Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2023

As an inexperienced, aspiring pilot, you’ve surely heard the saying that “the least important thing in aviation is the runway behind you, the fuel left in the truck and altitude above you”. Before discussing the different types of altitude, let's discuss the one common thing every pilot uses in reference to altitude: The altimeter.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Pilots use special paths called IFR approaches to help them line up with the runway. These paths guide the airplane safely during its descent. Minimums are the lowest height you can go without seeing the runway. Both MDA and DA are measured from sea level, just like the altimeter in the airplane.

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Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. The pilot is not to descend below these altitudes until they can see the runway lights. View of GPS track when viewed from landing runway (NTSB) At about 1.25 miles from the runway and left of the runway centre-line, the Mooney struck high-voltage power lines.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Both apps have all the features and capabilities to feel right at home in the cockpit of a student pilot learning to fly, while simultaneously meeting the needs of professional pilots flying turbine airplanes. And the performance planning feature will warn you if computed takeoff or landing distances exceed available runway lengths.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Runway visual range (RVR) under 2,400 feet triggers a SPECI, and another is issued if it rises to 2,400 feet or more within 10 minutes. Well, these events can quickly affect visibility or runway conditions so much that they call for a special report. Runway visual range (RVR). Let’s look at each weather condition. Visibility.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 11, 2024

They gave me a squawk code and the altimeter setting, and with that, the flight was underway. After that, it was just me and the airplane. Finding KLEX Finding a 7,000-foot runway seems easy, right? I reminded myself to stay calm and keep flying the airplane, and sure enough, there it was, just west of the city.

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Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Our airplane is certified for day VFR operations only, so my progress was at the mercy of daylight length and good VMC. Landing in Moriarty was somewhat odd and memorable, as I was expecting a busy airport with its long runways and did not encounter a single soul. I saw tumbleweeds blowing by and just had to laugh.

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Get the watch app here. Altimeter+ Display an altimeter flight instrument on your watch. Get the watch app here. ForeFlight This well-designed app displays airport weather, NOTAMs, communication frequencies, runway information and more.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I read online about the Hudson River Skyline Route, where we can actually fly our airplane up and down the Hudson River at 1,300 msl for some spectacular views of NYC. His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. The FBO at Linden was great.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I read online about the Hudson River Skyline Route, where we can actually fly our airplane up and down the Hudson River at 1,300 msl for some spectacular views of NYC. His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. The FBO at Linden was great.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Airbus FlySmart Airbus offers a collection of apps for pilots to assistwith performance planning, maintenance and other operational guidance when flying these airplanes. Altimeter+ Calculates the altitude of your current location via GPS, or from the built-in barometer included on newer iPhones and iPads.Offers Apple Watch app.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Imagine were flying an HSI-equipped airplane away from VOR. The HSI has found its home in modern glass cockpit avionics, along with the altimeter and airspeed indicator. The HSI evolved alongside these glass cockpit systems and has had quite the facelift compared to its airspeed and altimeter counterparts. Airport signs!

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Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The heading contains the city, state, airport, runway, and approach name. Are there runway closures? ATIS broadcasts usually include active runways, available approaches, important NOTAMs, and the weather. 1) Declare the Approach Start by identifying the name of the airport, the arrival runway, and the approach name.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The departure runway and the departure procedure. For example, ATC: Fly runway heading until two miles from Kennedy VOR, then turn right, heading one zero zero. ATC will let you know the current altimeter setting in their reply. Altimeter 30.02 Cleared ILS runway six approach. Radar vectors to GAYEL.

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Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

An airport has closed a runway/taxiway/apron for maintenance. He landed on a closed turf runway, causing the aircraft to nose over. In their example, runway 04L/22R is closed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). RWY 04L/22R tells us the subject is runway (RWY) 04L/22R. a closed runway has been reopened).

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Airports such as ATL and JFK have multiple runways and cover around 5,000 acres of land. You don’t want an incorrect altimeter setting to cause an airspace incursion. You’ll always find a steady stream of airliners queued up for departure and arrival. Class B airports are not only busy, they’re usually big as well.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Warrior has introduced countless people to the joys of light airplanes. Next you look at NOTAM’s once again and notice that Runways 8R and 26L are closed. And a quick check of the ATIS on your trusty Sporty’s handheld VHF radio reveals that Runways 35 is currently in use. It quite literally did happen to me.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

Most of the emergency procedures training we do in general aviation airplanes center around just two simple words: “What if?” So, what is a thinking pilot of an older, upgraded airplane to do? In most cases, the pilot generally has a couple of hours to find a runway. When everything works as advertised, it is a sight to see.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. It seemed to continue this way until we finally rolled onto the runway and got to the good part. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Enter left downwind Runway 18, report midfield.”

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. It seemed to continue this way until we finally rolled onto the runway and got to the good part. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Enter left downwind Runway 18, report midfield.”

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Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

My luck to fly with a captain deluded by “get-home-itis” a potentially deadly affliction that causes pilots to equate termination or cancellation of a flight with defeat and to push the limits of the airplane, the weather, and their personal capabilities. I might as well chat with the altimeter. Can you see anything?”

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Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

This necessitated slowing the airplane down to leave the vertical space to descend another 2,000’ to reach the initial approach fix (IAF) at 2,000′ I requested a descent to the IAF altitude of 2,000’ but was only cleared to 3,000’. I would then level off, slow down, dirty up, run a tight circle to land on the opposing runway.

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Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Cherokee Four Eight One, Allentown Approach, altimeter 30.48, remain at or above 3,500 feet." Leveling at 3,500, I finally spotted the airport through the Lehigh Gap, the runway tucked intimately along the west bank of the Lehigh River and behind the ridgeline. Where's Waldo Slatington? Was the airport before or after that ridge?

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