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How to Read an IFR Approach Chart

Pilot Institute

Approach minima. Requirements and restrictions for the approach. Airport information, such as the length of the runway and the approach lighting pattern. As a pilot flying this approach, you need to know where to look for the right information at the right time. Communication and navigational radio frequencies.

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The snow plow operators were happy to be able to go about their clearing operations without having to hold short or vacate runways to wait for arrivals or departures. Not all VOR stations provided DME and not all aircraft had the necessary Equipment on board. Finally, out of the low cloud the airplane appeared from the east.

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ILS Explained (With Examples)

Pilot Institute

The aerials are at the runway’s landing end. Where these beams intercept is the centreline of the approach. It consists of lights that start at the landing threshold and extend into the approach area. The pilots can continue the approach to land when they are visual with the ALS. Let’s review them.

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