Flying Magazine
MAY 21, 2025
The NOTAM is out, and the FAA has made a few changes to the 2025 version. “The most essential information for any pilot flying to Oshkosh involves reading and thoroughly understanding the 2025 AirVenture [NOTAM] to ensure safe operations on arrival and departure, said Sean Elliott, EAAs vice president of advocacy and safety.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 19, 2025
The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). For example, if we were to write this METAR in plain English, it would sound something like this: The weather is taken from Boston at 1730 Zulu time on the 08th of the month.
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Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
They read the NOTAMs “before” they take off into the wild blue yonder. While the ground-bound commuters down below trudge along in heavy traffic along the highways and byways, we pilots get to play three-dimensional chess at 150 knots or so in our piston-powered magic carpets. We can cross a major city in 10 minutes or less, no stress.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
NOTAM Notice to Airmen A NOTAM is a notice that contains essential information to alert pilots of potential hazards at a specific location or along a flight route. NOTAMs are publicly available. Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight.
Photographic Logbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
A NOTAM closing Alton Bay was still active until 7:00 am that morning. As expected, the NOTAM closing the ice runway did expire and no new notification replaced it. A target moved across my traffic display at 450 knots (518 miles per hour). "I "Wakey-Wakey, Eggs and Bakey" It almost did not happen. Photo by The Bear.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 3, 2025
Bottom right NOTAMs will show only the NOTAMs that are relevant to the approach youre flying, a major convenience at big airports where the list of NOTAMs can be a mile long (meaning you miss a potentially important one). If you want to see every last NOTAM, simply tap the text button that appears above the NOTAMs button.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
Check NOTAMs Before departure, check the Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) publication. You might find a NOTAM about your destination’s surface conditions. Don’t depend on NOTAMs to provide up-to-date information on soft field conditions. If the runway is too wet, it might be temporarily closed.
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