Air Facts

MAY 28, 2025

An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. That evening, I checked the weather for the next leg.

Wind Shear

iPad Pilot News

MAY 8, 2025

Garmin brings powerful flight planning tools online with Garmin Pilot Web iPad Pilot News Garmin has expanded its popular Garmin Pilot ecosystem to include a brand-new browser-based tool: Garmin Pilot Web. This online flight planning resource is designed to complement the Garmin Pilot mobile app and offers a robust suite of features.

Flight Plan

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The Cessna 150 Since I was the only instrument rated pilot on the team, and the weather was marginal VFR, I chose to fly the 172, N7358G, up to Fairfield on an IFR flight plan above the clouds at 7,000 feet. My IFR flight plan called for a climb through some 4,000′ of clouds up to a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet.

VOR

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

Close up of the chart, showing the airport to the left, with Route 1 coming from the top and Route 4 leading to the bottom The FAA’s Helicopter Route Chart shows clearly that a helicopter following Route 4 would cross the approach path for runway 33. An aircraft descending on a 3 slope would pass this point at 300 feet.

Runway

AV Web

JULY 17, 2025

Moreover, the new procedures build on what already exists in the app’s Procedure Advisor, which allows the user to load important aspects of the instrument approach to the map layer and flight plan drawer within ForeFlight. DYNAMIC PROCEDURES AVAILABILITY The new feature is available for U.S.

Approach

Flying Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

Every training flight consists of multiple approaches that terminate in a missed approach, followed by the return to the home airport for a full-stop landing. His flight planning skills were good, his scan was spot-on, and his radio skills were improving with each flight. What Else Gets Rusty?

Approach

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Laying the Groundwork Through Study, Practice, and Review The ACS is your study blueprint, outlining every knowledge area and flight task youll be expected to demonstrate. Its organized into areas of operation, including preflight preparation, airport operations, and cross-country flight planning.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. The PIC wrote, Flight planning will be better done and executed to prevent such an incident from happening again. On final approach, the tower told him to go around. The result was an uneventful approach and landing.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

IFR Alternate Airport Planning While every IFR flight requires you to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance, not every flight is flown in IFR conditions. While every IFR flight requires you to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance, not every flight is flown in IFR conditions.

Ceiling

Air Facts

MARCH 14, 2025

Call it a bucket list if you want, but I consider it a flight plan for a fulfilling life in the cockpit: 1. 100 hamburger flight. Even if you don’t earn an instrument rating, you owe it to yourself to fly a real approach in IMC (with a pilot who has the rating). You owe it to yourself to fly a real approach in IMC.

Airplanes

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Most of the information filed in an IFR flight plan is based on weather forecasts that are released well before your wheels ever leave the ground. Here’s a look at what parts of the flight plan actually matter to ATC so that you know how to react if and when the weather conditions don’t match the forecast.

Flight Plan

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. Traffic On Runway – Alerts when approaching to land on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on that runway. nm and +/- 1,200 ft.

AGL

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you focus too much on the inside, you might overlook cues like approaching traffic, changing weather conditions, or landmarks. Here’s what to avoid: “Uh, Chicago Approach, this is Cessna, uh, 34568, we’re at about, uh, 3,000 feet, and we’d like to, uh, request permission to enter the Class Charlie airspace.”

Pilot

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

You might think that Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) are just about how to control and use your instruments in the aircraft, but you need more than skill–you need a rock-solid plan. IFR flight planning is about preparing for every twist and turn along the route. What Is an IFR Flight Plan?

Flight Plan

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

You then execute a 180 o descending Final Turn maintaining 175 knots to arrive wings-level one mile from the threshold on final approach at 500 AGL. At that point, you slow to the final approach speed of 155 knots, which is held until crossing the approach-end overrun where you reduce power to touch down at 130 knots.

Pilot

Universal Weather

APRIL 3, 2025

A-CDM Compliance: Nice employs Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM), meaning flight plan and slot consistency is critical. Any mismatch can lead to automatic flight plan cancellations. Noise Abatement & Approach Requirements: Special crew briefing required prior to operating.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A code is reserved for use in the Mode S radar/ADS-B environment, where the air vehicle identification is used to correlate the flight plan instead of the Mode A code. 1200 Visual flight rules (VFR) flight. IFR flights could also get a discrete transponder code assigned when you activate the flight plan.

Transponder

Air Facts

JUNE 2, 2025

Here are just a few examples of the aviation community in action, all of which I have witnessed personally (I invite you to add your own examples in the comments below): The pilot who relays your flight plan cancellation to ATC when youre out of range.

Pilot

Gary's Flight Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Since it's a NoPT transition, if the 480 does the same thing as other navigators, the HILO at CIRAN will not be included when you load the approach. In the other Garmins from the GNS 430/530 onward and in the Avidyne IFD, you would just reload the approach and choose CIRAN as the transition. If that is the case, here's the scenario.

Approach

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 17, 2025

Multi-colored bank indicators turn from green to orange to red as bank limits are approached and exceeded. This helps pilots quickly recognize and recover from dangerous attitudes, especially in low-visibility conditions or during high-workload situations, reducing the risk of loss of control and enhancing flight safety.

AGL

AV Web

JANUARY 1, 2025

Modern FMS platforms equipped with AI can analyze vast amounts of data, including weather conditions, air traffic, and aircraft performance metrics, to optimize flight paths in real-time. For example, AI can dynamically adjust flight plans to avoid turbulence or adjust fuel consumption, thereby enhancing comfort and operational efficiency.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 7, 2025

Make researching the noise abatement procedures of airports part of your pre-flight planning. Plan your approach so that you don’t need excessive power to maintain your glide path. For example, Truckee-Tahoe Airport (KTKR) in California has developed a robust Fly Quiet program.

Runway

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

You might have come across this term while studying for your written exam, or maybe it popped up on your sectional chart during flight planning. If you choose to use these services, youll need to establish communication with the appropriate ATC facility, usually Approach Control. Heres the issue.

Visual Flight Rules

Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Flight Training: Part 61: Minimum 50 hours cross-country time (as PIC) + 40 hours instrument time (actual or simulated). One cross-country flight of 250 nautical miles, including three different instrument approaches at different airports. This training approach lets you put what you learn into practice in real-life situations.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Garmin, a brand synonymous with flight planning and execution, brings a new tool to the cockpit with the Garmin Pilot Web, a flight planning website that interfaces nicely with the Garmin Pilot mobile app. With its free, at-a-glance tools, you will find it can greatly simplify your online flight planning workflow.”

Pilot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Advanced Controllers One of the most frustrating aspects of flight simulation is adjusting cockpit controls. Trying to tune the approach frequency with the mouse in turbulence is frustrating. This is why many flight simmers eventually purchase radios and autopilot controllers. Check out the Top 5 Throttle Quadrants.

Rudder

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Main Subjects Include Aeronautical knowledge and flight planning. Radio communications. Most flight schools suggest completing ground school before taking the test so that you understand the material and increase your chances of passing. Each approach comes with its own set of challenges. Lowest cost approach.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Note that because of current LSA rules, the RV-12 can be flown on an instrument flight plan but cannot be flown in actual instrument conditions. Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. It actually feels slower.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JULY 29, 2025

Learning (and Teaching) Take Place There are seminars on pretty much everything, from how to use specific products (thank you, Garmin), best practices for aircraft maintenance, best apps for flight planning, and the big kahuna, different aviation careers. I spent 12 hours in the PPC, working with as many clients.

NDB

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. 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.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight. NOTAMs are very important in that they can provide information that can cause a pilot to change their flight plans, such as Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) or an airport that has become temporarily unavailable.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Rental Duration and Usage Hourly rates are standard, but some flight schools offer block time discounts for purchasing multiple hours upfront. This approach can lead to cost savings, especially for pilots planning extensive flying hours. If you have questions or need a custom rental plan, we’re just a call away.

Pilot

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Youll learn how to navigate, communicate with Air Traffic Control, interpret weather, and conduct instrument approaches to airports, all without relying on whats outside your window. Flight canceled. An instrument rating unlocks access to: Airports with IFR approaches (ILS, RNAV, VOR, etc.) A layer of clouds at 1,800 feet?

Pilot

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Join Spencer Suderman as he does just that, on a flight from Jacksonville to Daytona Beach, FL. You’ll learn about the entire process, starting with filing a flight plan in ForeFlight to retrieving an IFR clearance from ATC, en-route navigation, and how to fly the instrument approach at the destination.

Clearance

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 5, 2025

Pre-Flight Briefing Youll head into a classroom or flight planning area where your instructor will: Explain the days flight plan Review basic aerodynamics Discuss safety procedures Walk you through what youll be doing in the air The briefing typically lasts 15 to 30 minutes and is interactive.

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

As I dutifully toed the line that was my instrument clearance, my benefactor at Rochester Approach looked out for me until the handoff to Buffalo Approach roughly halfway between the two cities. When filing the return flight plan, I debated between cruise altitudes of 5,000 and 7,000 feet.

OAT

Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 5, 2025

The airline states that Olson will take a holistic approach to customer experience and operation in his new role, by aligning its systems operations and airport functions in an effort to improve communication and informed decision-making. Later this year, a new crew management system will also go live as part of this initiative.

Flight Plan