Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

NOTAMs can be confusing and complicated to read. But you could find yourself in serious trouble if you don’t check NOTAMs before you take off. Luckily, you don’t have to stay puzzled by NOTAMs. This article breaks down each type of NOTAM, how to understand them, and where to find them. In the U.S.,

NOTAMs

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Any NOTAMS applicable? At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? How truly important is this current approach to mission success? Any aircraft inoperative items to consider?

Approach

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

In addition to providing continuous in-flight weather updates, ADS-B provides updates to NOTAMs and TFRs in flight too. The AC states limited coverage below 5,000′ AGL, but in our experience you should start getting reception within 1,000′ AGL in all but the most remote or mountainous regions.

Weather

NAFI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

NAFI NOTAMs #48 Why do you even have an instrument rating? Hand-fly an approach to 200 AGL? Guest Blogger Aaron Dabney The new CFI, a client of mine, had just explained to the newly-minted instrument pilot that the proposed flight was below his personal minimums. That's the question he got in response. Fly with a CFI for exactly 1.0

AGL

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Check NOTAMs Before departure, check the Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) publication. You might find a NOTAM about your destination’s surface conditions. Don’t depend on NOTAMs to provide up-to-date information on soft field conditions. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around.

NOTAMs

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These range from passive red badges on flight plan waypoints and approach charts to identify NOTAMs and closed runways, to on-screen pop-ups accompanied by an aural message to make sure the app gets your attention. In the air, theyll notify when approaching Class, B, C or D airspace, a TFR or the Washington, D.C.

Pilot

Air Facts

MARCH 28, 2025

After checking the NOTAMS, the weather, and filing my flight plan, I stepped into the Intel Shop for my pre-mission briefing. It was a very close-up shot as the drone came in low and fast (500-1000 feet AGL at 500+ knots); the crew had no time to react, except to look up. The PDJ was a strategically significant region.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

READ MORE: How Do You Check NOTAMs? kilometers or 4,500 feet agl (25 knots is roughly 12 m/s for reference). Most outflow boundaries don’t extend above about 2 kilometers or 6,500 feet agl. Evaporation of some of the rain cools the downdraft, making it even more dense compared to the surrounding air.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

MAY 7, 2025

As such, pilots should always comply with FAA regulations, such as flying below 400 feet AGL, for example. Given that the FAA limits drone flight to 400 feet above ground level (AGL), this puts most Wilderness areas out of reach for drone pilots. Always check Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) before flying. Forest Service.

AGL

Flight Training Central

APRIL 29, 2024

It’s important to check the NOTAMs if you’ll be flying around these areas as some of the dimensions change in size. MTR’s with segments above 1,500′ AGL are identified by a three-digit number. MTR’s flown entirely below 1,500′ AGL are identified by a four-digit number.

Clearance