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DON’T GO AWAY
detects faults but excludes them from
use. This software is called WAAS
Fault Detection and Exclusion.
PREDICTING AVAILABILITY
RAIM prediction tools indicate wheth-
er RAIM will be available at a specified
date, location and time. Many boxes
including the Bendix-King KLN-
89B/90A/94 units along with the GNS GPS RAIM prediction (top), allows RAIM to be predicted up to 24 hours in
430/530 and G1000 have a RAIM advance. GPS RAIM Summaries (above), from RAIMPrediction.net. Be sure to
prediction tool. check the time stamp when clicking on a map.
The G1000 version appears on the
AUX-GPS Status page as shown. Enter ing is a condition of entering approach PREDICTION REQUIRED?
the information and the G1000 will mode. If RAIM is unavailable, do not Performing a preflight RAIM predic-
hopefully return a RAIM AVAILABLE descend to MDA, but rather continue tion is required when flying T or Q
message which is valid ± 15 minutes of to the MAWP via the FAWP and con- RNAV routes below and above 18,000
the specified arrival date and time. It is tact ATC as soon as practical. feet respectively and RNAV SIDs,
possible to have a RAIM AVAILABLE While your receiver operating man- STARs and ODPs.
message for an en route waypoint and ual is the governing resource, receivers RNAV GPS approaches do not
RAIM NOT AVAILABLE for an are allowed to operate without RAIM require a RAIM check as IFR GPS
approach since the latter’s protection annunciation for up to five minutes to units do this automatically.
limits are more stringent. permit approach completion. If you get One way to meet this requirement
RAIM performs a prediction by a RAIM warning after the FAWP, exe- is to ask Flight Service to include
two nm before the FAWP, and pass- cute the published missed approach. GPS NOTAMs and an en route and
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