United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2011_register executive 2011-12-15 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7fe877b D09002ee1c7fe8802 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Aviation Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks comments on a proposed transition of the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) navigation infrastructure to enable performance-based navigation (PBN) as part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The FAA plans to transition from defining airways, routes and procedures using VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR) and other legacy navigation aids (NAVAIDs) \1\ towards a NAS based on Area Navigation (RNAV) everywhere and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) where beneficial. Such capabilities will be enabled largely by the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The FAA plans to retain an optimized network of Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) stations and a minimum operational network (MON) of VOR stations to ensure safety and continuous operations for high and low altitude en route airspace over the conterminous US (CONUS) and terminal operations at the Core 30 airports.\2\ The FAA is also conducting research on Alternate Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) solutions that would enable further reduction of VORs below the MON. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 FR 77939 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-12-15/2011-31451 2011-31451 fr15de11-11 4910-13-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-12-15/2011-31451 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-15/html/2011-31451.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-15/pdf/2011-31451.pdf 4 p. 77939 77942 76 FR 77939 Title 14 Part 121 14 CFR Part 121 Title 14 Part 125 14 CFR Part 125 Title 14 Part 129 14 CFR Part 129 Title 14 Part 135 14 CFR Part 135 Title 14 Part 91 14 CFR Part 91 Proposed Provision of Navigation Services for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Transition to Performance-Based Navigation (PBN); Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue PRORULE 2011-31451 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 2012-03-07 4910-13-P 2011-31451 Notice of proposed policy and request for comments.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks comments on a proposed transition of the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) navigation infrastructure to enable performance-based navigation (PBN) as part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The FAA plans to transition from defining airways, routes and procedures using VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR) and other legacy navigation aids (NAVAIDs) \1\ towards a NAS based on Area Navigation (RNAV) everywhere and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) where beneficial. Such capabilities will be enabled largely by the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The FAA plans to retain an optimized network of Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) stations and a minimum operational network (MON) of VOR stations to ensure safety and continuous operations for high and low altitude en route airspace over the conterminous US (CONUS) and terminal operations at the Core 30 airports.\2\ The FAA is also conducting research on Alternate Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) solutions that would enable further reduction of VORs below the MON. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Comments must be received on or before March 7, 2012. Mr. Greg Joyner, AJW-911, Navigation Services, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 493-5721. Provision of Navigation Services: Next Generation Air Transportation System Transition to Performance-Based Navigation , http://aspmhelp.faa.gov/index.php/Core_30 http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov http://www.faa.gov/nextgen http://www.regulations.gov https://nasea.faa.gov www.gps.gov www.pnt.gov Vol. 76, no. 241 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-12-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 208 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-12-15 P0b002ee181269e2d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15de11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-12-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-15/pdf/FR-2011-12-15.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-15/xml/FR-2011-12-15.xml fdlp 77895 78092 DGPO 2011-12-15 2024-06-03 FR-2011-12-15 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-12-15 76 241