WAAS LPV Approach Reveals Expanding Helicopter Airway System
WAAS LPV Approach Reveals Expanding Helicopter Airway System
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's helicopter route system.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's helicopter route system.


Children’s Hospital New Orleans received approval June 18 for a new helicopter WAAS LPV approach to bring arrivals down to a height above landing (HAL) of 270 feet. The new procedure allowing more precise guidance in poor weather was developed by Orange Beach, Ala.-based Hickok & Associates, right now the only developer of helicopter WAAS LPV procedures in the world, according to company president Stephen Hickok.