Note: This Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Operational Approval Handbook has been developed by CASA Australia in coordination with ICAO and the COSCAP programmes of Asia Pacific. States are welcome to adapt this document as required to form the basis on which inspectors will provide operational approvals to operators in their State. This Handbook has been developed in conformance with the ICAO PBN Manual DOC 9613 and provides additional guidance on PBN Operational Approval requirements.

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PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION

OPERATIONAL APPROVAL HANDBOOK

August 2010

Foreword

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

ACRONYMS

PART 1 PBN TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW Introduction. Transition from Conventional Navigation to PBN Performance Based Navigation RNAV vs. RNP AREA NAVIGATION Area Navigation Principles Geodetic Reference Path Terminators Radius to Fix segments Area Navigation Systems Data Management NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE General Performance Evaluation Performance Components Required Navigation Performance Performance Limitations Flight Technical Error Management Lateral Deviation Monitoring Vertical Deviation Monitoring Evaluation of Deviation Displays GNSS General Monitoring and alerting GNSS Accuracy Integrity Monitoring Fault Detection Horizontal Protection Level Integrity Alerting Loss of Integrity Monitoring Function Availability Prediction Augmentation systems ROUTE DESIGN Protected Area RNP AR APCH RNP APCH En-route and Terminal BAROMETRIC VERTICAL NAVIGATION General Baro-VNAV Principles