The Henderson procedures are not IFR approaches, Honeywell cautions. “No formal training or FAA approvals [are] required since this is advisory guidance only."
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Pilots flying into Henderson Executive Airport (KHND) for Super Bowl LVIII might be able to take advantage of two new Honeywell guided visual approach procedures to the airport’s Runway 17R or 35L.
Certain airplanes equipped with Honeywell flight management systems and signed up for Honeywell Navigation Services subscriptions can qualify to use these procedures. Eligible airplanes include the Bombardier Global Express; Cessna Sovereign and Citation X; Embraer 170/190; Falcon 6X, 7X, 8X, 2000EX EASy, 900EX EASy, and 900C/EX; Gulfstream G450/550/650/500/600 and GV; Hawker 4000; and Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24.
The KHND procedures are not IFR approaches, Honeywell cautions, and “no formal training or FAA approvals [are] required since this is advisory guidance only. However, you must read the briefing sheet prior to using the procedure.” A letter of authorization from the FAA is not required.
Guided visual approaches provide vertical and lateral guidance, with curving paths around terrain or obstacles, and must be loaded into the FMS from the nav database. While pilots can hand-fly the approaches, the use of autopilot is recommended, and the approaches provide shallow bank angles and relatively normal descent angles to the runway end for a stable approach experience. These procedures can only be used when pilots are cleared for the visual approach, in the case of KHND to Runway 35L or 17R.
Other airports with guided visual approaches include Chicago Executive, Scottsdale (Arizona), Teterboro, and California's Jacqueline Cochran (Palm Springs) and Van Nuys. Additional procedures are under evaluation at another Chicago Executive runway and at San Francisco and Cabo San Lucas (Mexico).
Honeywell Releases KHND Visual Approach before Big Game
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Pilots flying into Henderson Executive Airport (KHND) for Super Bowl LVIII might be able to take advantage of two new Honeywell guided visual approach procedures to the airport’s Runway 17R or 35L.
Certain airplanes equipped with Honeywell flight management systems and signed up for Honeywell Navigation Services subscriptions can qualify to use these procedures. Eligible airplanes include the Bombardier Global Express; Cessna Sovereign and Citation X; Embraer 170/190; Falcon 6X, 7X, 8X, 2000EX EASy, 900EX EASy, and 900C/EX; Gulfstream G450/550/650/500/600 and GV; Hawker 4000; and Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24.
The KHND procedures are not IFR approaches, Honeywell cautions, and “no formal training or FAA approvals [are] required since this is advisory guidance only. However, you must read the briefing sheet prior to using the procedure.” A letter of authorization from the FAA is not required.
Guided visual approaches provide vertical and lateral guidance, with curving paths around terrain or obstacles, and must be loaded into the FMS from the nav database. While pilots can hand-fly the approaches, the use of autopilot is recommended, and the approaches provide shallow bank angles and relatively normal descent angles to the runway end for a stable approach experience. These procedures can only be used when pilots are cleared for the visual approach, in the case of KHND to Runway 35L or 17R.