Altimeter Cockpit NOTAMs 
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
As you step into the cockpit and start learning, you’ll quickly realize it’s about building good habits that make flying second nature. Key Takeaways Maintaining proper situational awareness inside and outside the cockpit is essential for flight safety. Review weather, NOTAMs, and airspace details. Poor flight planning.
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.,
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Flying Magazine
MAY 30, 2025
The altimeter started slipping. For VFR pilots beginning instrument training, the cockpit gets crowded fast. If a NOTAM changes the minimums, or if convective SIGMETs pop up along your route, a printed page will not tell you. But what if a NOTAM has changed the frequency? His scan fell apart within seconds.
iPad Pilot News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
We’ve been flying with the Apple Watch since it first launched, and it’s become increasingly useful every year for both preflight weather checks and as an in-cockpit resource. It includes a GPS and compass for backup navigation and a bright sunlight readable screen for easy viewing in the cockpit.
iPad Pilot News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
For those new to aviation or those making the leap from paper charts, there comes a point when a decision is necessary on which app to use in the cockpit. Its a great backup for charts in the cockpit too. When you break it down though, the real question you should be asking is which app is best for me.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 3, 2025
and any adjustments to be made (runway lighting out of service, remote altimeter setting, etc.). Bottom right NOTAMs will show only the NOTAMs that are relevant to the approach youre flying, a major convenience at big airports where the list of NOTAMs can be a mile long (meaning you miss a potentially important one).
CockPit Conversation
JULY 27, 2017
There are no controllers, but there is highly trained person in the tower, dispensing altimeter settings, and traffic information, and generally doing everything a tower controller does except issue clearances and instructions. They didn't want to listen through that tedious NOTAM that every Canadian airport with a STAR has up right now.
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