Airplanes Clearance Instrument Landing System 
Pilot Institute
JUNE 27, 2025
Mandatory instruction signs mark areas you can’t enter without clearance. Types of Airport Signs The FAA classifies airport signs into six main types: Mandatory Instruction Signs: indicate areas where entry is prohibited without clearance, such as runways or critical areas. Let’s take a look at each in detail. 15 APCH – 33 DEP”).
Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
Precision Runways Precision runways feature at least one precision approach aid at either end of the runway, such as an Instrument Landing System (ILS). Precision runways feature additional markings to assist pilots in determining runway distance and landing areas.
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Air Facts
MAY 7, 2025
The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights. The Captain in the left seat handed over control to me and we completed the landing successfully. The Tower had no radar.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. But these systems had some problems, like not being able to work over water, or if there was something in the way of the transmitter and the aircrafts receiver. This makes more airports accessible under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) is a Visual Glide Slope Indicator (VGSI) placed near a runway to help you land safely. This system of lights is visible from 3-5 miles during the day and 20 miles at night. The PAPI provides safe obstruction clearance within plus or minus 10 degrees of the extended runway centerline and 3.4
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
When I had the endurance to drive 20 miles to an appointment, had good situational awareness of all the cars around me on the freeway, and when driving didn’t take 100 percent concentration, I had passed the first challenge before getting in the airplane. I told the CFII about this, and we watched those carefully during the flight.
Ask the Pilot
JUNE 28, 2024
” Most of the time, jetliners land using what we call an ILS (instrument landing system) in which controllers guide us onto a pair of radio beams — one vertical, the other horizontal — that form a sort of crosshair that we track to the runway, either manually or by coupling the ILS to the plane’s autoflight system.
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