Air Facts

APRIL 11, 2025

And thats more than just waiting for it to automatically download the latest weather and charts. What about weather and radar color and coverage? For example, although Im perfectly fine inputting my clearance in Pilot and then uploading it to my panel on the ground, Im not that comfortable making enroute changes this way in the air.

Cockpit

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Aircraft need to have a two-way radio, transponder with Mode C, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment. Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Before flying into Class C airspace, a pilot must obtain a clearance from ATC.

Clearance

Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Vigilance, monitoring traffic, and staying attuned to changing weather conditions contribute significantly to safety. Setting up for an approach, taxiing at a busy airfield with complicated diagrams, during the actual takeoff and landing, or receiving an updated weather briefing in flight are a few examples of this.

Weather

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Use the CRAFT acronym to note down departure clearances quickly. Or you might stray off course and into bad weather or obstacles. You may be asking for a clearance or reporting your position. If you have weather information Charlie, then you say youre with Charlie. is talking to Dallas Clearance Delivery.

Approach

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Unexpected issues like engine trouble or bad weather make routine flights a handful. Benefits include enhanced safety, terrain alerts, weather advisories, and emergency assistance. Aircraft must have a radio and transponder to receive flight following. Class B Clearance ATC clearance is required to enter Class B airspace.

Transponder

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

From entry and weather requirements to interacting with ATC, we have you covered. Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. If you’re flying under IFR, you don’t need an explicit Bravo clearance.

Clearance

ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

We had a team briefing and took off with nice weather from runway 24 in Kortrijk. We tried to fly as direct as possible letting controllers and the leader Macksolo of the formation dealing with proper clearances. This would be a formation flight with a dedicated callsign “Waffles”, which made the controllers chuckle.

Transponder

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Weather reporting at the destination isnt required so long as some reliable source says theres at least 1000-foot ceilings and three miles visibly. Dont be fooled because you still have a transponder code. You must maintain VFR cloud clearances appropriate for the airspace. First off, conditions must be basically VFR.

Approach

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Weather reporting at the destination isnt required so long as some reliable source says theres at least 1000-foot ceilings and three miles visibly. Dont be fooled because you still have a transponder code. You must maintain VFR cloud clearances appropriate for the airspace. First off, conditions must be basically VFR.

Approach

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A small button on the transponder control panel activates the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) test function. I really enjoy the walk-around and never delegate in bad weather… typhoon, snow, sunshine, I don’t care. After scribbling down the clearance, the pilot will read it back to the controller for confirmation.

Flight Deck

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was not an inspiring morning to fly out of Sodus, but I knew that the poor weather was localized to the Lake Ontario shore and that Washington DC was forecast to be sunny and significantly warmer. When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?"

Transponder

Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 30, 2024

Let’s take a look at some things to know before flying to the Caribbean, including customs and immigration procedures, weather patterns and specific information on some of the region’s most popular destinations. What Weather Should I Expect To Encounter In The Caribbean Sky? Are The Islands Under The Same Flight Jurisdiction?

Weather

Universal Weather

JANUARY 16, 2024

Priority clearance may be possible to arrange, at CIQ’s discretion, to allow you to clear at a separate counter in the main clearance hall. For departure to non-EU destinations, CIQ clearance is necessary. You’ll require a Mode C transponder, Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) II, and Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT).

Clearance

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. Following a check of the weather, NOTAMS and TFR’s, you are confronted with some decisions to make. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there.

Density Altitude

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Consider what calls might come up given the route of flight and the types of airspace and weather it might pass through. Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Consider what calls might come up given the route of flight and the types of airspace and weather it might pass through. Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 16, 2024

CANPASS is a program offered by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers to expedite their clearance process when entering Canada. This means that pilots must have a two-way communication device, such as a radio, and a transponder that will allow ATC to identify their aircraft’s location.

Air Defense Identification Zone

Flying Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

Flight following provides a VFR aircraft with a discreet transponder code and watches its progress as it heads to the destination or maneuvers in the practice area. Pick appropriate altitudes, pull the weather and get the winds, use an E6-B (app, mechanical or electronic, your choice) to get your wind correction angle.

Flight Plan