Approach, Clearance and Transponder

Delta Air Lines 767-400 loses pressurization, makes emergency descent into Paris

Aerotime

JULY 9, 2024

Having completed the oceanic crossing part of the journey, and as the flight crossed the English Channel at 20:55, the crew of DL266 reported a loss of cabin pressure and set the 7700 internationally recognized emergency code on the transponder.

Descent

Descent Air Traffic Control Transponder Clearance

IFR Focus with PilotWorkshops: Visual Approaches

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The go-to instrument approach for keeping the mail moving is: Cleared for the visual. So its worth a review of the corner-cases and gotchas hidden in the plain-sight (visual) approach. Dont be fooled because you still have a transponder code. You must maintain VFR cloud clearances appropriate for the airspace.

Approach

Approach Clearance Runway Ceiling

Mastering IFR Approach Radio Calls: A Simple Guide for Pilots

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Use the CRAFT acronym to note down departure clearances quickly. You may be asking for a clearance or reporting your position. For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. is talking to Dallas Clearance Delivery.

Approach

Approach Clearance Pilot Air Traffic Control

How to get an IFR clearance at a non-towered airport

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.

Clearance

Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder

PilotWorkshops’ Guide to Visual Approaches for IFR Pilots

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The go-to instrument approach for keeping the mail moving is: Cleared for the visual. So its worth a review of the corner-cases and gotchas hidden in the plain-sight (visual) approach. Dont be fooled because you still have a transponder code. You must maintain VFR cloud clearances appropriate for the airspace.

Approach

Approach Pilot Clearance Runway

CRAFT Explained: IFR Made Simple for Pilots

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2024

CRAFT is a simple way pilots remember their IFR clearance. Key Takeaways Use the acronym CRAFT as a helpful guide to break down your IFR clearance. Avoid the common mistakes in receiving your clearance by staying prepared and organized. Develop your own techniques alongside CRAFT and keep practicing to master IFR clearances.

Clearance

Clearance Pilot Transponder Flight Plan

Class C Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Aircraft need to have a two-way radio, transponder with Mode C, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment. 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.

Clearance

Clearance Transponder Knot Indicated Airspeed

Risk Mitigation Through Defensive Flying

Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Setting up for an approach, taxiing at a busy airfield with complicated diagrams, during the actual takeoff and landing, or receiving an updated weather briefing in flight are a few examples of this. You may fly a few miles to the side of the airport to delay your approach instead of having two aircraft enter the downwind at the same time.

Pilot

Pilot Weather Approach Air Traffic Control

Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. Operating Requirements in Class B Airspace Operational Requirements VFR traffic needs explicit clearance to enter Bravo airspace.

Clearance

Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder

Class B Airspace—A Pilot’s Guide

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

An ATC clearance is required for operations within Class B airspace. The shape of the surface area and layers are tailored to the individual airport and the instrument approach corridors to its runways. A transponder with altitude reporting and an approved ADS-B out transmitter are also required for all operations.

Indicated Airspeed

Indicated Airspeed Airspace Classes Clearance Pilot in Command

VFR Flight Following Explained

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Aircraft must have a radio and transponder to receive flight following. Class B Clearance ATC clearance is required to enter Class B airspace. When talking to ATC on flight following, they can provide the necessary clearances to enter Class B airspace. What is Flight Following? Where Can You Get Flight Following?

Transponder

Transponder Weather Pilot Clearance

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When both plans were filed, he asked me to stand-by while he verified that the flight plan was properly pushed to Cleveland Center where Rochester Approach would be able to retrieve it. When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?"

Transponder

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation

IFR Flight Planning: Best Tips for Pilots

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Your alternate airport must have a working instrument approach procedure available. At least 1 instrument approach procedure. A minimum ceiling of 600 (precision approach) or 800 feet (for a non-precision approach). Within the Past 6 Months, You Must Log: 6 instrument approaches. When approaching the destination.

Flight Plan

Flight Plan Pilot Weather Approach

Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. Your CFI-I back in SoCal always taught you to look at the approach plate for the departure airport as well as the departure procedure/takeoff minimums/ODPs. My response would be, “what if ?”

Density Altitude

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Aeronautical Information Manual Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Aeronautical Information Manual Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control

Know Thy EFB

Air Facts

APRIL 11, 2025

Lastly, I have seen certain panels not push ADS-B data to an EFB due to the way the avionics and/or transponder was configured or due to some conflict with a portable ADS-B device like a Stratus or GDL substance. So how do you modify your flight plan or brief an approach? Same goes with traffic and terrain.

Cockpit

Cockpit Flight Plan Pilot Transponder

Pilot’s guide to special use airspace

Flight Training Central

APRIL 29, 2024

If the restricted area is not active and has been released to the controlling agency, the ATC facility will allow the aircraft to operate in the restricted airspace without issuing specific clearance. An aircraft can operate in these corridors without a clearance from or communication with ATC. VFR pilots must file a D.C.

Clearance

Clearance AGL NOTAMs Pilot

Return to Form

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Given the need to preserve noggin-to-wing-spar clearance, its a smart but necessary solution. In all new F2s, youll be facing a full Garmin G3X Touch EFIS, supported by a two-axis autopilot, G5 backup EFIS, transponder, com radio, audio panel and, in the demo airplane I flew, a Garmin GPS 175 IFR-approved navigator.

Airplanes

Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind

Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Any accident, regardless of its severity or frequency, highlights the critical importance of maintaining a proactive approach to safety, identifying and addressing potential safety issues and emerging trends, as well as implementing safety measures to reduce the likelihood of an accident. It has since returned to service, however.

Runway

Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer

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