Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

Safe obstruction clearance in the approach area. Who has final authority to accept or decline any land and hold short (LAHSO) clearance? Air Traffic Controller. VASI lights as shown in this illustration indicate that the airplane is below the glide slope. right-quartering headwind. right-quartering tailwind.

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Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control 98

Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Previously, I had alerted the Atlanta Air Traffic Control facilities that our slow flying airplanes were going to be coming to visit them so they were expecting us, but trying to sequence us into their operation must have caused a lot of clenched jaws and tense moments with Atlanta Approach Control and the Atlanta Hartsfield Tower.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Runway Hangar 52

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

He also earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. After the war, Robert Thomas remained in the Naval Reserves until 1966, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and worked as an air traffic control supervisor at the New York Air Traffic Control Center for 30 years, and would live to the age of 87.

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Cockpit Lift Air Traffic Control Flight Deck 111

Northstar VFR

MAY 9, 2024

I couldn’t believe that he was flying an airplane all by himself! When I heard my husband not only flying an airplane, but also making one radio call after another announcing his position in the pattern, I was blown away. It was for me, especially when I had to fly to a towered field and talk to Air Traffic Control (ATC).

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Information Manual Clearance 82

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

In a TRSA, air traffic controllers offer two main services: radar traffic advisories and sequencing. Radar traffic advisories are a type of safety alert. In Class B airspace, both IFR and VFR traffic require ATC clearance to enter. What Services Does TRSA Airspace Provide? Lets break it down.

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Visual Flight Rules Instrument Flight Rules Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

Aviation taxiing is when an airplane or other aircraft with wheels rolls off, on, or along the runway at a slow, consistent speed. Among these tech tools are Air Traffic Controllers who provide ATC clearance as the pilot approaches the landing area. Learn more from the best flight school in Arizona here.

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Clearance Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When used strategically you can use this information to gain additional insight into what’s going on in the airspace around you and make more informed decisions on each flight, giving you an edge when dealing with air traffic control. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. How is the weather developing?

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Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Talking to air traffic control (ATC) while flying IFR is challenging in the beginning, but with time and practice, you can master it! Use the CRAFT acronym to note down departure clearances quickly. You cant rely on visual cues to avoid other traffic – or even navigate accurately. Why Why are you calling?

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Approach Clearance Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2024

CRAFT is a simple way pilots remember their IFR clearance. It helps break down the instructions from air traffic control into clear, easy-to-follow steps. Key Takeaways Use the acronym CRAFT as a helpful guide to break down your IFR clearance. Heres a better way to keep track of your clearances.

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Clearance Pilot Transponder Flight Plan 52

AV Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Unicorn Clearance It was a quiet morningthe pondering kind. Im controlling the airspace southeast of KSEA and its a Cleared direct destination kind of day. And there it is, the unicorn, the never-used clearance. I can count on one hand, with half my fingers, rounded down, how many times Ive issued this clearance.

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VFR On Top Clearance Approach Weather 55

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Before flying into Class C airspace, a pilot must obtain a clearance from ATC. The controller has to mention the Aircraft Callsign, followed by standby or approval to enter the airspace.

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Clearance Transponder Knot Indicated Airspeed 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

You don’t need to check in with air traffic control (ATC) when flying VFR in Class E. It helps separate traffic at different altitudes. Class E is always in the background, making sure both VFR and IFR traffic can coexist in safety. No ATC clearance is required for VFR flights below 10,000 feet.

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Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report into the fatal accident involving a Bering Air Cessna 208B Caravan registered N321BA, which crashed in a remote part of Alaska on February 6, 2025, operating flight number 445. At about 15:15, the airplane leveled at 6,000 ft.

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Knot Air Traffic Control Gross Weight Airplanes 305

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 1, 2024

Daily responsibilities include pre-flight checks, weather analysis, creating and filing flight plans, coordination with ground crews and air traffic controllers, and continuous in-flight monitoring and communication. What Defines a Commercial Pilot?

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Cargo Weather 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Flying at non-towered airports can feel like stepping into a space where youre both the pilot and air traffic controller. youll need to master the basics of situational awareness, traffic patterns, and CTAF communication can make non-towered operations not only manageable but smooth and predictable.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 9, 2024

As an aviator, I crave the novelty of these aerial vistas and compulsively fly to new places to absorb uncommon beauty streaming in through my airplane's windscreen. Exactly like NYC, downtown Boston is encircled by restrictive Class Bravo airspace down to the surface that requires explicit clearance to enter. I was a little nervous.

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Clearance Runway Approach Stability 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. Wilkes-Barre Departure, Air Force One." It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. Emerging from the clouds on reaching the Finger Lakes.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

I think this because whenever multiple aircraft depart Sodus bound for the same destination, we almost always pique the curiosity of air traffic control. Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) What's going on at X today?" Jerry and Ed. Photo by Jerry.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

Air Traffic Control (ATC) uses these procedures to delay aircraft. The hold has to be performed within this area to ensure obstacle and traffic clearance. Time to expect further clearance. Holding patterns are the aviation equivalent of a stop light. The direction of the hold. The inbound course.

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VOR Pilot Crosswind Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

They were descending from cruise altitude to 8,000 feet with a clearance to fly direct to navigation fix TAMMI. Air traffic control, responding to the pilots odd transmission, simplified the clearance, issuing just a heading and an altitude. It found only a few airplane parts floating on the waves.

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Clearance Pilot Cockpit Descent 95

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

By replacing letters with distinct words like ‘Alpha’ for ‘A’ and ‘Bravo’ for ‘B,’ it ensures clear communication between pilots and air traffic controllers. This clarity is vital not only for pilots and air traffic controllers but also for ground staff, who rely on accurate communication to perform their duties safely.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Tail Cockpit 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The flight plan informs the Air Traffic Control (ATC) of your planned course, aircraft capability, and contingency plan. The Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and Traffic Advisory System (TAS) provide important information about other airplanes in the vicinity. What Is an IFR Flight Plan?

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Flight Plan Pilot Weather Approach 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

On July 21, 2024 we departed the Rochester area in three airplanes carrying a total of ten people for an incredible view of Manhattan with lunch afterward at Hangars Cafe on the field at the Sky Acres Airport (44N). In my airplane, I was accompanied by Alyssa and Mark. Peril, indeed. Scott followed in Eight One Six.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 88

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this definition, the surface designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft refers to the movement area, that part of a towered airport under control by air traffic control (ATC), including runways and taxiways. This deviation could be a vehicle crossing a runway hold marking before receiving ATC clearance.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

Essentially you eyeball the airport through the windshield, report “field in sight” to ATC, get your clearance and go ahead and land. In addition to whatever human errors catalyze such events, weather and air traffic control (ATC), to name two, can lend a hand in getting from point A to, as it were, point C.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Instrument Landing System 57

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Departure from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum At 2:30 pm, I notified museum staff that I needed to return to my airplane. In a prior telephone conversation with the Rockliffe Flying Club, I was assured that I could pick up my IFR clearance in the air from Ottawa Terminal and planned to do exactly that.

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Approach Clearance Airplanes Runway 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A pilot deviation happens when you violate an FAA regulation or an instruction from Air Traffic Control (ATC). This could be caused by landing without clearance, straying from an assigned altitude, or any number of other errors. Pilot deviations are incredibly stressful. New FAA regulations can possibly come into play.

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Runway Pilot Visual Flight Rules Clearance 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

I urged all participants to be airborne by 7:00 am if we were to have any chance of securing limited airplane parking spots on the ice of Alton Bay. He grew up near Lake Winnipesaukee, had watched airplanes landing on the ice as a kid, and never dreamed that he would someday arrive in one. Photo by Ed. Is he moving?!"

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. Complying with ATC Unwavering willingness to comply with air traffic control instructions comes in as the fifth deadly sin. A controller who withholds or issues a late descent clearance is also to blame.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Line up and wait is an air traffic control (ATC) procedure designed to position an aircraft onto the runway for an imminent departure in order to expedite the flow of traffic. You should expect an authorization to takeoff shortly after the controller is satisfied that the condition that delayed you is now safe.

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Pilot Clearance Runway Pilot in Command 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding. Review online ground school resources.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control 65

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

We taxied to the end of runway 34, ran the airplane up, then called Atlanta Center on the phone to get our instrument clearance from the ground. Despite strong cell signal, the audio quality from Atlanta Center was poor and I struggled to understand the controller. What kind of airplane is that?" Where was NetJets?

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Approach Ceiling Runway Clearance 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding. Review online ground school resources.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control 52

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

For 2024, I planned a three day / two night trip to northern Michigan from May 26-28 for the club with highlights including visits to Mackinac Island , the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , and the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo where I was formerly a docent. We had seven airplanes going, most of them helmed by instrument rated pilots.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 86

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 5, 2023

A ragged cloud layer hung low over the Williamson Sodus Airport, but we climbed VFR through sizable gaps over Lake Ontario before turning on course above the clouds and picking up our IFR clearance with Rochester Approach. I still think grapes are the perfect airplane snack: delicious, a modest source of moisture, bite sized, and crumb-free.

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Weather Runway Approach Clearance 52

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

Decades ago, when I learned to fly, it was well-known that a commercial co-pilot/first officer was allowed to occupy the right seat of a transport airplane only if they’d proven themselves subservient enough to understand that the guy in the left seat was perfectly capable of handling the airplane all by himself.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 104