Feb. 18, 2026
New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport (TEB) will introduce a new instrument approach procedure (IAP), RNAV (GPS) RWY 01, beginning Feb. 19 at 0701Z. While offering the advantage of lateral and vertical guidance to the runway, the new IAP notably introduces a visual guidance fix (VGF) and visual segment concept at TEB.
NBAA strongly encourages operators to become familiar with a VGF and an extended visual segment by reviewing
InFO 24005, Instrument Approach Operations with a Visual Guidance Fix (VGF) and an Extended Visual Segment.
The procedure will be advertised on ATIS whenever the approach is in use, and pilots should advise ATC if they are unable to accept it.
No specific pilot training or operator authorization or operations specification is required to use an RNP approach procedure with a VGF and an extended visual segment; however, the approach must be in the navigation database.
In 2019, the FAA publicly introduced required navigation performance approach (RNP APCH) procedures with a VGF, which offer flight crews continuous advisory lateral and vertical guidance in an extended visual segment leading to the landing runway threshold in 2019, in response to a request from the Commercial Aircraft Safety Team (CAST).
These approach procedures feature a final approach track offset from the runway centerline and a published visual ground track beginning at the VGF which includes reference waypoints and recommended altitudes.
This type of approach is already available at the following airports:
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), RNAV (GPS) RWY 33
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 13L and RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 13R
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA), RNAV (GPS) X RWY 31
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