Flightworx

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Embarking on a journey with a private jet in the UK is an experience that combines luxury, efficiency, and meticulous planning. For jet owners and aviation aficionados, it’s about much more than simply taking off and landing; it’s about harmonising with the rhythm of aviation rules and luxuries.

Runway

Universal Weather

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Alternate Airport Advisory Important : Due to high congestion, UBBB should not be used as an alternate airport in flight plans from November 8-13, 2024. Diplomatic Clearance and Special Permissions Flights carrying state officials, including Heads of State, require diplomatic clearance. 252 NM, 3 hours away.

Clearance

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Flying to Europe is well within reach for many executive jet types. Modern executive jets have the capability to fly from the Americas to Europe. This is where the North Atlantic Organised Track System (NAT-OTS) guides your flight planning. Over the north Atlantic, we usually have to deal with the polar front jet stream.

Jet

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Flying to Europe is well within reach for many executive jet types. Modern executive jets have the capability to fly from the Americas to Europe. This is where the North Atlantic Organised Track System (NAT-OTS) guides your flight planning. Over the north Atlantic, we usually have to deal with the polar front jet stream.

Jet

Professional Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

“The multiple EFIS displays are large and easy to navigate, with an endless amount of information readily available to flight crews,” says Ashley Smith Jr. ATP-ME, DPE-ATP-TYPE, A&P/IA, DAR-T, CAM), President/Director of Operations and Maintenance at Jet Logistics.

Payload

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Air Navigation Pro This flight planning and GPS navigation app is designed for VFR pilots and offers international support, including charts for the US, Europe, South America and more. AvioFuel is primarily designed for turboprop and jet aircraft. Offers Apple Watch app and iMessage app.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

Crosswind

Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

not the accident aircraft) The Cessna Citation 560, also known as the Citation V, is a light corporate jet for seven to eight passengers with twin engines and a range of about 1,700 nautical miles. Unlike larger business jets, the Citation 560 requires only one qualified pilot. It became clear that the person was incapacitated.

Cockpit

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. I ran my plan by my son, and he agreed that we were very capable of having this added adventure. Yes, sir, we are requesting Bravo clearance for the Hudson River at 1,500.

Clearance

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. I ran my plan by my son, and he agreed that we were very capable of having this added adventure. Yes, sir, we are requesting Bravo clearance for the Hudson River at 1,500.

Clearance

Air Facts

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As MTH is non-towered, we intended to get our IFR clearance in the air after departing and heading south. But ATC was very helpful and gave us our IFR clearance quickly and we were on our way without even a glimpse of an F-16. Island Air is the FBO and there were a few nice jets sitting on the ramp along with our Cirrus SR-22.

Flight Plan

Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Due to eCDM (Collaboraborative Decision Making) implementation, departure slots have 0 minutes tolerance, and flight plans must match. What needs to be added to remarks section 18 of the flight plan is the chosen handling agent and the FBO used by that handling agent, for example, HANDLING BY UNIVERSAL/FBO1-SFM.

Clearance

Universal Weather

JANUARY 2, 2024

Special procedures for arriving and departing flights have been established for this period. Pilots planning to depart from or arrive at the event must get prior permission (PPR) if their flight plan is filed under IFR with a flight plan type of Y or Z. Airport slots are not needed here but PPR is.

Clearance

Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2024

Pre-clearance guide Potential Dublin GA Ban in 2024 The Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) consideration of a ban on all ad-hoc flights, including General Aviation (GA), due to the airport exceeding its 32-million passenger capacity. Similarly, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport saw a deferred attempt to ban business jets.

Clearance

Universal Weather

MARCH 29, 2023

As a result, business jet operators have plenty of choices for service providers at the city’s airports. Le Bourget Airport Curfews Le Bourget is open 24 hours for arrivals, but jet engine departures from the apron are prohibited between 2215 and 0600 local. FBOs need to be included in section 18 of your flight plan.

Wide-Body Aircraft

Universal Weather

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the peak of the season and due to the Flight Suspension Procedure, ops hours are extended from early morning to late night and weekend. Slots may be requested up to 14 days in advance, and requests are submitted in general aviation clearance request (GCR) format. Once approved, slots are valid for +/- 15 minutes.

Clearance

Universal Weather

JANUARY 18, 2024

CDM programs determine if airway and airport slots match flight plans. In the event of a missed match, flight plans are auto-cancelled. Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) clearance is normally available at the LFMN GAT 0800-2100 local. Our blog has more information about A-CDM in Spain and Italy.

Air Traffic Control

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In the final chapter of this 3-part series, we feature Jet Aviation DXB (Intl, Dubai, UAE) as the Best Middle East & African FBO winner, Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre HKG (Intl, Hong Kong) as the Best Asian FBO, Farnborough Airport FAB (Farnborough, England) as the top provider in Europe, and Phillips 66 Aviation as Best Fuel Brand.

Jet

Flightworx

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Central to these considerations is the landing permit, an indispensable tool that grants aircraft the legal clearance to touch down in foreign lands. As international routes expand and schedules intensify, the swift procurement of these landing permits becomes paramount for smooth operations.

General Aviation

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, if we were to takeoff on an airfield at sea level at 0C (32F), it would take 1520ft to reach our obstacle clearance height of 50ft. Whereas for the same airfield on a different day, if it were 30C (86F), that same obstacle clearance height would take 1880ft. Jet engines also experience reduced thrust in less dense air.

Density Altitude

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

The fixed-base operator (Regional Jet Center) filled up our fuel tanks and provided complimentary hot dogs and ice cream for brunch. FBO’s provide services for all kinds of aircraft; everything from a small Cessna 152 to a charter Boeing Business Jet. Since I filed an IFR flight plan, I requested the Flagstaff One SID.

Density Altitude

Universal Weather

APRIL 8, 2024

hours, depending on traffic conditions Le Bourget is open 24 hours for arrivals, but jet engine departures from the apron are prohibited between 2215 and 0600 local. Permission for late departures is possible with prior approval for medical evacuation flights only. Conducts over 100 executive flights per year. 24-hour service.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

JULY 7, 2024

After climbing through a localized layer of clouds, we found ourselves cruising in smooth air on an IFR flight plan with clouds scattered about -- but not impinging on -- our route. That Lancair doesn't have a clearance and should yield to you," indicated Beverly Ground. It was my best experience ever with the tower there.

Approach

Air Facts

MAY 29, 2024

In February, we went to Washington and spent two days there obtaining the necessary clearances from the Department of State, the Air Force, and the National Aeronautic Association. ” Colonel Weaver came up to us one evening and introduced himself, as did a Mr. Clyde Herreld of Allison Motors, who was here working on the jet engines.

Weather

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

April 23, 2019 DID YOU HEAR the one about the flight that went to Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf? 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. angle irresistible.

Air Traffic Control

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

A Dunkin' in Jasper, GA made for makeshift flight planning space as we waited on fog to lift at Pickens County Airport. A pair of women waiting at the operations building had chartered the private jet. As I finished loading our baggage into the Warrior, a loud roar overhead announced the jet going missed on the approach.

Approach

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Once the rain relented, we staggered our departures and called for our IFR clearances on the ground. Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Line crew at Million Air chocks Warrior 481 next to a Cirrus Vision Jet.

Clearance

Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As private aviation to the region increases, operators must navigate specific airport procedures, customs clearance requirements, and infrastructure limitations. Heres everything you need to know about operating a business jet to Quintana Roo, including airport options, peak season trends, and key operational considerations.

Clearance

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I completed my pre flight with only needing to sump fuel on departure day. My Garmin 480 is updated and I have my flight plan ready for entry after planning on Foreflight. Once lined up for three five I had to fall in number two behind an Envoy Embraer 175 jet overtaking on my left side. Saturday 11.4 Monday 11.6

Approach

Universal Weather

JUNE 13, 2023

The following is an overview of what you need to know when operating to Argentina: The Flight Plan Filing Process In Argentina, flight plans must be submitted in person at least two hours prior to international departure. Note that flight plans are only valid for 30 minutes after ETD.

Flight Plan

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

Nearly 50 years after NASA’s groundbreaking research, most accidents in non-airliner flights are still attributed to pilot error, indicating that much work is yet to be done in this sector. They also planned to use a flap 15 setting to reduce the aircraft’s ground roll on the 8,000-foot runway. At its takeoff weight of 23,916 lbs.,

Flight Plan

Universal Weather

JULY 5, 2023

For more detailed information on specific destinations and regulations within Mexico, please visit our articles on: Mexico City Mexico Permits For a successful and trouble-free trip to Mexico, it’s always best practice for business-aviation operators to plan for a range of logistical issues that may impact a flight.

Flight Plan