The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is being progressively used throughout the world to overcome many of the limitations of today’s air navigation infrastructure.
With its accurate, seamless, all-weather three-dimensional coverage, GNSS offers a satellite navigation service that satisfies many of the Area Navigation (RNAV) requirements.
RNAV is becoming the predominant method of navigation in the enroute, terminal and approach phases of flight. Where operations require tighter confinement with a higher degree of integrity, area navigation that supports on-board performance monitoring and alerting, referred to as RNP, is desired.
The curriculum covers the goals and benefits of area navigation, and the ICAO vision for RNAV and RNP operations, the Performance Based Navigation concept, ICAO Navigation Specifications and the types of area navigation systems.
Since GNSS is becoming the prevalent area navigation system, particularly in ground-based NAVAID poor environments, all GNSS elements and components such as receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) are explained in sufficient detail. The curriculum also addresses ARINC leg types, and concepts such as ‘to-to’ navigation and ‘fly-by’ and ‘fly over’ turns.
This course also addresses TMA RNAV operations, and explains how RNAV STARs and SIDs enable more efficient flight trajectories for operators. ATC separation and controlling aircraft on RNAV STARs and SIDs, and RNAV(GNSS) approaches is also discussed. The curriculum includes practical examples that aim to instil confidence in controlling aircraft on different types of RNAV operations.
You will benefit by learning about:
- Types of area navigation systems
- GNSS constellations and augmentations systems
- GPS receiver and RAIM
- The distinction between RNAV, and basic and advanced RNP
- Advanced RNP functionalities
- ARINC leg types
- To-To navigation and fly-by and fly over waypoint concepts
- ICAO Navigation Specifications
- Distance based (GNSS) longitudinal separation
- Lateral (GNSS) separation
- Controlling aircraft on RNAV STARs and SIDs
- Other RNAV(GNSS) procedures