FAA 8260.53 : 2005

1.0 Purpose
2.0 Distribution
3.0 Effective Date
4.0 Background
5.0 Definitions
5.1 Along-Track (ATRK) Fix Displacement Tolerance ( FDT)
5.2 Area Navigation (RNAV)
5.3 Climb Gradient (CG)
5.4 Cross Track (XTRK) FDT
5.5 Departure End of Runway (DER)
5.6 Departure Altitude
5.7 Departure Procedure Termination Fix
5.8 Distance of Turn Anticipation (DTA)
5.9 DME/DME Navigation
5.10 Fix Displacement Tolerance (FDT)
5.11 Fly-By Waypoint
5.12 Fly-Over Waypoint
5.13 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
5.14 Global Positioning System (GPS)
5.15 Inertial Reference Unit (IRU)
5.16 Initial Climb Area (ICA)
5.17 Initial Departure Fix (IDF)
5.18 Obstacle Areas and Surfaces
     5.18.1 Obstacle Evaluation Area (OEA) or Obstacle
            Clearance Area (OCA)
     5.18.2 Obstacle Clearance Surface (OCS)
     5.18.3 Obstacle Identification Surface (OIS)
5.19 Pilot Navigation Area (PNA)
5.20 Radar Vector Area
5.21 Required Navigation Performance (RNP)
5.22 RNAV Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)
5.23 RNAV Route
5.24 Standard Instrument Departure (SID)
5.25 TERPS
5.26 Waypoint (WPT)
5.27 Waypoint Displacement Area/Fix Displacement Area
6.0 General
6.1 Procedure Identification
6.2 Initial Departure Fix (IDF)
     6.2.1 Placement
     6.2.2 SID Limited to One Initial Departure Fix
     6.2.3 Maximum Intercept Angle
6.3 RNAV Minimum Reception Altitudes
     6.3.1 GPS, GNSS, or DME/IRU Minimum Reception Altitude
     6.3.2 DME/DME RNAV Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)
     6.3.3 RNAV MRAs
     6.3.4 Altitude for Each Subsequent Segment
6.4 Climb Gradient
6.5 SID Overview
     6.5.1 Radar Vector Area
     6.5.2 Pilot Navigation Area
     6.5.3 RNAV Route
7.0 Radar Vector Area (RVA)
7.1 Alignment
7.2 Area
7.3 Obstacle Clearance
     7.3.1 Radar Departure Inclined Obstacle Evaluation
            Surfaces
     7.3.2 Radar Departure Level Obstacle Clearance Surface
     7.3.3 Mitigating Obstacle Penetrations
     7.3.4 Lateral Obstacle Clearance Below MVA/MIA
     7.3.5 Vectoring Prohibited Areas
     7.3.6 Vectoring Within a Designated Boundary
     7.3.7 Obstacle Evaluation for Vectoring Within a
            Designated Boundary
     7.3.8 Height of the OIS or OCS at the Runway/ICA
            Boundary
7.4 RVA Altitude
7.5 Minimum Distance
7.6 Climb Gradient
     7.6.1 CG Calculations to Mitigate a Penetration of the
            Inclined OIS
     7.6.2 CG for the ICA and Straight-Ahead Portion of Climb
     7.6.3 CG for Use after the Initial Climb to the First
            Turn Altitude
8.0 Pilot Navigation Area (PNA)
8.1 Alignment
     8.1.1 Sector Size
     8.1.2 Alignment of DER and PNA
8.2 Area
     8.2.1 PNA
     8.2.2 PNA Obstacle Evaluation Area
     8.2.3 PNA Buffer Area
     8.2.4 IDF Turn Area
8.3 Obstacle Clearance
     8.3.1 PNA Inclined Obstacle Evaluation Surfaces
     8.3.2 PNA Level Obstacle Clearance Surface
     8.3.3 Mitigating Obstacle Penetrations
8.4 PNA Altitude
     8.4.1 PNA Minimum Altitude
     8.4.2 PNA Boundary Minimum Crossing Altitude
8.5 Minimum Distance/Maximum CG from DER to the PNA Boundary
     8.5.1 CG Calculation
     8.5.2 CG Calculation to be Published
     8.5.3 Flight Track Distance to the PNA
8.6 Climb Gradient
     8.6.1 CG from DER to PNA Boundary
     8.6.2 CG from PNA Boundary to the IDF
     8.6.3 CG to Mitigate a Penetration of the PNA Inclined
            OCS
     8.6.4 CG to Mitigate a Penetration of the PNA OIS for
            Obstacles Within the Extended ICA Splay When the
            PNA OIS Continues from the RVA OIS/OCS
     8.6.5 CG to Mitigate a Penetration of the PNA OIS for
            Obstacles Outside the Extended ICA Splay When the
            PNA OIS Continues from the RVA OCS
     8.6.6 CG to Mitigate a Penetration of the PNA OIS When
            the OIS Originates at the Height of the RVA Level
            OCS
     8.6.7 End of PNA Inclined Obstacle Surface and CG
            Evaluation
9.0 RNAV Route
9.1 Alignment
9.2 Area
9.3 Obstacle Clearance
     9.3.1 MCA Inclined Obstacle Clearance Surface
     9.3.2 RNAV Route Level Obstacle Clearance Surface
     9.3.3 Obstacle Measurements
9.4 RNAV Route Altitude
     9.4.1 RNAV Route Minimum Altitude
     9.4.2 Minimum Crossing Altitude
10.0 Coordination, Documentation, and Processing
11.0 Information Update

Provides the criteria to evaluate the use of radar vectors to join the initial departure fix (IDF) of an RNAV standard instrument departure (SID).