What is an RNAV departure?

What is an RNAV departure?

Area Navigation (RNAV) Departures. RNAV is a method of navigation that permits aircraft operation on any desired flight path within the coverage of ground- or spaced- based NAVAIDs or within the limits of the capability of self-contained aids or a combination of these.

What does RNAV 10 mean?

An RNP of 10 means that a navigation system must be able to calculate its position to within a circle with a radius of 10 nautical miles. An RNP of 0.3 means the aircraft navigation system must be able to calculate its position to within a circle with a radius of 3/10 of a nautical mile.

Can ATC approve an unpublished RNAV route to be flown under IFR?

Off-Airway Routes with IFR-Approved GPS … [A] direct course initiated by ATC or requested by the pilot during flight. An impromptu RNAV route can be approved only in a radar environment, and ATC will monitor the flights on such routes, but navigation remains the responsibility of the pilot.

Is RNAV the same as GPS?

RNAV (Area Navigation) is not GPS. RNAV is technically a ground-based system. True RNAV units use VORs to compute point-to-point (random) routes. RNAV existed long before GPS.

What is LF MF airway?

LF/MF airways (airways based on LF/MF NAVAIDs) are sometimes referred to as colored airways because they are identified by color name and number (e.g., Amber One, charted as A1). Green and red airways are plotted east and west, and amber and blue airways are plotted north and south.

What are IFR T-routes?

T-routes are low altitude Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes, based on RNAV, for use by aircraft having instrument flight rules (IFR)-approved Global Positioning System (GPS)/Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) equipment.

Are t routes RNAV 1?

RNAV terminal transition routes, referred to as Tango or “T” routes, allow Global Positioning System (GPS) equipped, instrument flight rules (IFR) operations to efficiently fly around or through Class B and Class C airspace areas. Routes have been established for Cincinnati, Charlotte, and Jacksonville thus far.

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