Aerotime

APRIL 1, 2025

China imposes significant restrictions on foreign-registered private aircraft, including limitations on accessing certain airports and the requirement to submit flight plans several days in advance. Doing so will allow operators more freedom of action when operating in the country.

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Flight Plan Jet 216

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Most of the information filed in an IFR flight plan is based on weather forecasts that are released well before your wheels ever leave the ground. Here’s a look at what parts of the flight plan actually matter to ATC so that you know how to react if and when the weather conditions don’t match the forecast.

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Flight Plan Weather Approach 52

iPad Pilot News

AUGUST 27, 2024

ForeFlight improves flight planning in latest update iPad Pilot News This month’s update to ForeFlight is now available and adds several new improvements and capabilities to the app. Flight planning updates The first thing to check out is the updated layout of the flight planning drawer on the maps screen.

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Flight Plan Groundspeed Runway Drag 98

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Can you put all the puzzle pieces together and plan a successful cross-country flight? Use this quiz to test your flight planning knowledge and see if you can get a perfect score. Show my results >> Flight Planning You got out of 7 right! Winds aloft, true course, heading and groundspeed.

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Flight Plan Groundspeed True Airspeed Knot 98

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 21, 2025

How to set up aircraft equipment codes in aviation apps to file VFR/IFR flight plans iPad Pilot News All VFR and IFR flight plans must be filed using the ICAO form. The international (ICAO) flight plan form , which is required to be used for all VFR and IFR flight plans filed in the U.S.,

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Flight Plan Transponder VOR Airplanes 105

Aerotime

MARCH 23, 2025

Were operating a full schedule again today, with over 1,300 flights planned, the airport wrote on social media on March 23, 2025. Yesterday, Heathrow said that it welcomed 250,000+ passengers, with punctual departures and security queues under five minutes for nearly all.

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Flight Plan Airlines Airline 223

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

Qantas is advising passengers scheduled to fly with the airline that international flights from Brisbane will be suspended until at least midday on March 8, 2025, and that domestic operations will not be up and running until at least Sunday morning.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan Airlines 223

Aerotime

MARCH 24, 2025

On March 24, 2024, Heathrow said it was operating a full schedule today, with over 1,300 flights planned. Speaking on BBC Radio 4s Today program, Woldbye was asked if he thinks he should still be in the job and responded by saying, no comments to that.

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Flight Plan 234

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 4, 2024

After you have decided on your destination, what should you concern yourself with other than the usual preflight planning? You have earned your pilot’s certificate. You are ready to spread your wings for your first weekend getaway. This is part of the reason you learned to fly. First, what services does the FBO provide?

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Flight Plan Weather NOTAMs Hangar 98

Aerotime

JUNE 23, 2024

In 2022, four A340s registered in Burkina Faso ended up in Iran after having filed false flight plans that would have, supposedly, taken them from South Africa to Uzbekistan. This is not the first time that A340 aircraft are smuggled into Iran in contravention of international sanctions.

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Transponder Flight Plan Airlines Airline 356

Flying Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

Advanced automation and advanced flight tools with G5000 PRIME provide flight management system (FMS) tools like the Modified Flight Plan, which allows pilots to use both the PDU and SDUs to provide a side-by-side graphical preview of flight plan changes, including performance calculation comparisons and what-if scenarios.

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Flight Deck Pilot Descent Stability 99

Air Facts

JANUARY 22, 2025

In his office (which was at the airport), he informed me where we would fly to and told me to file an IFR flight plan. Truth be told, with all my training, at no time did an instructor have me file a flight plan. Luckily, I knew how to file a flight plan in ForeFlight which I did.

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VOR Approach Airplanes Flight Plan 98

Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

Future developments in IoT for aviation could include enhanced weather prediction capabilities that lead to more accurate and localized forecasting, improving flight planning and reducing weather-related disruptions. However, this is just the beginning.

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Weather Approach Pilot Aviation Technology 285

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Operators using TrustFlight’s TechLog integrated with N-OC are now able to streamline the flow of maintenance information between the two products, reducing manual effort, risk of errors, and, thereby increasing efficiency.

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Operating Limitations Cockpit Flight Plan Pilot 130

Aerotime

JULY 25, 2024

Electronic Flight Bag will implement Boeing’s FliteDeck Pro with associated add-ons, enhancing pilot operations with real-time navigation and operational data. And the Aviator and FliteBrief solutions will streamline flight planning and briefing processes, providing pilots with critical flight information.

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Aviation Technology Flight Plan Airplanes Pilot 278

Thrust Flight

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

After all, a cross country is a culmination of all of […] The post A Guide to IFR Flight Planning appeared first on Thrust Flight. It was one of the last things you did, and in hindsight, that probably makes sense.

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Flight Plan Thrust Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Garmin, a brand synonymous with flight planning and execution, brings a new tool to the cockpit with the Garmin Pilot Web, a flight planning website that interfaces nicely with the Garmin Pilot mobile app. With its free, at-a-glance tools, you will find it can greatly simplify your online flight planning workflow.”

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Pilot True Airspeed Flight Plan Weather 62

AV Web

MAY 15, 2025

New requirements for the Aviation merit badge challenge Scouts to explore the forces of flight, understand different types of aircraft, learn the basics of flight planning and navigation, and examine how weather affects flying. The badge also highlights aviation safety, regulations, and career pathways within the industry.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan Pilot 98

Flying Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

Instead of dialing Flight Service to file a VFR flight plan, they can submit it from the same app they use to check NOTAMs and METARs. That makes a difference when a student pilot is looking for frequencies during a cross-country flight and does not want to take their eyes off the sky for more than a few seconds, for instance.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Cockpit 99

Simple Flying

APRIL 19, 2025

Indeed, according to present scheduling data made available by Cirium , an aviation analytics company, there are 689,511 US domestic flights planned in this month alone, offering 89,704,024 seats and 82,062,438,190 available seat miles.

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Flight Plan 88

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

This means that the generic POH you bought to use for flight planning likely wont be appropriate as it doesnt have a serial number. .” A POH may be used if it’s a copy of the approved AFM for that particular aircraft make and model, including serial number. Dont confuse the tail number with the serial number.

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Airplanes Tail Operating Limitations Pilot 91

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This week’s video tip takes a look at what it takes to fly internationally, including flight planning, extra equipment requirements and how to file the required eAPIS paperwork with U.S. One of the most rewarding trips you can take after earning your pilot certificate is leaving the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Flight Plan Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

The rectangles are magenta when flying the active leg of a GPS flight plan, white when flying a GPS leg that is not active, and green when flying an ILS or localizer.

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Approach Runway Cockpit Aeronautical Decision-Making 90

Air Facts

JANUARY 20, 2025

The instructor filed an instrument flight plan, explaining that the situation would present a challenge, and vividly demonstrate to me why I didnt dare attempt such a flight without an instrument rating. I met my CFI at 10pm on a very dark night. We completed the preflight and then launched for Erie.

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Transponder Pilot Flight Plan 98

Air Facts

MAY 26, 2025

Planning Guides Pilots Guide to the Bahamas published by AOPA comprehensive and well worth the $39.95. VFR Flight Planning Chart available from the Bahamas Tourist Office. returns require more coordination: file a flight plan (DVFR or IFR), call U.S. Bonus: we made it home to Canada in the RV-10 before they did.

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Crosswind Runway Pilot Flight Plan 98

AV Web

JUNE 3, 2025

Somehow, for some reason, Spirit Airlines 2543 slipped ahead of United 2434 and became the first flight to depart on the new runway. He said one possible reason is that some airlines flight management system databases might have not yet shown that the runway was reopened and so could not program a flight plan that started there.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Flight Plan Airlines 78

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I assessed my personal condition and noted I was tired, but a short flight and get-home-it-is grabbed me (mistake #3). The Flight Plan I filed an IFR flight plan, KAZO-GIJ-OXI-MAPPS-EON-JOT-ILS2L-KDPA, then VFR to my homebase, 06C.

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Ceiling AGL Weather Threshold 90

Northstar VFR

MAY 15, 2025

Novak, CFI As a Certificated Flight Instructor, I often see student pilots have a lightbulb moment when they finally get Zulu time. If youre early in your training, youve probably seen it on METARs, TAFs, flight plans, and maybe even your FAR/AIMand youve probably asked: Why am I using a time zone Ive never been to?

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UTC NOTAMs Checkride Flight Plan 52

Aerotime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Meanwhile, the A350 fixed base training device replicates the flight deck, using visual and audio systems to make training sessions as realistic as possible, allowing for speedier training of crews in certain procedures that don’t require the functionality of a full-flight simulator.

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Cabin Crew Flight Deck Pilot Flight Plan 251

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

IFR Alternate Airport Planning While every IFR flight requires you to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance, not every flight is flown in IFR conditions. While every IFR flight requires you to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance, not every flight is flown in IFR conditions.

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Ceiling Weather Approach Flight Plan 52

Aerotime

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The plan showed that the airline would continue to operate the A319 into 2025 with a retirement plan in place that would run through the second quarter of 2025. However, with no flights planned to operate after January 8, 2025, it appears that the airline has backtracked on this plan and is now expediting the retirement process.

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Airlines Airline Flight Plan Jet 286

Flight Training Central

APRIL 11, 2025

These commonly missed questions often focus on nuanced regulations, meteorology, flight planning, and airspace rules. Thousands of simulated Private Pilot written exams are completed every month in Sportys Learn to Fly Course , but certain topics consistently trip up aspiring aviators.

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Groundspeed Turbulence Airplanes Flight Plan 81

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 9, 2025

ForeFlight Video Tip: Entering a Hold with Hold Advisor iPad Pilot News If weather or an ATC delay requires you to fly a holding pattern, you can use ForeFlights Hold Advisor feature to add the details of the hold to the flight plan.

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Clearance Flight Plan Weather Pilot 52

Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

AI provides spotters with data on weather and flight plans and general conditions. However, pilots must be trained in critical analysis and monitoring to work with AI assisted flight systems.

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Aviation Technology Pilot Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 154

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. The PIC wrote, Flight planning will be better done and executed to prevent such an incident from happening again. Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) reports show many ways to get something simple wrong. Fifteen minutes later, the engine failed.

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Pilot Runway Gross Weight Approach 113

Airline Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2025

Discover the top 5 calendar apps for pilots that streamline scheduling, enhance workflow, and improve flight planning. Explore all-in-one calendar apps that aid airline pilots in integrating their work and life schedules.

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Pilot Flight Plan Airlines Airline 110

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In American's schedule update over the weekend, it removed one of its daily Chicago O'Hare-Heathrow flights planned for next summer. The enormous Heathrow-US demand and one world and transatlantic joint venture partner British Airways explain it. When writing on September 9, it is currently unclear what will replace it.

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Airlines Airline Flight Plan 111