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'''Localizer performance with vertical guidance''' ('''LPV''') are the highest precision [[GPS]] ([[WAASSBAS]] enabled) aviation [[instrument approach]] procedures currently available without specialized aircrew training requirements, such as [[required navigation performance]] (RNP). Landing minima are usually similar to those inof a Cat anI [[instrument landing system]] (ILS), that is, a decision altitudeheight of {{convert|200 feet|ft|m}} and visibility of 1/2800 milem.<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://waasfms.com/waas-interface/lpv-approach-capability.htm

| title=LPV Approach -– Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance

| publisher=aasfms.com

| date= 2008

| accessdate=2010-02-07

| archiveurl=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20090101015436/http://waasfms.com/waas-interface/lpv-approach-capability.htm

| archivedate=2009-01-01}}</ref> Lateral guidance is equivalent to a [[localizer]], and uses a ground-independent electronic glide path. Thus, the [[decision altitude]], DA, can be as low as 200 feet. An LPV approach is an approach with vertical guidance, APV, to distinguish it from a precision approach, PA, or a non-precision approach, NPA. SBAS criteria includes a vertical alarm limit more than 12 m, but less than 50 m, yet an LPV does not meet the [[ICAO]] Annex 10 precision approach standard.<ref name="FAA">{{cite book |title=Instrument Procedures Handbook, FAA-H-8083-16B |date=2017 |publisher=US Dept. of Transportation, FAA Flight Standards Service |page=G-6,4-26,4-50 |url=https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/media/FAA-H-8083-16B.pdf}}</ref>

| archivedate=2009-01-01}}</ref>

Examples of receivers providing LPV capability include (from [[Garmin]]) the GTN 7xx & 6xx, GNS 480, GNS 430W & 530W, and the post 2007 [[Garmin G1000]] with GIA 63W. Various FMS models, GNSS receivers and FMS upgrades are available from [[Rockwell Collins]] (e.g.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockwellcollins.com/~/media/Files/Unsecure/Marketing%20Bulletins%20Rev1/BRS/MBLPV%20FMS%20Upgrade%20for%20CRJ200CL850%20BRS110403.ashx|title = Error}}</ref>). Most new aircraft and helicopters equipped with integrated flight decks such as Rockwell Collins ProLine (TM) 21 and ProLine Fusion (TM) are LPV-capable.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockwellcollins.com/Data/Products/Integrated_Systems/Flight_Deck/Pro_Line_Fusion.aspx|title=Pro Line Fusion®|publisher=}}</ref> In 2014, Avidyne began equipping general aviation and business aircraft with the IFD540 and IFD440 navigators incorporating a touch-screen [[flight management system]] with full LPV capability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avidyne.com/products/ifd/index.html|title=Avidyne®|publisher=}}</ref>

Examples (from [[Garmin]]) are the GTN 7xx & 6xx, GNS 480, GNS 430W & 530W, and the post 2007 [[Garmin G1000]] with GIA 63W.

LPV is designed to provide 16{{convert|25|ft|m}} meter horizontal accuracylateral and 20 meter vertical accuracy 95 percent of the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/library/documents/media/waas/2892bC2a.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004122449/http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/library/documents/media/waas/2892bC2a.pdf |archivedate=2008-10-04 }}</ref> Actual performance has exceeded these levels. WAAS has never been observed to have a vertical error greater than 12 metersmetres in its operational history.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}

As of September 17, 2015 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published 3,567 LPV approaches at 1,739 airports. As of October 7, 2021 the FAA has published 4,088 LPV approaches at 1,965 airports. This is greater than the number of published Category I ILS procedures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/approaches/|title=Satellite Navigation - GPS/WAAS Approaches|publisher=}}</ref>

As of January 15, 2009 the Federal Aviation Administration has published 1,445 LPV approaches at 793 airports. This is greater than the number of published Category I ILS procedures.

==References==

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==See also==

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* [[VNAV]]

* [[LNAV]]

* [[WAAS]]

* [[European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service|EGNOS]]

* [[Index of aviation articles]]

==References==

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== External links ==

*[http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/media/MaximizingAirportOperationsUsingWAAS.pdf] -– FAA --– Maximizing Airport Operations Using the Wide Area Augmentation System

*[http://www8.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/110906.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226080253/http://www8.garmin.com/pressroom/aviation/110906.html |date=2008-12-26 }} – Garmin Receives WAAS Certification for GNS 400W/500W Series

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175922/http://avnweb.jccbi.gov/schedule/production] --– FAA's Production Plan for IFR Procedures

*[http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/approaches] --– FAA LPV ProceduresApproaches

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