scope:

This order affects the FAA's regional operating divisions; the National Flight Data Center (NFDC), ATA-110; the National Flight Procedures Office (NFPO), AVN-100; the National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO), AVN-500; and the Flight Inspection Operations Division, AVN-200. It provides guidance relating to flight inspection of new/relocated NAVAIDs and new/amended instrument flight procedures, components of the NAS, and policy for processing and publishing instrument flight procedures.

This order provides policy for establishing public use standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) and obstacle departure procedure (ODP) effective dates. It ensures that aeronautical charts and supporting data will not be released to the public until it is known that the supporting navigation equipment will perform satisfactorily and that all procedural data on the charts are correct and confirmed by flight inspection. It provides guidance regarding designation of associated controlled airspace for instrument procedures, including those based on area navigation (RNAV). It further ensures that the FAA will not assign an effective date for a procedure until all necessary action, including flight inspection, has been completed.