The choice between ILS and WAAS GPS (LPV) approaches depends on aircraft equipment, specific airport conditions (e.g., mountainous terrain, icing), and operational needs, as both can offer similar low ...

The article introduces a "gate" methodology for instrument flight, treating the entire process from top of descent through approach, missed approach, and holding as a series of sequential checkpoints.

There are words no one wants to hear in the cockpit, especially during an approach in instrument conditions. Those include certain two-word phrases beginning in Oh and ending with an expletive of some ...

Visual approaches, despite being on an IFR plan, transfer navigation, separation, and wake turbulence responsibility to the pilot, necessitating high situational awareness to avoid traps like landing ...

Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...

A key element of crew resource management (CRM) is a crew briefing prior to critical phases of flight, particularly takeoff and departure, and arrival and approach. A good, complete briefing ...

Everyone who flies needs to know about this. It's a standard procedure, but since it isn't used often, if you don't know about it, it could really frighten you. A client emailed about her first ...

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport in Bengaluru has become the first airport in India to operationalise the Required Navigation Performance – Category H (RNP CAT H) helicopter approach ...