Federal Aviation Administration

Navigation Services - Global Navigation Satellite System

GNSS - GPS/WAAS Approaches

The availability of WAAS-capable approach procedures is a significant enabler of WAAS benefits. This page provides information on the status of WAAS procedure development.

On May 3, 2012, fifteen (15) new Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) approach procedures were published bringing the total to 2,800.

There are currently also 282 Localizer Performance (LP) approach procedures.

(WAAS LPVs are also being published in Canada. For more information on Canadian WAAS LPVs, please select this link.)

To find out if there is a WAAS-enabled approach at an airport where you fly, please see the links in the page below.


See complete list of all published LPVs.

See complete list of all published LPs.

Select the date below to see the latest LPV procedures published:
May 3, 2012

LPV Procedure Locations for the Continental United States LPV Procedure Locations for Alaska
LPV Procedure Locations for the Continental U.S. and Alaska - as of February 9, 2012
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LP Procedure Locations for the Continental United States LP Procedure Locations for Alaska
LP Procedure Locations for the Continental U.S. and Alaska - as of February 9, 2012
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See LPVs by publication date

WAAS-Capable Approach Procedures
(by Procedure Type/Airport Type)
 
Procedures
(Part 139 Airports)
Procedures
(Non-Part 139 Airports)
Total Number of Procedures
 LNAV Procedures
1756
3637
5393
 LNAV/VNAV  Procedures
1255
1452
2707
 LPV Procedures
1233
1567
2800
LPVs w/ 200' HAT
 
609
 LP Procedures
46
236
282
 GPS Stand-Alone  Procedures
20
227
247
Update effective: May 3, 2012
Note: Number of GPS Stand-Alone Will Continue to Decrease As They Are Replaced By RNAV Procedures.

WAAS-Capable Airports
(by Procedure Type/Airport Type)
 
Part 139 Airports Served
Non-Part 139 Airports Served
Total Airports*
(with WAAS-capable Procedures - GPS, LNAV, LNAV/VNAV, and/or LPV)
 LNAV Procedures
535
1947
2482
 LNAV/VNAV Procedures
457
874
1331
 LPV Procedures
475
948
1423
 LP Procedures
37
169
206
 GPS Standalone  Approaches
16
174
190
Update effective: May 3, 2012
Note: Number of GPS Stand-Alone Will Continue to Decrease As They Are Replaced By RNAV Procedures

 

GPS
LNAV
LNAV/VNAV
LP
LPV

RNP

ALL


Update effective: May 3, 2012

Publication Dates for New Procedures

New procedures are published for use in the National Airspace System (NAS) every 56 days through the Terminal Procedures Publication (TPP) process. However, procedures can also be published during the interim months through the Operations Change Notice (OCN) process. Corresponding dates for 2012 are:

  • January 12, 2012 (CN)
  • February 9, 2012 (TPP)
  • March 8, 2012 (CN)
  • April 5, 2012 (TPP)
  • May 3, 2012 (CN)
  • May 31, 2012 (TPP)
  • June 28, 2012 (CN)
  • July 26, 2012 (TPP)
  • August 23, 2012 (CN)
  • September 20, 2012 (TPP)
  • October 18, 2012 (CN)
  • November 15, 2012 (TPP)
  • December 13, 2012 (CN)

Data on this page, including the attached spreadsheets, is derived from National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) Flight Information Publications. Data is for informational purposes only and should NOT be used as official information in any capacity related to flight operations. For official information, please consult the current Flight Information Publications.

Link to FAA’s Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) Production Plan web page. This page contains information on projected IFP production by region or fiscal year.

Page Last Modified: 05/08/12 12:19 ET