Ceiling Clearance Final Approach 
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
However, at Springfield, Missouri, our final destination, the weather was bad. The hourly sequence report showed Springfield had a ceiling of 100 feet obscured, a visibility of 3/8 mile and fog with a surface temperature of 30 degrees F. I filed my IFR flight plan, received a clearance and took off into the gray winter sky.
Air Facts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
“The instrument conditions, likely turbulence, and increased workload imposed by beginning the approach phase of the flight presented a situation that was conducive to the development of spatial disorientation and a loss of situational awareness. Communicate sounds self-explanatory, and it mostly is.
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Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
The controller asked the pilot what approach he would like to use to get into KMYF. The weather at the time of the accident included an AIRMET active for IFR conditions with ceilings below 1,000 feet and visibility less than 3 miles due to fog and mist. The pilot acknowledged the clearance.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
AGL is important for drone pilots as the regular ceiling for drone flight is defined as 400 feet AGL. In contrast to a control tower, an FSS is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances to aircraft. Simply put, 400 feet AGL means that the 400 feet is measured from the underlying ground surface above the specific airspace.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
A high degree of pilot proficiency, competence as well as currency (currency in Circling Approaches specifically). An acceptable meteorological combination of ceiling, visibility, and wind. ICAO minima for circling approaches is much higher than that stipulated in the FARs so consider higher weather minima. No later than).
Photographic Logbook
JULY 11, 2024
Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. But I accepted the clearance knowing that I could change it with a local Approach control like Syracuse. This was even better than I requested.
Photographic Logbook
APRIL 19, 2024
I expected to manage some cloud layers during the New York portion of the flight, but the forecast called for a high ceiling at Northeast Philadelphia Airport. I expected minimal IMC time and the need for an approach appeared beyond remote. I swallowed my objection and read the clearance back to the controller.
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