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he Federal Aviation Administration has made signifiArea navigation procedures enabled by GPS and WAAS
cant progress in the past year on Automatic Dependent
make it possible for instrument-rated pilots to file a flight plan
Surveillance-Broadcast, satellite-guided approach proand fly to a greater number of airports during low visibility. Precedures, and an unleaded fuel replacement for aircraft
cise horizontal and/or vertical guidance enhances safety regardwith piston-powered engines. These, and many more accomplishless of visibility and whether the approach is being flown during
ments, are detailed in the just-released NextGen Update: 2016,
the day or at night.
which is available at www.faa.gov/nextgen/update/general_aviaWAAS enables the FAA to design satellite-guided RNAV
tion. It offers a comprehensive look at the status of NextGen, in(GPS) approach procedures with localizer performance with
cluding those programs that specifically benefit general aviation.
vertical guidance and localizer performance minimums. These
The NextGen Update: 2016 also provides information on the
procedures are for use by WAAS-equipped aircraft. LPV miniFAA's Jan. 1, 2020, equipage mandate for ADS-B Out, which
mums provide capabilities similar to instrument landing systransmits location data to air traffic controllers and other aircraft
tems with horizontal and vertical guidance.
equipped to receive it. There is no FAA requirement to install
The FAA also publishes approach procedures that use WAAS
ADS-B In for information reception in
for horizontal but not vertical guidthe cockpit, but ADS-B In can provide
ance. These approach procedures with
numerous benefits to general aviaLP minimums are needed at runways
THE FAA AND INDUSTRY
tion pilots, particularly enhanced situwhere obstacles or other infrastructure
FORMED
THE
EQUIP
2020
ational awareness. Pilots of properly
limitations prevent the FAA from pubWORKING GROUP IN
equipped ADS-B In aircraft can see
lishing a vertically guided approach.
the same traffic picture as air traffic
Non-precision LP minimums are generOCTOBER 2014 TO
controllers.
ally higher than LPV minimums.
The FAA and industry formed the
As of April 28, 2016, there are 3,656
Equip 2020 working group in October
approach procedures with LPV mini2014 to help remove barriers to equipmums and 601 with LP minimums. The
ping aircraft with ADS-B. To further
FAA plans to meet any new requirements
support Equip 2020, the FAA launched
for Category 1 approach procedures with
the Equip ADS-B website at www.faa.
WAAS and LPV while also maintaining
gov/nextgen/equipadsb, a one-stop inan existing network of ILS systems. The
formation source where aircraft operaagency published 100 LPV and LP protors can get a list of FAA-certified ADS-B equipment, a clear excedures during the 2015 fiscal year and has already published an
planation of what airspace requires ADS-B, answers to a number
additional 160 procedures so far in fiscal year 2016.
of frequently asked questions, and more.
The FAA also plans to transition away from defining airways,
routes and procedures that use ground-based navigation equipSatellite-guided approach procedures
ment. Once this is completed, RNAV, using satellite positioning
Satellite-enabled approach procedures provide instrumentfrom GPS and WAAS, will be available NAS-wide.
rated pilots with access to a greater number of airports during
low visibility. The NextGen Update: 2016 covers this subject in
WAAS equipage
depth. The FAA has made more than 4,000 Wide Area AugmenMore than 82,000 general aviation aircraft are equipped
tation System-enabled procedures available at airports throughwith the receivers needed to fly WAAS-enabled procedures
out the national airspace system. Satellite-based procedures are
with LPV minimums or WAAS-enabled non-precision
enabling the FAA to retire some legacy ground-based navigation aids.
Continued on following page

HELP REMOVE
BARRIERS TO
EQUIPPING AIRCRAFT
WITH ADS-B.

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