GPS-A/-B/-C designation?
08-02-2012, 02:18 AM
#11
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Joined APC: Dec 2008
Posts: 299
Some info here: http://www.uasc.com/documents/suppor...Procedures.pdf
(from the PDF):
Special Procedures, Private Procedures and Circle to Land: What’s in Your
Navigation Database?
Universal Avionics’ navigation database contains Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP) that are not published as part
of the standard chart set. Conversely, operators may have noticed approach types missing from the database. While
navigation data tends to be standard industry-wide, there are exceptions; as discussed in this pdf.
I see a procedure in the database that I don’t have a standard published chart for. Why is this?
When entering your destination in the flight plan (via MENU / ARRIVE), operators might notice a procedure for
which there is no standard published chart. There are two reasons this can occur: 1) In the U.S., it is an FAAdesignated
“Special Procedure” or in Canada, it is a NAV CANADA-designated Restricted Canada Air Pilot “RCAP”
(2) It is a Private Approach designed by a company or individual to a certain location. Both of these types of
procedures are not publicly available but are included in Universal’s navigation database.
Can I fly these procedures?
No. Special Procedures, private procedures and RCAPs require permission.
How do I get permission?
Operators should seek permission through their local certification agency.
For Special Procedures, contact the local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). Certain navigational capabilities
must be proven to obtain permission to fly the procedure. Once permission has been granted, the operator will
receive the chart from Jeppesen (or other database supplier).
For Private Procedures, operators must contact the owner of the procedure.
The permission basis and airport owner can be found on the web; e.g. AirNav.
What does a Special Procedures look like on the chart?
The published chart will indicate (Special) at the top, as the graphic below illustrates
(from the PDF):
Special Procedures, Private Procedures and Circle to Land: What’s in Your
Navigation Database?
Universal Avionics’ navigation database contains Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP) that are not published as part
of the standard chart set. Conversely, operators may have noticed approach types missing from the database. While
navigation data tends to be standard industry-wide, there are exceptions; as discussed in this pdf.
I see a procedure in the database that I don’t have a standard published chart for. Why is this?
When entering your destination in the flight plan (via MENU / ARRIVE), operators might notice a procedure for
which there is no standard published chart. There are two reasons this can occur: 1) In the U.S., it is an FAAdesignated
“Special Procedure” or in Canada, it is a NAV CANADA-designated Restricted Canada Air Pilot “RCAP”
(2) It is a Private Approach designed by a company or individual to a certain location. Both of these types of
procedures are not publicly available but are included in Universal’s navigation database.
Can I fly these procedures?
No. Special Procedures, private procedures and RCAPs require permission.
How do I get permission?
Operators should seek permission through their local certification agency.
For Special Procedures, contact the local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). Certain navigational capabilities
must be proven to obtain permission to fly the procedure. Once permission has been granted, the operator will
receive the chart from Jeppesen (or other database supplier).
For Private Procedures, operators must contact the owner of the procedure.
The permission basis and airport owner can be found on the web; e.g. AirNav.
What does a Special Procedures look like on the chart?
The published chart will indicate (Special) at the top, as the graphic below illustrates
05-06-2013, 09:48 AM
#12
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
Posts: 13,837
From the updated N JO 7110.615 to be released June 3, 2013:
In some cases, the name of the approach, as published, is used to identify the approach, even though a component of the approach aid, other than the localizer on an ILS is inoperative. Where more than one procedure to the same runway is published on a single chart, each must adhere to all final approach guidance contained on that chart, even though each procedure will be treated as a separate entity when authorized by ATC. The use of alphabetical identifiers in the approach name with a letter from the end of the alphabet; for example, X, Y, Z, such as “HI TACAN Z Rwy 6L or HI TACAN Y Rwy 6L,” or “RNAV (GPS) Z Rwy 04 or RNAV (GPS) Y Rwy 04,” denotes multiple straight-in approaches to the same runway that use the same approach aid. Alphabetical suffixes with a letter from the beginning of the alphabet; for example, A, B, C, denote a procedure that does not meet the criteria for straight-in landing minimums authorization.
05-06-2013, 11:12 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 183
What happens when civilization survives long enough to get 13 different circling approaches to the same airfield and the straight in has 13 different ways and we crash together at the letter "M"?
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