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'''Localizer performance with vertical guidance''' (LPV) are the highest precision [[GPS]] ([[WAAS]] enabled) aviation [[instrument approach]] procedures currently available without specialized aircrew training requirements, such as [[required navigation performance]] (RNP). Landing minima are similar to those in an [[instrument landing system]] (ILS), that is, a decision altitude of 200 feet and visibility of 1/2 mile.<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090101015436/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}}</ref>

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

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

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