The article contrasts the old "dive and drive" method for non-precision approaches with the current FAA standard of a "stabilized, constant-angle descent" from the Final Approach Fix (FAF) to the ...

Traditional non-precision instrument approaches involved a high-workload "dive and drive" method to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA), which could lead to unstable descents, passenger discomfort, and ...

UK investigators have suggested that pilots may be losing currency with non-precision approaches, as they become less common, after probing an incident involving a Ukrainian Antonov An-26 at ...

Within the next 12 months, the USA will certificate the use of integrated area navigation systems (RNAV) as a normal means of en-route and terminal precision navigation, including final approaches.

The two privately funded precision instrument approach procedures at Monmouth Executive Airport have lower minimums than the non-precision approaches that were originally approved for the airport.