A Flight Investigation of System Accuracies and Operational Capabilities of a General Aviation/Air Transport Area Navigation System (RNAV).

Abstract

Flight tests were conducted at the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) using a general aviation/air transport-type area navigation system (RNAV) to investigate area navigation system accuracies and resultant airspace requirements. The system used very high frequency omnidirectional radio range/distance measuring equipment (VOR/DME) radio data for position determination. Data and operational capabilities were also investigated, and graphical data are presented for parallel offsets, delay fans, and turn anticipation. Total system crosstrack standard deviations (1 sigma) in the en route, terminal, and approach areas were 1.39, 0.46, and 0.25 nautical miles (NMI), respectively. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA081646

Entities

People

  • Jack Edmonds
  • John Gallagher
  • Robert Pursel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Distance Measuring Equipment
  • Ground Stations
  • Guidance
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radar Tracking
  • Radio Navigation
  • Radio Ranges (Transmitters)
  • Regression Analysis
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management

Technology Areas

  • Space