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Un-stabilized approaches and wrong-surface landings are a leading cause of accidents. When aircraft deviate from stable speed, configuration, or path, the risk of hard landings, runway excursions, and loss of control rises sharply. FOQA’FDM data confirms that instability is most common at challenging runways but also shows that when RNAV or FMS guidance is used, these events are nearly eliminated. Consistent, guided approaches lower workload, improve predictability, and help prevent accidents before they occur.

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Join Chris Baur, CEO of Hughes Aerospace Corporation and Industry Co-Chairman for the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), as he discusses stabilized approaches using guided visuals. His extensive experience and passion for bettering aviation safety shows in his long history of accomplishments.

Stabilized Approaches using Guided Visuals  

Un-stabilized approaches and wrong-surface landings are a leading cause of accidents. When aircraft deviate from stable speed, configuration, or path, the risk of hard landings, runway excursions, and loss of control rises sharply. FOQA’FDM data confirms that instability is most common at challenging runways but also shows that when RNAV or FMS guidance is used, these events are nearly eliminated. Consistent, guided approaches lower workload, improve predictability, and help prevent accidents before they occur.

Guided Visual Approach Overview
Garmin and Hughes partnered to create Guided Visual Approach is an advanced procedure that blends the simplicity of a visual approach with the added situational awareness of modern avionics. It’s designed to enhance safety, efficiency, and pilot workload management during arrival.

Key Points:

· Flight Path Guidance – FMS-driven lateral and vertical guidance creates stable, repeatable approach paths.

· Autopilot Coupling – Pilots can engage the autopilot for full automation or hand-fly with enhanced awareness, reducing reliance on outside visual cues alone.

· Safety & Performance – Reduces workload, prevents unstable approaches, minimizes risk of excursions or incidents, minimizes controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) risk, and improves situational awareness in congested or complex airspace.

• Technology Integration – Compatible with modern avionics (e.g., Garmin GTN/G3000/5000), Provides lateral and vertical guidance path guidance for visual approaches to specific runway Touch Down Zones.

• Proven Legacy – From the first FAA-approved RNAV Visual Flight Procedure (RVFP) at Newark International’s RWY 29 (pioneered by HUGHES CEO Chris Baur in 2008), to today’s Garmin/Hughes GVAs, these procedures are eliminating unstable approaches worldwide.