B039 OpSpec NAT HLA B054 OpSpec Oceanic Remote using SLRNS OSWG Gordy Rother and Kevin Kelley November 4 2015 North Atlantic NAT Minimum Navigation Performance Specification MNPS Changes ID: 771265
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B039 OpSpec, NAT HLAB054 OpSpec, Oceanic/ Remote using S-LRNS OSWG Gordy Rother and Kevin Kelley November 4, 2015 North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS) Changes
Current MNPS regulations:Contained in 14CFR Part 91Includes “standard deviation… less than 6.3 NM (11.7 km)” criteriaRulemaking: remove MNPS, Incorporate by Reference (IBR) Annex 2 (update) & Doc 7030 (new)Change to ICAO Doc 7030“NAT Supp” Ch 4 (Amendment 9, April/2014)4.1.1.5.1.5 From 1 January 2015 the means of compliance for demonstrating performance to 4.1.1.5.1.2 a) above shall be in accordance with the RNAV 10 or RNP 4 navigation specifications as detailed in the Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Manual (Doc 9613). Aircraft that have been MNPS-approved by the State of Registry or the State of the Operator based on standard deviation of lateral track error of 11.7 km (6.3 NM) before 1 January 2015 shall be permitted to operate in NAT MNPS airspace until 1 January 2020.North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS) Changes
NAT NMPS to PBN Task ForceThe NAT’s “MNPS to PBN Task Force” changes the name:NAT IMG Decision 45/2 – Re-naming of the NAT MNPSAThat the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, advise States and international organizations that the airspace currently designated as the North Atlantic Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications Airspace (NAT MNPSA) be re-named as the North Atlantic High Level Airspace (NAT HLA) as of 4 February 2016.State letter issued 5 Jan 2015 confirming re-naming of MNPS to HLA, effective 4 Feb 2016.
Actions TakenRulemaking: Drafted Direct Final Rule (Harmonization); internal coordination underwayAC 91-70B, FAA informal coordinationPlotting & Procedural Methods of Course ComplianceClass II now Oceanic and Remote ContinentalOpSpec B039 Draft with Document Control BoardAdds training, refers to Navigation Tables in B036 and B054OpSpec B054 Draft accommodates “Blue Spruce” & Gulf of Mexico, informal internal coordinationAdds “RNP 10 (Limited Airspace)” Term
Way ForwardFormal Internal CoordinationRelated AIP, AIM Changes (Class II, Administrative) B039, B054 OpSpecs, Notice, Inspector GuidanceAC 91-70, with Concurrent Public Comment(Related) The FAA will monitor and evaluate:Progress of the NAT Reduced Lateral Separation Minima (RLat SM) Trial, set to begin in November/ 2015See RLatSM trial “Special Emphasis Items” in FAA NTAP, AFS-470 website, or ICAO NAT Oceanic Bulletin“Hxxyy” points in NDB for aircraft with “operational need”“Nxxyy” points should not appear in Operational Flight Plans
RNP2 ComingAustralia, 4 February 2016see Equipment Mandates: CAO 20.91 and 20.18 https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net351/f/_assets/main/lib100178/pbn-booklet.pdf India?IATA in discussion with AAI, certain routes RNP2, March 2016?(B036 with RNP2 Support Release by this Fall, together with AC 90-105)
Questions??Contact InformationGordy Rother, AFS-430, 612-253-4409 Kevin Kelley, AFS-470, 202-267-8854Mark Wisnieski, AFS-470, 202-267-8843Industry Team:FedEx: Doug SnowAA: Steve Smith, Mike Boynton, Lee RoperUAL: Kyle Besaw, Perry Lewis (Peggy Schorsch)