FAA JO Order 8260.3 G
07/01/2024
Chapter 1. Administrative
Section 1-1. Scope
Section 1-2. Eligibility, Approval, and Retention
Section 1-3. Responsibility and Jurisdiction
Section 1-4. IFR Establishment
Section 1-5. Coordination
Section 1-6. Identification of IFPs
Section 1-7. IFP Publication
Chapter 2. General Criteria
Section 2-1. Common Information
Section 2-2. Standard Terminal Arrival Procedures
Section 2-3. Feeder Routes/Emergency Areas
Section 2-4. Initial Approach
Section 2-5. Intermediate Approach
Section 2-6. Final Approach
Section 2-7. Circling Approach and Sidestep Maneuvers
Section 2-8. Missed Approach
Section 2-9. Terminal Area Fixes
Chapter 3. Landing and Takeoff Minimums
Section 3-1. Landing Minimums General Information
Section 3-2. Establishing Minimum Altitudes/Heights
Section 3-3. Visibility Minimums
Section 3-4. Alternate Airport Minimums
Section 3-5. Civil Airport Takeoff Minimums
Chapter 4. On-Airport VOR (No PFAF)
Section 4-1. General Information
Section 4-2. Low Altitude Procedures
Section 4-3. High Altitude Teardrop Turn
Chapter 5. TACAN, VOR/DME, and VOR with PFAF
Section 5-1. General Information
Section 5-2. VOR with PFAF
Section 5-3. TACAN and VOR/DME
Chapter 6. NDB Procedures On-Airport Facility (No PFAF)
Section 6-1. General Information
Section 6-2. Low Altitude Procedures
Section 6-3. High Altitude Teardrop Turn
Chapter 7. NDB with PFAF
Section 7-1. NDB with PFAF Specific Criteria
Chapter 8. Localizer (LOC) and Localizer Tpye Directional Aids (LDA)
Section 8-1. LOC/LDA Specific Criteria
Chapter 9. Simplified Directional Facilities (SDF) Procedures
Sectoin 9-1. SDF Specific Criteria
Chapter 10. Precision Approach and LDA with Glide Slope
Section 10-1. General Information and Criteria
Section 10-2. Final Approach Segment
Section 10-3. CAT I Missed Approach Segment
Section 10-4. Special Authorization (SA) CAT I ILS Missed Approach
Section 10-5. CAT II/III ILS Evaluation
Section 10-6. PA and APV Obstacle Assessment
Chapter 11. Radar Approach Procedures and Vectoring Charts
Section 11-1. General Information
Section 11-2. Radar Approaches
Section 11-3. Minimum Vectoring Altitude Charts
Chapter 12. Helicopter Procedures
Section 12-1. Administrative
Section 12-2. General Criteria
Section 12-3. Takeoff and Landing Minimums
Section 12-4. On-Airport/Heliport VOR (No PFAF)
Section 12-5. TACAN, VOR/DME, and VOR with PFAF
Section 12-6. On-Airport/Heliport NDB, No PFAF
Section 12-7. NDB Procedures with PFAF
Section 12-8. Localizer and LDA Procedures
Section 12-9. ILS Procedures
Section 12-10. Precision Approach Radar (PAR)
Section 12-11. Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)
Section 12-12. Helicopter En Route Procedures
Chapter 13. Departure Criteria
Section 13-1. General Information
Section 13-2. Diverse Departure
Section 13-3. Departure Routes
Section 13-4. Visual Climb Over Airport (VCOA)
Section 13-5. Diverse Vector Area (DVA) Assessment
Section 13-6. Helicopter Point-in-Space (PinS) Departures
Chapter 14. En Route Criteria
Section 14-1. VHF Obstacle Clearance Areas
Section 14-2. VHF Obstacle Clearance
Section 14-3. Altitudes
Section 14-4. Navigational Gaps
Section 14-5. Low Frequency Airways or Routes
Section 14-6. Minimum Divergence An5-gles
Chapter 15. Simultaneous Approach Operations
Section 15-1. Simultaneous Independent Parallel Instrument Approach (SIPIA)
Section 15-2. Simultaneous Close Parallel (SCP) Approaches
Section 15-3. Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach (SOIA)
Section 15-4. Breakout Obstacle Assessment for SIPIA Operations
Section 15-5. Simultaneous Independent Procedures Considered Established on a PBN Segment of a Published Instrument Approach
Chapter 16. Basic Holding Criteria
Section 16-1. Pattern Design Assumptions
Section 16-2. Pattern Components
Section 16-3. Primary Area Size Determination
Section 16-4. DME Applications with Slant-Range
Section 16-5. Template Tracing
Section 16-6. Manual Construction of Patterns
Section 16-7. Climb-in-Hold
Section 16-8. Descend-in-Hold Patterns
Section 16-9. Operational Applications
Section 16-10. RNAV Holding Patterns
Section 16-11. Helicopter Holding Patterns
Section 16-12. Increased Airspeed Holding Pattern Operations
Section 16-13. VOR/DME Leg Length Determination
Section 16-14. Formulas for Holding Pattern Placement
Appendix A. Administrative Information
1. Distribution
2. Related Publications
3. Forms and Reports
4. Suggestions for Improvements
Appendix B. Acronyms and Definitions
Section 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Section 2. Definitions
Appendix C. Precipitous Terrain Algorithms
1. Precipitous Terrain Equations, Parameters, Interests, Weights, and Adjustment Values
2. Precipitous Point Value Methodology
3. PPV Adjustment Values
Appendix D. Mathematics Convention
1. Mathematical Functions and Constants
2. Operational Precedence
3. Conversions by Unit Factors
4. Other Conversions
5. Common Equation Terms
Appendix E. Simultaneous Approach Operations
Section 1. General Information about Simultaneous Approaches
Section 2. Additional Information for SIPIA Operations
Section 3. Additional Information for SCP Approach Operations, Including SOIA
Section 4. Additional Information for Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach (SOIA)
Section 5. Additional Information for Simultaneous Independent Procedures Considered Established on a PBN Segment of a Published Instrument Approach
Section 6. Obstacle Assessment Surface Evaluation for SIPIA Operations
Appendix F. Geospatial Standard
Section 1. General
Section 2. Useful Functions
Section 3. Basic Calculations
Section 4. Projections
Section 5. Intersections
Appendix G. Conditions and Assumptions for IFR to VFR Heliport (IVH) (Proceed Visually) Approach Procedures
1. FAA Form 7580-1 has been filed under part 157
2. No penetration of the 8:1 surface in AC 105/5390-2 is permitted
3. An acceptable onsite evaluation of the heliport for VFR use is required
4. An acceptable evaluation of the visual segment
5. IVH Analysis
Appendix H. Fix Location Adjustment for High Temperature Compensation
1. Airport average high temperature
2. Determine the adjusted fix location
3. Example