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Does Anyone in the UK Get Vertical Guidance from their GTN650/750?

Jeppesen.

EGKB Biggin Hill

A FAS data block only applies to LPV and LP approaches.

From RTCA DO-229D

SBAS approaches include the use of horizontal and vertical instrument guidance and failure monitoring. High accuracy SBAS Approaches rely on the concept of using a Final Approach Segment (FAS) data block. There is only one FAS per approach procedure that contains precise information for conducting LPV or LP approaches. It is recommended for SBAS equipment to use the FAS when flying LNAV/VNAV approaches that are co-located with LPV or LP. The approach type available for use is determined by the ability of the SBAS system to provide the necessary level of integrity to support the charted approach types.

The four approach types are defined below:

Approach operations requiring the Final Approach Segment (FAS) data block:

a) Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) to alert limits consistent with decision altitudes as low as 200 ft above the threshold. At locations where the SBAS service or airport infrastructure doesn’t support the 200 ft decision altitude, LPV will use the same horizontal alert limits, but less stringent vertical alert limits with decision altitudes as low as 250 ft.

b) Localizer Performance without Vertical guidance (LP) to horizontal alert limit consistent with LPV criteria.

Approach operations not requiring the FAS data block:

c) Lateral navigation/vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV) approaches with a less stringent horizontal alert limit and vertical alert limit than LPV. The vertical alert limit is consistent with barometric VNAV.

d) Lateral navigation (LNAV) approaches to horizontal alert limit consistent with LNAV/VNAV but no vertical capability.

With LNAV and LNAV/VNAV approaches, the integrity settings are fixed for all segments of the procedure (final approach lateral is +/- 0.3 NM and VAL for the VNAV is 50 meters. This is not the case with the LPV and LP procedure types. The HAL and VAL can be set on an approach basis. Also, the additional precision of the LPV and LP procedures may require a specific SBAS system (EGNOS or WAAS or …) to provide the corrections, whereas procedures that are solely based on GNSS can use RAIM or other systems. The FAS data block also includes a CRC to validate the data in the data block. The data block is generated, protected by application of a CRC
and validated by the appropriate authorities before distribution. Data in the FAS datablock includes SBAS Service provider, airport ID, runway, suffix, Path data selector (a unique number and alpha codes that references the approach), and other parameters to define the path such as LTP location and elevation, TCH, GPA, course width at threshold, flight path alignment point.

Although if an LNAV/VNAV or LNAV procedure is co-located with an LPV, the same data may be used, it is not required.

In the case of an LNAV with +V, the +V is advisory only and is usually based on the same VAL that would be used with an LNAV/VNAV if it existed, The LNAV+V annunciation is not an LNAV/VNAV.

KUZA, United States
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