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LPV and LNAV/VNAV Approaches on the Instrument and CFII Checkrides Yes, you can use a suitable Approach with Vertical Guidance (APV) approach in place of another precision approach, like an ILS, on your checkride, if the Decision Altitude is less than 300’ AGL. That means the RNAV/GPS approach to your local airfield can count as precision for the purposes of the checkride. From the Instrument Rating ACS: A localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approach with a decision altitude (DA) greater than 300 feet height above terrain (HAT) may be used as a nonprecision approach; however, due to the precision of its glidepath and localizer-like lateral navigation characteristics, an LPV can be used to demonstrate precision approach proficiency (AOA VI Task B) if the DA is equal to or less than 300 feet HAT....

I recently came across the approach plate for the RNAV 4 at (ALM) Alamagordo, NM. It’s a more-or-less standard instrument approach in the mountains, with higher altitudes to keep pilots away from terrain in the east. It has a hold-in-lieu-of-procedure-turn for procedure entry when you’re not receiving vectors (and a straight-in approach clearance). With proximity to a nearby Air Force base (HMN), the military controllers provide approach and departure services to traffic at the nearby civilian airfield....