The two privately funded precision instrument approach procedures at Monmouth Executive Airport have lower minimums than the non-precision approaches that were originally approved for the airport.

The FAA today published new instrument approach procedures into the embattled East Hampton Town Airport on New York’s Long Island. As the battle continues over future access to East Hampton Town ...

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) demand proficiency in specialized charts—distinct from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts—that are essential for safe and orderly navigation in instrument meteorological ...

An instrument landing system (ILS) uses two separate ground-based radio transmitters to provide both lateral and vertical guidance to pilots during an instrument approach procedure that normally ...

FAA has published a final policy describing criteria for canceling certain standard instrument approach procedures (IAP), including circling approaches and minima the agency considers to be in excess ...

Everybody knows tonight's the night Santa departs the North Pole on his round-the-world trip delivering presents. What you might not know is that because the weather at the North Pole can be ...

In Part 1, we discussed how there’s a significant difference between flying a circling approach in training and flying one in the real world. In the U.S., approaches are created using criteria ...