PBN Performance Factor Definitions RNAV

The section on Performance Based Navigation consists mainly of exam facts that have to be remembered.

A way to remember the facts can be to think of PBNPBNPBNPBN —Performance Based Navigation —Performance Based Navigation —Performance Based Navigation as a family tree:

• PBNPBNPBN —Performance Based Navigation —Performance Based Navigation has three "children":

  • Navigation Specification
  • Navigation Infrastructure
  • Navigation Application

• The Navigation Specification has five of its own "children":

  • Accuracy
  • Integrity
  • Continuity
  • Functionality
  • Availability

PBNPBNPBN —Performance Based Navigation —Performance Based Navigation may make up as much as 10% of the Radio Navigation exam, so these factors simply have to be learned.