The Suitability of GPS for Basic Area Navigation

P.B. Ober, D-J. Moelker, E. Theunissen, R.C. Meijer and D. van Willigen, R. Rawlings and M. Perry

Abstract:	On behalf of EUROCONTROL, Delft University has investigated the technical suitability of GPS as a means of flying Basic Area Navigation Routes planned to be introduced in the ECAC area from 1998. Some operational aspects of GPS operation have been covered as well. In this area the work complemented other studies being carried out by EUROCONTROL, including RAIM availability determination [Hein97] and flight deck simulator studies of failure reversion. All studies together have provided the data required for a full safety analysis of the application of GPS. This paper provides a short overview of the most important findings of the study into the technical and operational suitability of GPS. The full report will probably made available on the web; please check page http://wwwtvs.et.tudelft.nl/nav.htm for details.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997) September 16 - 19, 1997 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	1007 - 1018
Cite this article:	Ober, P.B., Moelker, D-J., Theunissen, E., Meijer, R.C., van Willigen, D., Rawlings, R., Perry, M., "The Suitability of GPS for Basic Area Navigation," Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997), Kansas City, MO, September 1997, pp. 1007-1018.
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