Since the beginning of the instrument flight, we’re always been used to referring to the precision approach by talking about ILS, but lately, new technologies have been developed and the RNAV approach has been born, nowadays it is known as the PBN approach. Why we should fly a PBN approach rather than an ILS approach? Although ILS is precise and it’s able to guide aeroplanes until the touchdown zone, it has some drawbacks. For instance, ILS signal could be disturbed by any device able to transmit radio waves with a similar frequency to ILS. And these devices are very common; for instance, every radio FM transmits music on a range of frequency VHF, which is the same range of frequency used by ILS. Another problem could be the terrain surrounding the airport, but also building could create a problem. As we know ILS beam has a length equal to 18 NM, and its angle is width +-35° from the runway centreline within 10NM and it is width +-10° from 10NM up to 18NM. All this area must be clear of obstacles otherwise it could create interference on the signal. These interferences on the ILS signal could lead to false indications on the pilot instrument which could create an important threat, especially during IMC flight. For this reason, the PBN approach has been developed. These are approaches based on the GPS for this reason we sort out our position through the satellites. This type of approach doesn’t have any kind of interference, differently from ILS, and they are as reliable in precision as the ILS, due to the augmentation system. The most precise PBN approach is the LPV. It’s utterly based on satellites signal, but to improve his precision, it takes advantage of SBAS, which reduce any error to the minimum. A big advance of this type of approach is that the indication on the pilot instruments resembles the ILS indication, so pilots need only a little course to be able to fly a PBN approach. 
Since the beginning of the instrument flight, we’re always been  
used
 to referring to the precision  
approach
 by talking about ILS,  
but
 lately, new technologies have  
been developed
 and the  
RNAV
  approach
 has  
been born
, nowadays it  
is known
 as the PBN  
approach
. Why we should  
fly
 a PBN  
approach
  rather
 than an ILS  
approach
? Although ILS is precise and it’s able to guide  
aeroplanes
 until the touchdown zone, it has  
some
 drawbacks.  
For instance
, ILS  
signal
 could  
be disturbed
 by any device able to transmit radio waves with a similar frequency to ILS. And these devices are  
very
 common;  
for instance
, every radio FM transmits music on a range of frequency VHF, which is the same range of frequency  
used
 by ILS. Another problem could be the terrain surrounding the airport,  
but
  also
 building could create a problem. As we know ILS beam has a length equal to 18 NM, and its angle is width +-35° from the runway  
centreline
 within 10NM and it is width +-10° from 10NM up to 18NM. All this area  
must
 be  
clear
 of obstacles  
otherwise
 it could create interference on the  
signal
. These interferences on the ILS  
signal
 could lead to false indications on the pilot instrument which could create an  
important
 threat,  
especially
 during IMC flight.  
For this reason
, the PBN  
approach
 has  
been developed
. These are  
approaches
 based on the GPS  
for this reason
 we sort out our position through the satellites. This type of  
approach
 doesn’t have any kind of interference,  
differently
 from ILS, and they are as reliable in precision as the ILS, due to the augmentation system. The most precise PBN  
approach
 is the  
LPV
. It’s  
utterly
 based on satellites  
signal
,  
but
 to  
improve
 his precision, it takes advantage of  
SBAS
, which  
reduce
 any error to the minimum. A  
big
 advance of this type of  
approach
 is that the indication on the pilot instruments resembles the ILS indication,  
so
 pilots need  
only
 a  
little
 course to be able to  
fly
 a PBN  
approach
.