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FGV approaches help pilots mitigate the risk of flying visual approaches to runways that are constrained by obstacles or operational restrictions, or have other risky characteristics, according to Honeywell senior technical sales manager Carey Miller. Pilots using FGV approaches are experiencing large reductions in flight deviations, he added. The approaches are available for aircraft equipped with Honeywell avionics.
“This is a great way to bring stabilized approaches to runway ends without a precision approach using the existing equipment in the aircraft and only requiring a $2,000 [per-year subscription] FMS navigation database upgrade,” he said. “We also recently became a member of the Starr Aviation Insurance Safety Partnership program because of the FMS guided visual approaches.”
Recently added FGV approaches—all RNAV procedures—include two at Ocean Reef; Runway 3 at Biggin Hill; Runway 21 and 26 at KABQ; river visual Runway 19 at Ronald Reagan Washington National (KDCA); Runway 20R at Illinois’ DuPage (KDPA); Runway 29 at Newark, New Jersey (KEWR); and Runway 31L at Palm Springs, California (KPSP).

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