{"id":3592,"date":"2018-02-15T14:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2022-09-05T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:10:10","slug":"australia-rnp2-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/australia-rnp2-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia updates RNP2 rules for foreign operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian CAA have said they will now allow foreign operators to use RNAV1\/2 in lieu of RNP 1\/2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past few years, Australia has been moving away from ground-based navigation to PBN\/GNSS as the primary means of navigation across the country.<\/p>\n

Australian operators have all had to be RNP1\/2 compliant since May 2016, when they rolled-out RNP2 for en-route and RNP1 for terminal operations.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yet mandatory for foreign operators to be RNP1\/2 compliant – but if you want to benefit from these routes and procedures (and can\u2019t get RNP1\/RNP2 approvals from your country of registry), you can notify CASA of your intent to use RNAV1\/RNAV2 instead – and they will accept those as equivalent to RNP1\/RNP2.<\/p>\n

To do that, make sure you fulfil all the criteria in their \u201cAcceptable Means of Compliance\u201d (as contained in CASA EX158\/17<\/b><\/a>), fill out Form 0667<\/a><\/strong> and send it to CASA by email, along with a copy of your Ops Spec. Their email address is: international_ops@casa.gov.au<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The AMC applies to both commercial and private flights. However, as it’s not a mandatory requirement for foreign aircraft, if you’re operating a private flight you might not want to bother with it; if you can\u2019t meet the equivalent of the RNP1\/2 nav spec requirements, you can still operate in Australian airspace – all that will happen is that ATC just might not provide you with the absolute best routes and levels. But even that won’t happen any time soon – at the moment there are still no RNP2 routes in Australia yet, although we will start seeing these being introduced between now and 2020.<\/p>\n

For more info, check out the full AIC here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flight Planning:<\/strong><\/p>\n