GE Extends RNP Capability and Adds to FMS Family
GE Aviation’s work to extend RNP capability to the instrument landing system at China’s mountainous Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport should greatly enhance safety and operational flexibility there.
GE Aviation’s work to extend RNP capability to the instrument landing system at China’s mountainous Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport should greatly enhance safety and operational flexibility there.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has asked GE Aviation to expand required navigation performance (RNP) at China’s Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport. The program, which is intended to simplify pilot and controller workload, will include seven more airlines and extend RNP capability to the mountainous airport’s instrument landing system (ILS).