Instrument Landing System Pilot Runway 
Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
As a pilot, understanding every airport marking that you may encounter is vital to the safe operation of your aircraft. Key Takeaways Runway markings are white and guide takeoff, landing, and alignment. Centerlines, aiming points, and touchdown zones help pilots land accurately. What Are Runway Markings?
Pilot Institute
JUNE 27, 2025
Quickly reading and understanding airport signs is critical to becoming a safe pilot. After reading this guide, complete your knowledge with our Essential Guide to Runway Markings. Runway distance remaining signs show how much runway is left in 1,000-ft intervals. Missing a freeway exit sign on the road isn’t a big deal.
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Pilot Institute
JANUARY 14, 2025
So, how do pilots manage to land their aircraft safely and accurately without even being able to see where theyre going? The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. Lets learn more about this system!
Ask Captain Lim
JULY 13, 2025
A Day in the Life of a Pilot For many passengers, air travel is a routine experience – boarding a plane, settling into a seat, and trusting that the air craft will safely reach its destination. But behind the smooth operation of every flight is a carefully organized routine carried out by pilots. Weather plays a crucial role.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. 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). What Are RNAV Approaches? How Does RNAV Work?
Air Facts
MAY 7, 2025
One of the companies that had acquired surplus Beech 18s had secured a long term contract to carry auto parts from Oshawa to Detroit for General Motors and almost every night around 9 pm, one of those flights would head west full of parts and usually with only the one pilot on board. Such it was in those days.
Fear of Landing
JANUARY 17, 2025
On the 29th of December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 operated by a low-cost South Korean airline crashed after an emergency landing and overshooting the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea. They turned and attempted to land in the opposite direction of the runways operation that day, going north to south.
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