![]() A key concept of the MON is to ensure that an aircraft will always be within 100 NM of an airport with an instrument approach that is not dependent on GPS…If the pilot encounters a GPS outage, the pilot will be able to proceed via VOR-to-VOR navigation at 5,000 feet AGL through the GPS outage area or to a safe landing at a MON airport or another suitable airport, as appropriate. The VOR MON will retain sufficient VORs and increase VOR service volume to ensure that pilots will have nearly continuous signal reception of a VOR when flying at 5,000 feet AGL. More information about the VOR MON program and MON airports is in AIM 1-1-3 (f) VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR): The intent of the MON designation is to alert pilots, in the event of a GPS outage, of those airports that have retained ILS and VOR instrument approach procedures for safe recovery during such an outage. (To review the latest update on the MON plan, see Next Round of VOR Shutdowns here at BruceAir.)Įffective June 20, 2019, IFR US Enroute Charts will symbolize VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) airports with the designator placed above the airport name in reverse negative text. ![]() The new label is added to airports that are part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network plan that FAA is implementing as it gradually decommissions about 30 percent of the existing VOR network. The Jupdate to the Aeronautical Chart User’s Guideexplains the new MON designator added to basic airport information displayed on IFR enroute charts Author bruceair Posted on SeptemSeptemCategories Aviation Tags aviation, bearing pointers, flying, IFR, instrument flying, navigation, VOR navigation Leave a comment on Using Bearing Pointers–Part 2 Using Bearing Pointers: Part 1 And the techniques I describe in this video can be especially handy if you’re flying IFR and ATC issues a clearance that takes you off the procedure or route programmed into your GPS navigator. Understanding how to use bearing pointers to quickly intercept and track courses is a useful skill and a good exercise to hone your understanding of navigation by navaids. That information is also helpful when you want to contact ATC or flight service, or if you want to divert.īut you can also use bearing pointers to navigate directly to or from a VOR or to intercept and track any radial inbound or outbound. If you fly with an electronic PFD and navigate primarily with GPS, you can use bearing pointers to help you maintain situational awareness, as I described in a previous video.įree Garmin PC Trainer Suite is available at the Garmin website.
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