More Runways Served by Honeywell Guided Visual Approaches

Honeywell’s FMS Navigation database upgrade, which offers FMS guided visual (FGV) approaches as an optional add-on, now includes nine new FGV approaches at airports including Ocean Reef (07FA) in Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico (KABQ); and London Biggin Hill (EGKB). The database is growing by eight to 10 approaches per month and is expected to reach nearly 100 by April, according to Honeywell.

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).