The two privately funded precision instrument approach procedures at Monmouth Executive Airport have lower minimums than the non-precision approaches that were originally approved for the airport.

The article introduces a "gates" concept for instrument flight, extending beyond the traditional final approach segment to encompass the entire procedure from the top of descent through to a missed ...

Non-precision instrument approach philosophy has shifted from the "dive and drive" method (steep descent to MDA, then level flight) to a constant-angle, stabilized descent profile, which is now the ...