ADDED TO RNAV APPROACHES
• PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO STRAIGHT LEG TRANSITIONS
• PUBLIC LAAS APPROACHES INTRODUCED
• POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR CAT II/III
• TERMINAL
• RNP-1 ACCURACY REQUIRED FOR ALL CLASS B AIRSPACE
  FOR IFR OPERATIONS
• SURVEILLANCE MAY BE DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT
• RNP-X RNAV INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC PROCEDURES BUT
  WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION

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PHASE II

• EN ROUTE BELOW FL290
• RNP-4 WILL BE PRIMARY NAV ACCURACY VALUE
• VICTOR AIRWAYS TO BE PHASED OUT CONCURRENT WITH
  BUILD DOWN OF NAV AIDS
• A/C NOT FILING RNAV MUST HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEANS
  OF NAV
• AT THE END OF PHASE II, RNAV SYSTEMS MEETING
  RNP-4 ACCURACY WILL BE MANDATORY
• EN ROUTE AT ABOVE FL290
• RNP-4 WILL BE PRIMARY NAV ACCURACY VALUE
• JET AIRWAYS WILL BE PHASED OUT CONCURRENT WITH
  BUILD DOWN OF NAV AIDS
• ADDITIONAL ROUTING FLEXIBILITY TIED TO EXPANDED
  USE OF CONTROLLER DECISION SUPPORT

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PHASE II

• OCEANIC
• RNP-4 RNAV WITHIN U.S. FIRS
• RNP-2 RNAV FOR WATRS, CARIBBEAN, GULF OF MEXICO
• SOME REQUIREMENTS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO STATE
  AIRCRAFT

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PHASE III

• APPROACH
• RNAV APPROACH PROCEDURES MANDATORY
• LANDING MINIMA BASED ON RNP RNAV/BARO VNAV OR GLS
  (WAAS/LAAS)
• WHERE GROUND BASED NAV AIDS REMAIN, THOSE NAV
  AIDS MAY SUPPORT INSTRUMENT APPROACHES
• TERMINAL
• RNP-1 RNAV MANDATORY IN CLASS B AIRSPACE
• RNP 0.3 RNAV MAY BE USED WHERE ADVANTAGEOUS
• SURVEILLANCE MAY BE DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT

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PHASE III

• EN ROUTE BELOW FL180
• RNP RNAV AVAILABLE BUT NOT MANDATORY
• PUBLISHED RNAV ROUTES REMAIN
• FREE FLIGHT AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED
• EN ROUTE AT ABOVE FL 180
• RNP-2 RNAV MANDATORY FOR ALL AIRCRAFT
• FREE FLIGHT AVAILABLE CONTINGENT ON OPERATING
  ENVIRONMENT
• FREE FLIGHT MANDATORY AT THE END OF PHASE III