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What capability does GPS-based area navigation (RNAV) provide?
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✓ Direct flight between arbitrary defined waypointscorrect
RNAV lets an aircraft fly point-to-point rather than station to station.
Flight only along airways between ground stations
That is the limitation RNAV overcomes.
Automatic collision avoidance with all traffic
RNAV is a navigation capability, not a traffic-avoidance system.
Elimination of any need for weather planning
RNAV does not remove weather-planning requirements.
Why
Area navigation (RNAV), enabled by GPS, allows an aircraft to fly a direct path between arbitrary defined waypoints rather than only between ground-based navigation stations.
FAA source: AIM 1-1 / PHAK Ch. 16browse the reference library →
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