GM33 Annex I Definitions

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 47

Text in magenta in force from 30 October 2025

INSTRUMENT APPROACH OPERATIONS

1. Depending on the instrument approach procedure (IAP) in use, the lateral and vertical navigation guidance for an instrument approach operation may be provided by:

   1. a ground-based radio navigation aid; or

   2. computer-generated navigation data from ground-based, space-based or self-contained navigation aids or a combination of these.

2. A non-precision approach (NPA) procedure flown as CDFA with vertical path guidance calculated by on-board equipment is considered to be a 3D instrument approach operation. Depending on the limitations of the equipment and information sources used to generate vertical guidance, it may be necessary for the pilot to cross-check this guidance against other navigational sources during the approach and to ensure that the minimum altitude/height over published step-down fixes is observed. CDFAs with manual calculation of the required rate of descent are considered 2D operations.

3. Further guidance on the classification of an instrument approach operation based on the designed lowest operating minima is contained in Appendix J to ICAO Doc 9365 Manual of All-Weather Operations, Fourth Edition, 2017.