Approach Instrument Landing System Jet 
Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
Visual Runways Visual runways have no instrument approach procedure available. Visual runways feature aiming point markings (described later on in this article) if the runway is 4,000ft or longer or used by jet aircraft. Non-Precision Runways Non-precision runways have at least one non-precision approach available.
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.
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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.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. You might have heard pilots talking about the Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.
Ask the Pilot
JUNE 28, 2024
On March 25th, a British Airways regional jet took off from London City Airport (LCY) bound for Dusseldorf, Germany. Not until the jet touched down did they realize they were headed to the wrong city. If there’s a common thread, it’s that often in these cases pilots were flying what we call a “visual approach.”
Aerotime
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
2024, a Boeing 737-400 freighter operated by Swift Air of Spain on behalf of global logistics giant DHL crashed on final approach into Vilnius Airport (VNO) in Lithuania, the aircraft’s intended destination. However, while ATC had transmitted a landing clearance to the crew of BCS18D, no meaningful response was received.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
A part 121 or 135 crew cannot legally initiate an approach if the weather is below minimums. Think of private jets, charter flights, small turbo-propeller aircraft, and commercial helicopters these are usually part 135 operation aircraft. Another example is weather minimums. Under part 91, however, they are free to do so.
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