RNP approach procedures in Málaga – Costa del Sol Airport

Air traffic growth worldwide in the last decades has encouraged the search of new navigation methods which rise the levels of safety, efficiency, and capacity of the airspace. Area navigation is already a reality around the world and some airports have started the implementation of this method to perform approach procedures. RNP approaches have several benefits when comparing with conventional approaches such as fuel savings and more efficient routes. In Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, and Palma de Mallorca Airports already have the option of performing RNP approach procedures among its charts. Málaga ¿ Costa del Sol Airport is the fourth largest airport in Spain in terms of passenger traffic and it is a very competitive proposal for its implementation. This final thesis is based in studying the possibility of establishing this type of approach procedure in this airport. Because of the nature of the RNP systems, the results of the study are very favourable, which leaves open the possibility of implementation in the years to come