While Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) are widely known, IFR flights, especially in personal aviation, most commonly conclude with a visual approach. **Visual approaches** require the ...

Pilots are solely responsible for determining if an instrument approach procedure is authorized, and must decline clearances for unauthorized procedures, as air traffic control only clears based on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

India celebrates a groundbreaking achievement in aviation with the successful launch of its first satellite-based ...

New GPS approach procedures at MCAS Iwakuni improve military and civilian flight safety in poor weather while protecting ...