Mudanjiang Airport Starts Succeeds in Test Flight With the PBN Program

In early June, an Airbus A320 belonging to China Southern Airlines made a steady landing at the Mudanjiang Hailang Airport (Mudanjiang Airport), which signifies the success of the proving flight for the airport’s PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION PROGRAMME (PBN Program).

The program is expected to improve the performance of the airport, promote the reasonable use of its airspace, accelerate the launch of more flights, and ensure the sustainable security of the airport as well as to further support the local economy.

Two systems, the regional area navigation (RNAV) and the required navigation performance (RNP), combine to form the PBN program, which is crucial for the optimization of the airport’s airspace structure and the enlargement of its airspace capacity. Through its implementation, the program promises a substantial increase in flight safety, system capacity, airport efficiency, and airspace utility. It also allows for a break from the restrictions associated with traditional ground navigation technology, thus making previously limited airspace capable of handling more routes and aircraft. Most importantly, the new procedures, which further ensure the safe landing of aircraft by guaranteeing adequate horizontal and vertical separation between them, will bring about a higher level of safety and accuracy to their approach and landing.

6月上旬，随着南方航空公司的空客A320飞机在牡丹江机场平稳落地，标志着牡丹江机场PBN（基于性能的导航）飞行程序的验证试飞取得圆满成功。

牡丹江机场PBN飞行程序公布实施后，对于提高牡丹江机场综合保障能力、合理使用空域开辟更多航线、促进机场持续安全和发展都提供了可靠保证，更好地促进地方经济发展。

PBN飞行程序，即基于性能的导航，包括RNAV（区域导航）和RNP（所需导航性能）两种导航规范，是优化空域结构、扩大空域容量的重要途径。通过PBN的实施，将在飞行安全性、系统容量、机场运行效率和空域使用等方面获得显著提高，使航空飞行摆脱地面导航设施布局的限制，从而使有限的机场空域内能够增加更多的航线。最重要的是该飞行程序的试飞成功，对确保飞机安全着落的安全系数大大提高了，使航班不仅在高度上也在水平位置上得到有效的错开，安全性能更好，精确度更高。