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 U.S. and Alaska - as of February 9, 2012 (Click images for bigger pictures)


LP Procedure Locations for the Continental U.S. and Alaska - as of February 9, 2012 (Click images for bigger pictures)

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.