Flight Training Central

JUNE 16, 2025

Special flight rules provide for general aviation operations within the area. Before entering the airspace, you must file and activate a flight plan and contact ATC for a transponder code. SFRA flight plan. This is in addition to any traditional flight plan that the pilot would normally file.

Clearance

Flight Training Central

MARCH 10, 2025

Have an operating transponder with altitude reporting. A temporary flight restriction (TFR) may be issued for: Areas around major sporting events below 3,000 AGL and within 3 nautical miles. VOR/DME must complete an online course covering flight operations in the D.C. Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA).

Visual Flight Rules

Air Facts

APRIL 11, 2025

Lastly, I have seen certain panels not push ADS-B data to an EFB due to the way the avionics and/or transponder was configured or due to some conflict with a portable ADS-B device like a Stratus or GDL substance. But you could also do all your planning by using the dedicated Flight Plan page as well.

Cockpit

iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Take a look at these from time to time to make sure they’re representative of how you’re actually flying the airplane so that you continue to get accurate performance planning numbers before takeoff.

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 10, 2025

Take a look at these from time to time to make sure they’re representative of how you’re actually flying the airplane so that you continue to get accurate performance planning numbers before takeoff.

Airplanes

Aerotime

MAY 15, 2025

pic.twitter.com/jxfnq7sjtB — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) May 14, 2025 Estonias Ministry of Defense confirmed the aircraft entered Estonian airspace near the Juminda Peninsula for under a minute, flying without a filed flight plan, with its transponder turned off, and without maintaining radio contact with local air traffic control.

Transponder

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The PlanePass equipment installed on-field does more than track transponders. Airport managers should focus on clearly communicating these fees, ideally through channels we normally use for flight planning. Lord knows I dont look up an airports website when Im planning a cross-country to see its fee structure.

Pilot

AV Web

JANUARY 19, 2025

The other change from four years ago is that all flights will have to be on a VFR or IFR flight plan and maintain contact with ATC. Every flight will be assigned a discrete transponder code for flights to Palm Beach.

NOTAMs

Aerotime

JUNE 23, 2024

After reaching Iranian airspace the two aircraft switched their transponders off and landed at two separate airports in the Middle Eastern country: Tehran’s Mehrabad (THR) and Chabahar Konarak Airport (ZBR). They managed to sneak away in February 2024 after declaring that they were departing for Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Transponder

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.,

Flight Plan

iPad Pilot News

MAY 3, 2024

In addition to offering two-way flight plan syncing, most systems can wirelessly transmit ADS-B weather and traffic info from the panel to compatible iPad apps. Flight Stream 210: This model builds on the capability of the 110 and adds the ability to transfer flight plans between your iPad and compatible Garmin GNS (e.g.

Transponder

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The rules for transponder requirements changed in 2020, requiring aircraft to be equipped with ADS-B out transponders in most of the same airspace that previously required a Mode C transponder. You have a flight planned from Currituck Co. You have a flight planned from Currituck Co. Datalink weather.

Transponder

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Each letter stands for: C learance Limit R oute A ltitude F requency T ransponder Code When youre departing a busy airport on an IFR flight plan, having a system will keep you stay organized and consistent. Plus, itll ensure youre following the flow of traffic planned by the ATC. What does CRAFT mean? Here, its 120.5

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. Maintaining awareness of airspace boundaries helps with the planning and carrying out of successful flights. Transponder with Mode C to report altitude.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

With flight following, ATC provides traffic advisories and supplemental information. Aircraft must have a radio and transponder to receive flight following. What is Flight Following? Flight following is a service provided by radar ATC facilities. Where Can You Get Flight Following?

Transponder

Flexair

JULY 3, 2024

Practical Applications in Aviation Using the Phonetic Alphabet in Flight Operations The phonetic alphabet is used in various flight operations, including communicating tail numbers, flight plans, and coordinates. It ensures that information is transmitted accurately, reducing the risk of errors.

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. change the transponder to 1200) after terminating flight following or cancelling IFR.

Transponder

Flightworx

MAY 1, 2024

Secondary Radar : This radar is more advanced and it involves sending out a signal that is received by a transponder on the aircraft. The transponder then sends back a signal containing specific information such as the aircraft’s identity and altitude. Conflict detection to alert controllers to potential risks between aircraft.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Communication and Coordination ATC services are generally available to IFR and VFR flight operations throughout most of the country—so use them for most flights. But too few pilots leverage air traffic control when outside of these requirement areas, though its services are broadly available.

Weather

Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 9, 2024

Your plane is required to be equipped with a 1090 MHz ES transponder. This way, pilots can ensure a safe and successful flight into Mexico. If there are, they may need to obtain additional coverage or adjust their flight plan to avoid these areas.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To review, flying an IFR trip involves four main steps: File a flight plan (either with Flight Service or in an aviation app). Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. At the end of the flight, cancel IFR (either after landing or when the destination airport is in sight).

Clearance

Universal Weather

JANUARY 16, 2024

Flight planning Flight planning procedures and requirements for Greece follow the Eurocontrol policies, and, for business aircraft operators, these procedures are straightforward. However, it’s usually best to have your ground handler assist with flight plan filing in Greece. In addition, VHF radio 8.33

Clearance

Flight Training Central

MARCH 18, 2024

There are different requirements if the flight is operated under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or Visual Flight Rules (VFR). For example, a pilot flying IFR in controlled airspace will have to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance.

AGL

Flight Training Central

JUNE 17, 2024

“Nashville Approach, Cessna 12345, three miles south of Lebanon at five-thousand, five-hundred VFR to Myrtle Beach, request flight following with hand-offs.” If ATC is able to accommodate your request, your next transmission will likely be a transponder “squawk” code. What are some Do’s and Don’ts of flight following?

Pilot

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From there, youre free to follow your filed flight plan. This is a four-digit number that identifies your aircraft during the flight. Key in the code to your transponder so that ATC knows who you are. T Transponder Code: The squawk code assigned for your flight. Radar vectors to GAYEL. The squawk code.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Currently, the SLSA version of the RV-12 in Standard Trainer trim costs $189,500, which includes a single-screen EFIS (Dynon HDX or Garmin G3X), Garmin GTR 200 comm radio and remote transponder. Note that because of current LSA rules, the RV-12 can be flown on an instrument flight plan but cannot be flown in actual instrument conditions.

Airplanes

Universal Weather

JANUARY 24, 2025

be equipped with an appropriate transponder with ADS-B Out capabilities that performs to the Minimum Operational Performance Standards of RTCA DO-260B, or newer; and have antenna capability for broadcast toward both ground-based as well as space-based ADS-B receivers.

True Airspeed

Universal Weather

APRIL 9, 2024

be equipped with an appropriate transponder with ADS-B Out capabilities that performs to the Minimum Operational Performance Standards of RTCA DO-260B, or newer; and have antenna capability for broadcast toward both ground-based as well as space-based ADS-B receivers.

True Airspeed

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 9, 2024

Take a look at these from time to time to make sure they’re representative of how you’re actually flying the airplane so that you continue to get accurate performance planning numbers before takeoff.

Airplanes

Flight Training Central

APRIL 29, 2024

Special flight rules provide for general aviation operations within the area. Before entering the airspace, you must file and activate a flight plan and contact ATC for a transponder code. SFRA flight plan. This is in addition to any traditional flight plan that the pilot would normally file.

Clearance

Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 16, 2024

You’ll need both US and Canadian charts for your flight, and all flights from Canada to a foreign state, like the US, must be detailed in a flight plan. Be sure to check the Canadian Aviation Regulations ( SOR/96-433 ) for details on filing a flight plan. Upon returning to the U.S., arrival.

Air Defense Identification Zone

Aerotime

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Russian jets, reportedly engaged in a military exercise with naval ships in the Baltic Sea, had their transponders switched off and ignored radio communications, a Luftwaffe spokesperson told Bild. This interception was part of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission. Die Piloten der Su verhielten sich unkooperativ aber nicht aggressiv.

Jet

Flying Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

I don’t think the check ride went very well because the CFI was raising a stink that lingered about the DPE’s insistence that the applicant know how to file and activate a flight plan and know the procedure for obtaining flight following. ” Filing, Activating, and Closing a Flight Plan PA.I.D.K5

Flight Plan