Descent Final Approach VOR 
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
Just north of Jefferson City, the Kansas City Center controller cleared us to the Jeff City VOR, which was on the airport, to hold at 4,000 feet. I got out my instrument approach chart and studied the holding pattern and the VOR approach procedure. Then my worst fears became reality.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Theyre officially called Instrument Approach Procedure (or IAP) charts, but pilots often casually call them approach plates. IFR approaches can be very complicated, and you need to keep track of lots of data, including: The route. The descent profile. The procedure for the missed approach. Approach minima.
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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). If youve got that equipment, youre set to take full advantage of LPV approaches! Youll lower your altitude step by step as you follow the approach.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Are you curious about flying a VOR approach? If you’re aiming to master instrument-rated flying, it’d be valuable to learn about VOR approaches. We’ll cover what a VOR approach is, how to fly it step-by-step, and even whether GPS can replace it in today’s navigation. Ready to make VOR approaches easy?
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
If you’re on a non-precision or precision approach, understanding MDA (Minimum Descent Altitude) and DA (Decision Altitude) is incredibly important. DA is for precision approaches, requiring a decision to land or go around at a specific altitude. Circling approaches and APV are unique cases that dont fit the general rule.
Photographic Logbook
APRIL 19, 2024
Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the gloom.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
We continued our descent for a couple of seconds and then he began a turn again to the left towards the taxiway. If the runway could not be made my plan was to put the aircraft down in the field west of the airport close to the VOR. The turn to final started at roughly 50 feet when the plane was already over the runway, or nearly.
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