PBN Procedures
Performance-Based Navigation Procedures
Performance-Based Navigation instrument approach and departure procedure development with airspace safety analysis and environmental review support.
Performance-Based Navigation lets procedures follow the airspace an airport actually needs, not the ground-based navaids it happens to have. Cignus develops PBN instrument approach and departure procedures and the airspace safety and environmental analysis that goes with them.
We support sponsors and the FAA from concept through design, safety assessment, and environmental review.
What we deliver
Procedures from concept to publication
Procedure development
PBN approach and departure procedure design to FAA criteria.
Airspace safety analysis
Obstacle, terrain, and traffic interaction assessment for proposed procedures.
Environmental review support
Noise and environmental analysis supporting NEPA review.
Stakeholder coordination
Documentation and coordination with the FAA, operators, and communities.
Engagement
How we work
1 · Scope
Define operational goals, constraints, and the airspace involved.
2 · Design & analyze
Develop procedure options and evaluate them for safety, obstacles, and environmental effect.
3 · Deliver
Procedure packages, analysis reports, and support through review.
Technical profile
At a glance
- Procedure types
- RNAV and RNP approaches and departures
- Criteria
- FAA PBN procedure design criteria
- Analyses
- Obstacle and terrain evaluation, airspace safety, environmental support
- Deliverables
- Procedure design packages, safety and environmental analyses
Scope a PBN Procedures engagement
Tell us about the program, the airport or airspace, and the decision the work has to support. We will come back with an approach and a team.