North Atlantic NAT Minimum Navigation Performance Specification MNPS

North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS) Changes B 039 Op. Spec, NAT HLA Authorization (MNPS to PBN Transition, RNP 4/10) Presented to: OSWG By: Gordy Rother and Kevin Kelley Date: 7/22/2015 Federal Aviation Administration

North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS) Changes Current MNPS regulations: • Contained in 14 CFR Part 91 Includes “standard deviation… less than 6. 3 NM (11. 7 km)” criteria Change to ICAO Doc 7030 • “NAT Supp” Ch 4 (Amendment 9, April/2014) 4. 1. 1. 5 From 1 January 2015 the means of compliance for demonstrating performance to 4. 1. 1. 5. 1. 2 a) above shall be in accordance with the RNAV 10 or RNP 4 navigation specifications as detailed in the Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Manual (Doc 9613). Aircraft that have been MNPS-approved by the State of Registry or the State of the Operator based on standard deviation of lateral track error of 11. 7 km (6. 3 NM) before 1 January 2015 shall be permitted to operate in NAT MNPS airspace until 1 January 2020. NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 2

North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS) Changes Current MNPS regulations: • Contained in 14 CFR Part 91 Includes “standard deviation… less than 6. 3 NM (11. 7 km)” criteria • Rulemaking, delete MNPS guidance, rely on Annex 2/ Doc 7030 Change to ICAO Doc 7030 • “NAT Supp” Ch 4 (Amendment 9, April/2014) 4. 1. 1. 5 From 1 January 2015 the means of compliance for demonstrating performance to 4. 1. 1. 5. 1. 2 a) above shall be in accordance with the RNAV 10 or RNP 4 navigation specifications as detailed in the Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Manual (Doc 9613). Aircraft that have been MNPS-approved by the State of Registry or the State of the Operator based on standard deviation of lateral track error of 11. 7 km (6. 3 NM) before 1 January 2015 shall be permitted to operate in NAT MNPS airspace until 1 January 2020. NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 3

NAT NMPS to PBN Task Force • The NAT’s “MNPS to PBN Task Force” changes the name: NAT IMG Decision 45/2 – Re-naming of the NAT MNPSA • That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, advise States and international organizations that the airspace currently designated as the North Atlantic Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications Airspace (NAT MNPSA) be re-named as the North Atlantic High Level Airspace (NAT HLA) as of 4 February 2016. NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 4

NAT NMPS to PBN Task Force • The NAT’s “MNPS to PBN Task Force” changes the name: NAT IMG Decision 45/2 – Re-naming of the NAT MNPSA • That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, advise States and international organizations that the airspace currently designated as the North Atlantic Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications Airspace (NAT MNPSA) be re-named as the North Atlantic High Level Airspace (NAT HLA) as of 4 February 2016. • State letter issued 5 Jan 2015 confirming re-naming of MNPS to HLA, effective 4 Feb 2016. NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 5

Actions Taken • Rulemaking “PREP: ” delete 14 CFR 91. 705, App C • AC 91 -70 B, FAA coordination formally begun – Plotting & Procedural Methods of Course Compliance – Class II now Oceanic and Remote Continental • Op. Spec B 036 No Longer “N/A” on RNP Type • Op. Spec B 039 Draft with Industry – Adds training – Refers to Navigation Tables in B 036 and B 054 • Internal FAA coordination: B 054 rewrite to accommodate “Blue Spruce” & Gulf of Mexico NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 6

Way Forward • Support Transition from MNPS to HLA – “Editorial” changes to 8900. 1 – Substantive changes requiring coordination – B 039 Op. Specs to expire 1 Jan 2020 • (Related) The FAA will monitor and evaluate: – Progress of the NAT Reduced Lateral Separation Minima (RLat SM) Trial, set to begin in November/ 2015 – See RLat. SM trial “Special Emphasis Items” in FAA NTAP, AFS -470 website, or ICAO NAT Oceanic Bulletin • “Hxxyy” points in NDB for aircraft with “operational need” • “Nxxyy” points should not appear in Operational Flight Plans NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 7

Change to NAT Doc 007 • (Related) Verifying RNP Value: NAT is “Mixed Mandate” Airspace (Doc 9613) “Operators intending to conduct PBN operations must be authorized for such operations. They should file R (PBN approved) in Item 10, and “PBN/” followed by the descriptors indicating RNAV/RNP capabilities in Item 18 of the ATC flight plan. Flight crews shall verify that the corresponding RNP value is entered in the Flight Management Computer, either by default or through manual input, in order to enable aircraft navigation system monitoring and alerting against the most stringent oceanic RNP capability filed in the ATC flight plan. ” NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 8

Questions? ? Contact Information • Gordy Rother, AFS-240 612 -253 -4409 • Kevin Kelley, AFS-470 202 -267 -8854 NAT MNPS Changes 22 July 2015 Federal Aviation Administration 9