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.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) can, at times, feel like deciphering a complicated puzzle, especially when you’re staring at an approach chart filled with intricate details. Approach charts, often referred to as approach plates, become your guide when visual cues are scarce. Approach minima.
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Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
Visual Runways Visual runways have no instrument approach procedure available. On runways used by international commercial flights, a threshold must be present (we’ll look into that later in this article). Non-Precision Runways Non-precision runways have at least one non-precision approach available.
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 24, 2025
There are additional requirements for requesting special VFR at night: You must be qualified for instrument flight, as per FAR 61 The aircraft must be equipped and capable of instrument flight At that point, it may just be easier (and, perhaps, safer) to request an IFR clearance and execute an approach.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
These services include traffic advisories and sequencing of arrivals and departures for aircraft operating under both Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and Visual Flight Rules (VFR). If you choose to use these services, youll need to establish communication with the appropriate ATC facility, usually Approach Control.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
If youre in Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions, continue your flight visually and land as soon as practical at an appropriate airport. If flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), you must follow standard lost-communication procedures. You can say: Approach, confirm squawk code for N123AB?
Pilot Institute
APRIL 4, 2025
It gives you the ability to fly in Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Youll train how to rely on instruments instead of visual cues. Flight Training: Part 61: Minimum 50 hours cross-country time (as PIC) + 40 hours instrument time (actual or simulated). Part 141: Minimum 35 hours of instrument training.
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