Airways New Zealand (Airways) has become the first air navigation
service provider (ANSP) to be endorsed by ICAO for the design of
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) instrument procedures.
PBN procedures are key to improving efficiency, capacity and safety, and designing and implementing them is both a challenge and an opportunity for ANSPs.
PBN has already been introduced at several locations in New Zealand, most notably the resort town of Queenstown (ZQN) on the South Island. Situated in the challenging terrain of the southern Alps, ZQN has a notoriously tricky approach and PBN has not only improved safety, but also facilitated an increase in the number of flight movements at the airport from five to 12 an hour. It makes it possible for jet operations to continue in a variety of weather conditions that would previously have closed the airport.
Airways’ aeronautical design and development team leader Obrad Puškarica said, “Our team of procedure designers has a lot of experience in PBN design and implementation both within New Zealand and from working with other countries all over the world. We’ve done many different types of PBN flight procedures for varying environmental and traffic conditions, weather conditions and mixed fleet capabilities.”
PBN procedures are key to improving efficiency, capacity and safety, and designing and implementing them is both a challenge and an opportunity for ANSPs.
PBN has already been introduced at several locations in New Zealand, most notably the resort town of Queenstown (ZQN) on the South Island. Situated in the challenging terrain of the southern Alps, ZQN has a notoriously tricky approach and PBN has not only improved safety, but also facilitated an increase in the number of flight movements at the airport from five to 12 an hour. It makes it possible for jet operations to continue in a variety of weather conditions that would previously have closed the airport.
Airways’ aeronautical design and development team leader Obrad Puškarica said, “Our team of procedure designers has a lot of experience in PBN design and implementation both within New Zealand and from working with other countries all over the world. We’ve done many different types of PBN flight procedures for varying environmental and traffic conditions, weather conditions and mixed fleet capabilities.”
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