According to Jim Johnson, Honeywell's senior manager of flight
technical services, the company's FMS visual approaches
are created in collaboration with Jeppesen. [Adobe Stock]
Key Takeaways:
Honeywell Aerospace has partnered with Jeppesen to introduce FMS-guided visual procedures, aiming to enhance safety during visual approaches, especially in challenging conditions like adverse weather, low light, or unfamiliar airports.
These "advisory guidance only" procedures provide pilots with precise lateral and vertical path guidance from a fix to the runway, which can be hand-flown or coupled to the autopilot.
The system helps mitigate risks such as "high and hot" approaches, poor energy management, and unintended airspace incursions in complex environments like Teterboro (KTEB) and Chicago Executive (KPWK).
It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. In daylight, when the visibility is good, the winds calm, and the pilot familiar with the airport—and the approach is a straight in—the visual is no big deal.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
