African Flight Procedure Programme (AFPP)
Quality Assurance
For Instrument Flight Procedure
Implementation
Nairobi, Kenya – 3-6 November 2015
Frédéric Legrand, Manager, African Flight Procedure Programme
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� PBN concept
� ASBU system
� PBN concept advantages
� PBN implementation stakeholders
� PBN implementation documentation
� PBN National Plans status
� 2010, ICAO Resolution A37-11, PBN implementation
� PBN approach procedures implementation status in African States
� PBN SIDs and STARs implementation status in African States
� PBN procedures implementation status in African States
� ICAO-AFPP/AFCAC PBN Survey, May 2015
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Summary
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PBN concept
PBN CONCEPT ESTABLISHED IN 2008
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�Area navigation based onperformance requirements foraircraft operating along an ATSroute, on an instrumentapproach procedure or in adesignated airspace. (ICAO Doc9613)
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PBN concept
The implementation of
Performance-Based Navigation,
or PBN, is presently the global
aviation community’s highest
Air Navigation priority.
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PBN Concept
THE CONCEPT IS MATURE
TODAY
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ASBU
It is key to the implementation of
ICAO’s Aviation System Block
Upgrades (ASBU).
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ASBU
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ASBU
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2013
ASBU
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2013
2018
2023
ASBU
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PBN concept advantages
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PBN BENEFITS
REDUCES
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
IMPROVES
SAFETY
IMPROVES
OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY
INCREASES
AIRSPACE
CAPACITY
REDUCES
INFRASTRUCTURE
Reduces CFIT
Consistent and predictable paths
Stabilized approach paths
Reduces time in flight
in more direct routes
Reduces fuel costs
Reduces investment in ground-based systems
More efficient direct routes
Reduces airspace conflicts
Reduces fuel consumption
Less CO2 gas emissions
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PBN concept advantages
Performance Based CapabilityPerformance Based Capability
ACCURACY AVAILABILITYINTEGRITY CONTINUITY FUNCTIONALITY
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PBN implementation involves many
different stakeholders and processes
from airborne equipment to airspace
infrastructure development.
PBN implementation stakeholders
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� Participants involvedin an instrument flight procedureimplementation
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PBN implementation documentation
• All activities are determined in reference to ICAO regulations and PBN
documents
o Doc 8168 Aircraft Operations (vol 2, construction of flight procedure)
o Doc 9613 PBN Manual
o Doc 9674 World Geodetic System Manual
o Doc 9859 Safety Management Manual
o Doc 9881 Guidelines for Electronic Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome Mapping Information
o Doc 9905 Manual for RNP-AR procedure design
o Doc 9906 Quality Assurance Manual for Flight Procedure Design (quality assurance
system, procedure designer training, software validation, procedure design construction,
procedure validation, pilot training and evaluation)
o Doc 9931 Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) Manual
o Doc 9992 Manual on Use of PBN in Airspace Design
o Doc 9993 Continuous Climb operations (CCO) Manual
o Doc 9997 PBN Operational Approval Manual
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PBN National Plans status
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Cabo Verde
0°
Nile
20°
Seychelles
Mauritius
20°
Reunion
Senegal
Algeria
Libya Egypt
Tog
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Gha
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DRC
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Kenya
Tanzania
Botswana
Uganda
South
Africa
Morocco
Tunisia
Malawi
ZimbabweNamibia
Niger
Mali
Sierra
Leone
Gabon
Cameroon
Swaziland
Pending
Yes
No
Data issued by ICAO Regional Offices, States,
and AFCAC/ICAO Survey, May 2015
Côte
d’Ivoire
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Resolution A37-11 : Global objectives for performance based navigation
2010, ICAO Resolution A37-11PBN implementation
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2010 Target
2014 Target
2016 Target
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Runways
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Runways100%
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Assembly Resolution A37-11 on PBN Implementation
RNP Approach
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2010, ICAO Resolution A37-11PBN implementation
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AFI REGION – PBN Instrument Approaches
PBN approach procedures implementation statusAfrican States
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PBN approach procedures implementation statusAfrican States
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PBN SIDs and STARs implementation statusAfrican States
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PBN flight procedures in ESAF area
PBN flight procedures in WACAF area
� International airports
� PBN approach procedures, SIDs and STARs implementation
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PBN procedures implementation statusAfrican States
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ICAO-AFPP/AFCAC PBN Survey
� ICAO-AFPP/AFCAC PBN Survey, May 2015
� Information about National PBN Plan development
o Challenges impeding development
o Assistance requested
� Flight procedures implementation
o Conventional
o PBN
� Flight procedures implementation oversight service
o Design
o Approval
� ICAO State Letter, November 2016
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Thank You