NAV CANADA just became the first ANSP in the world to implement a new ICAO standard: Established on RNP-AR (EoR).
The new separation standard, implemented at Calgary International Airport (YYC), safely enables simultaneous arrivals on parallel runways, improves how traffic is integrated and increases use of quieter continuous descent operations.
As a result of the new standard, aircraft cleared on RNP-AR approach procedures to parallel runways will be able to safely land simultaneously without requiring a separation minimum of 1,000 feet vertically or three nautical miles laterally, which the current conventional standard requires until the aircraft is lined up with the runway, or, “Established on final.”
“EoR is a major leap forward in terms of how we manage and integrate traffic and offers significant potential for our major airports,” says Blake Cushnie, National Manager, Performance Based Operations. “The standard builds on the benefits inherent in RNP-AR navigation technologies such as shorter flight paths and flying times ? reducing fuel burn, greenhouse gas emissions and noise.”
The NavCanada blog has more. Link:
https://blog.navcanada.ca/world-firs...andard-at-yyc/