Flying Magazine

MAY 21, 2025

If he had declared an emergency, he would have been given priority, and could have returned to the airport which had a little better weather than his destination, Sedor said. When an air carrier declares an emergency due to a loss of a VOR or other instrumentation, I get an email. Although NTSB 830.5 Although NTSB 830.5

Pilot

Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

Inside the FBO, I grabbed a cup of coffee and checked the weather briefing one last time. With takeoff clearance from the tower, I pushed the throttle forward. I tuned the Manila VOR to confirm my position and set up the next waypoint. I completed my pre-flight inspection with the usual carefuel levels, oil, control surfaces.

Altimeter

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). Approach Minimums When youre flying in bad weather and cant see much, you can rely on your trusty instruments to guide you. So, when do you make that switch?

Approach

AV Web

JUNE 24, 2025

He must turn on his computer, check the weather, plan a flight, preflight the plane, sump fuel, do all the checklists … you get the idea. Somewhat counterintuitively, one of the least useful activities you can do is load up at your home airport with real weather, plan a flight you’ve flown a zillion times, and fly it in the sim.

Weather

Flight Training Central

MARCH 10, 2025

Each class of airspace is depicted with unique markings on the sectional chart and different VFR weather minimums and equipment requirements. To operate in Class D airspace, you must: Be in contact with ATC and have a clearance to enter. VOR/DME must complete an online course covering flight operations in the D.C.

Visual Flight Rules

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

During the fall of 2024, I planned a flight to Massey Aerodrome (MD1) in Maryland that I cancelled due to weather. I departed the Williamson-Sodus Airport solo at 8:00 am and picked up my instrument clearance in the air from a Rochester Approach controller with a familiar voice. In other words, it seemed to be my kind of destination.

Runway

AV Web

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This was in the early days of having weather radar displays available on portables, and I was glad I had it. The two storms were in tight formation, on the move, and bearing down on my next VOR waypoint, Youngstown, Ohio. I told him what I was seeing and asked for a dogleg to the south to another VOR.

VOR

Air Facts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We’ve included questions that cover everything from clearances to complex arrival procedures, each crafted to test your technical know-how and situational awareness. climb to, but not descend from 4,000 feet, without further ATC clearance. climb to, but not descend from 4,000 feet, without further ATC clearance. Let’s go!

Clearance

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 14, 2024

For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed , and any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by ATC.

Ceiling

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Scenario 3: VFR into IFR If you read the accident reports the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) compiles, you will notice a lot are attributed in part to the pilot’s decision to continue VFR into deteriorating weather. In the ATD the scenario begins by having the pilot check the weather before takeoff. What could go wrong?

Crosswind

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

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One rule is to allow plenty of planning time, consider alternates even in good weather, and accept the fact that the best option very well could be to fly another day. Departure procedures are designed primarily to provide obstacle clearance. but there are common considerations that should be followed by all.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No ATC clearance is required for VFR flights below 10,000 feet. Use the Cessna 3-152 mnemonic to remember weather minimums for VFR. They allow you enough clearance to see and avoid other airplanes. These weather minimums exist to prevent you from flying into clouds if you are not an instrument-rated pilot.

Airspace Classes

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. Operating Requirements in Class B Airspace Operational Requirements VFR traffic needs explicit clearance to enter Bravo airspace. Airport, CA.

Clearance

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

When controllers anticipate a delay, usually due to a high volume of traffic, weather, or both, pilots are usually issued a holding clearance. When ATC issues a clearance requiring you to hold at a fix where a holding pattern is not charted, pilots are issued complete holding instructions.

Clearance

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

This year, a promising weather forecast featuring high freezing levels (expected to be 9,000+ feet) led to a decision to fly myself. The day before departure, satisfied that days of consistent weather forecasts reasonably assured a successful flight, I cancelled the rental car reservation. Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the gloom.

Approach

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When controllers anticipate a delay at a clearance limit or fix, usually due to a high volume of traffic, weather, or both, pilots are usually issued a holding clearance. When ATC issues a clearance requiring you to hold at a fix where a holding pattern is not charted, pilots are issued complete holding instructions.

Clearance

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. Still the better part of an hour away from home, weather conditions were concerning.

Ceiling

WayMan

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

” Besides separation, SIDs give way clearances and assure safe aircraft separation during the departure phase. For example, “Fly runway heading to 3,000 feet, then DIRECT XYZ VOR.” The purpose of a SID is to make standardizing departure procedures easier so that pilots are not constantly receiving instructions from ATC.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

This can be for spacing or other reasons, such as waiting for adverse weather conditions to pass. Most holding fixes are NAVAIDs such as VORs, RNAV (GPS) waypoints, and even ILS markers. When VORs are used as holding fixes, the fix is usually a specific DME distance on a particular radial. Time to expect further clearance.

VOR

Gary's Flight Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I've been going through weather updates and long range forecasts for the last two weeks along with reviewing approaches and alternates for our flight. For now we are on hold until the weather opens up a bit to allow a safe departure and a better chance at returning if needed. The MOS weather shows rain ending by 8am, we shall see.

Clearance

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I’d get a full flight briefing, regardless of the weather. After startup, I’d record a VOR check in the aircraft log while waiting for our clearance. We flew the usual approaches: VOR, ILS, and the now extinct NDB. I thought flying in the weather was easier; even Charlie seemed more subdued in the soup.

NDB

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The weather can change, and approach equipment can fail. ATIS broadcasts usually include active runways, available approaches, important NOTAMs, and the weather. Get the destination weather as soon as possible. Use the weather (along with the NOTAMs) to ensure your chosen approach is still the best choice.

Approach

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

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) We had excellent weather for the trip to College Park and the scenery was beautiful as we flew through the Finger Lakes Region, across the ruffled landscape of central Pennsylvania, and into Maryland. En Route Seneca Lake.

Pilot

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. ADS-B provides real-time traffic information and almost-live NEXRAD radar and weather data. It’s technically an IFR procedure, but can be used by any pilot to assure clearance from obstacles.

Density Altitude

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I learned during the process that all Canadian IFR flight plans require an alternate airport regardless of weather conditions. In the US, the requirement to file an alternate is contingent on weather forecast within an hour of arrival at the destination as described by the “1-2-3 rule”. Delta was current at Kingston.

Runway

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. I already had set up for Patuxent approach so I switched from CTAF to Pax to pick up my clearance. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR. The weather is perfect with a cool breeze as we searched for sone late lunch.

Runway

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In a prior telephone conversation with the Rockliffe Flying Club, I was assured that I could pick up my IFR clearance in the air from Ottawa Terminal and planned to do exactly that. My filed route to Ogdensburg was via YOW (the Ottawa VOR) and IKLAX. I have received vectors around other aircraft, airspace, and weather.

Approach

Pilot Institute

APRIL 26, 2024

It’s used for aircraft registration, airport taxiways, holding points, weather broadcasts, and more. Practice requesting and receiving clearances. Before you request your first clearance, follow these inflight tips. First, be mentally prepared for the clearance. Learning this alphabet from A to Z is key.

Clearance

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With gusty winds forecast along the eastern seaboard on October 11, I let the weather prognostic chart suggest a different course. Off Sodus, I briefly leveled at 2,500 feet to remain visual until I received my instrument clearance from Rochester Approach. Looking north to the east end of Lake Erie and Buffalo, NY.

Runway

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

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As our trip to Sleepy Hollow neared, forecasts for IFR weather inspired a shuffling of airplanes and pilots so that our seven adventurers were distributed among three IFR-capable airplanes with current IFR pilots. Once the rain relented, we staggered our departures and called for our IFR clearances on the ground. That was a good plan.

Clearance

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Weather Outlook The weather watch starts two weeks in advance for any of our adventures. As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead. I contacted Asheville ground to pick up my clearance but it was not on file. The whole process has become second nature. Saturday 11.4 That’s odd.

Approach

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

Universal Weather

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technical Details Runway Length : 11,000 ft / 3,353 m Approach Aids : ILS/DME, VOR/DME Surface : Asphalt Elevation : 167 ft / 51 m Weather Considerations Barbados enjoys a warm, tropical maritime climate year-round, with daytime highs generally between 27C and 30C (80F86F). Non-compliance may result in fines or entry denial.

Clearance