Approach 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. 27L” or “27R”).
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Well, one important thing youll need to know is RNAV approaches. These approaches use GPS to help you land and offer more flexibility than traditional systems like ILS. In this guide, you’ll learn how RNAV approaches work, the different types available, and tips to make them feel natural and straightforward.
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Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
Visual Runways Visual runways have no instrument approach procedure available. Non-Precision Runways Non-precision runways have at least one non-precision approach available. Precision Runways Precision runways feature at least one precision approach aid at either end of the runway, such as an Instrument Landing System (ILS).
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Performing a safe landing requires skillful flying and clear visual guidance. They are the Visual Approach Slope Indicator and Precision Approach Path Indicator. These systems are designed to help you stay on the correct glide path as you approach the runway. VASI and PAPI each have their own approach.
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. Terrain clearance became my biggest concern with only an estimate of his distance to the east.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
The plan was to shoot an instrument landing system (ILS) at the military airport next door, but clearance delivery told us they were landing the other direction. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach? It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are.
Ask the Pilot
JUNE 28, 2024
If there’s a common thread, it’s that often in these cases pilots were flying what we call a “visual approach.” There are also what we call “non-precision” instrument patterns, in which a GPS-guided course takes you to a few hundred feet or less above the pavement.
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