RNAV (GPS) Y 08
Minima in only LNAV, not LNAV/VNAV: is consider anyway to be a APV approach?
An APV approach will always list a DA instead of an MDA, so that's an easy way to tell if the approach is considered an APV or an NPA.
Currently the only APV approaches are: LNAV/VNAV, LPV and RNP.
The latest ICAO concept that has reached us, 2D and 3D approaches, has NPAs that are flown with an FMS-derived approach path may be classed as a 3D ie "precision" approach. It won't have a DA, so it's up to the operator to not go below the MDA.
That's not exactly right. Some countries are operating with a special waivers / ops specs / procedures allowing approved operators flying certain NPA approaches using Continuous Descent Final Approach (CDFA) to treat MDA as DA. Under this procedure the operator
may actually descend below the published MDA during a missed approach.
However such an approach is still not considered a "precision approach" under ICAO definition. Currently only ILS, MLS and GLS approaches meet the criteria for "precision approach".