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Old 20th Mar 2012, 06:54
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Oktas8
 
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Barometric aiding is certainly available on TSO'd GPS receivers, but it is not a requirement. Sufficient satellites in a sufficiently helpful distribution in the sky will also provide RAIM. RAIM is required for a GPS approach, but the rules don't state, and the pilot won't know, how the GPS receiver achieves the required integrity and accuracy for RAIM to be available.

I doubt ATC would know or care whether I'm using barometric aiding on any given approach. The whole point of RAIM is that it is Receiver Autonomous - that is, it requires no monitoring or intervention from outside the aircraft.

If an aircraft ceased squawking Mode C on the approach, ATC might tell it to go around for separation reasons - I wouldn't know - but not for GPS reasons I think.

Cheers, O8
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