USER COMMUNITY NAVIGATION TRANSITION PLAN

1. USER COMMUNITY NAVIGATION TRANSITION PLAN 19TH ANNUAL FAA/JAA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE June 3-7, 2002 Phoenix, Arizona Presented by Frank Alexander Northwest Airlines

2. PARTICIPANTS Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Air Transport Association of America United States Air Force (DoD) National Business Aircraft Association Regional Airline Association

3. PHASE I & II DOMAINS • APPROACH • TERMINAL • EN ROUTE AT & ABOVE FL 290 • EN ROUTE BELOW FL290 • OCEANIC

4. PHASE III DOMAINS • APPROACH • TERMINAL • EN ROUTE AT & ABOVE FL 180 • EN ROUTE BELOW FL 180 • OCEANIC

5. TRANSITION TIMELINE 2015 2002 2005 2025 PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III

6. Transition Timeline 2000 2005 2025 2015 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3

7. PHASE I • APPROACH • VNAV for all existing non-precision instrument approach procedures at Part 139 airports • All new approach procedures NOT ILS will be RNAV (with a few exceptions) • FAA will support industry initiatives for RNP procedures for RNP < 0.3 • TERMINAL • Continue expansion of RNAV procedures • Basic accuracy is RNP 2 

8. PHASE I • EN ROUTE • IMPLEMENTATION OF RNAV ROUTES • BASIC ACCURACY RNP-4 • ALTERNATE MEANS OF NAVIGATION REQUIRED • OCEANIC • EXPAND RNP-10 AND INTRODUCE RNP-4 • USE CNS APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SEPARATION STANDARDS

9. PHASE II • APPROACH • RNAV MINIMA BASED ON GLS (WAAS) • RNP <0.3 APPROACHES INTRODUCED • RF SEGMENTS ADDED TO RNAV APPROACHES • PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO STRAIGHT LEG TRANSITIONS • PUBLIC LAAS APPROACHES INTRODUCED • POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR CAT II/III • TERMINAL • RNP-1 ACCURACY REQUIRED FOR ALL CLASS B AIRSPACE FOR IFR OPERATIONS • SURVEILLANCE MAY BE DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT • RNP-X RNAV INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC PROCEDURES BUT WILL REQUIRE “SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION”

10. PHASE II • EN ROUTE BELOW FL290 • RNP-4 WILL BE PRIMARY NAV ACCURACY VALUE • VICTOR AIRWAYS TO BE PHASED OUT CONCURRENT WITH BUILD DOWN OF NAV AIDS • A/C NOT FILING RNAV MUST HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEANS OF NAV • AT THE END OF PHASE II, RNAV SYSTEMS MEETING RNP-4 ACCURACY WILL BE MANDATORY • EN ROUTE AT & ABOVE FL290 • RNP-4 WILL BE PRIMARY NAV ACCURACY VALUE • JET AIRWAYS WILL BE PHASED OUT CONCURRENT WITH BUILD DOWN OF NAV AIDS • ADDITIONAL ROUTING FLEXIBILITY TIED TO EXPANDED USE OF CONTROLLER DECISION SUPPORT

11. PHASE II • OCEANIC • RNP-4 RNAV WITHIN U.S. FIRS • RNP-2 RNAV FOR WATRS, CARIBBEAN, GULF OF MEXICO • SOME REQUIREMENTS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO STATE AIRCRAFT

12. PHASE III • APPROACH • RNAV APPROACH PROCEDURES MANDATORY • LANDING MINIMA BASED ON RNP RNAV/BARO VNAV OR GLS (WAAS/LAAS) • WHERE GROUND BASED NAV AIDS REMAIN, THOSE NAV AIDS MAY SUPPORT INSTRUMENT APPROACHES • TERMINAL • RNP-1 RNAV MANDATORY IN CLASS B AIRSPACE • RNP 0.3 RNAV MAY BE USED WHERE ADVANTAGEOUS • SURVEILLANCE MAY BE DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT

13. PHASE III • EN ROUTE BELOW FL180 • RNP RNAV AVAILABLE BUT NOT MANDATORY • PUBLISHED RNAV ROUTES REMAIN • FREE FLIGHT AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED • EN ROUTE AT & ABOVE FL 180 • RNP-2 RNAV MANDATORY FOR ALL AIRCRAFT • FREE FLIGHT AVAILABLE CONTINGENT ON OPERATING ENVIRONMENT • FREE FLIGHT MANDATORY AT THE END OF PHASE III