The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to install flight-control software updates to 787s in response to issues with the jets’ instrument ...

Traditional airports spend big money to install instrument landing systems (ILS) to guide planes in safely. In places like Antarctica, though, it’s simply not possible to permanently install a massive ...

The article advocates for flying approaches at the aircraft's best rate of climb speed to prevent dangerous pitch-up during a missed approach, enhancing safety and reducing pilot workload. Pilots ...

Landing an aircraft is widely recognized as one of the most demanding phases of any flight. While modern commercial pilots undergo exhaustive training to handle standard operating conditions, a ...

Traditional airports spend big money to install instrument landing systems (ILS) to guide planes in safely. In places like Antarctica, though, it’s simply not possible to permanently install a massive ...

WILLMAR -- Kerkhoven pilot Loren Larson was making an instrumental landing system approach to a runway at the La Crosse Regional Airport in Wisconsin when his single engine Mooney M20P airplane ...

Instrument flight rules (IFR) demand a thorough understanding of specialized charts—including En Route, Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs), and Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs)—which are ...

The Baramati plane crash, which killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on Wednesday, could have been avoided if the airport runway had been equipped with an instrument ...

Example circling maneuver at Memphis IAP, Tennessee. Author graphic. I used to think of the circle-to-land maneuver following an instrument approach as a necessary evil. We had a lot of airports to go ...

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 ...