Anchorage (PANC)
Runway 7R approaches at Ted Stevens Anchorage International airport (including the missed approach portions) overfly Cook Inlet. The inlet stretches about 180 miles...
Close Look at Joint Use
Upon first glance, the ILS or LOC RWY 23 approach at Westover Air Reserve Base/Metropolitan (KCEF) appears to be a typical ILS approach. But...
Wrong Way First
The rumble of tire rubber on asphalt suddenly ceases. Runway 9 falls away as you climb straight ahead, assigned runway heading up to 3000...
No Plan For That
Departures into low clouds might not be your thing, and that's fine. Staying on the ground is the ultimate risk mitigation for absolutely any...
Tracking Changes
Before EFBs and apps displaying electronic terminal and en-route charts, we went through a monthly update ritual with paper charts. Every 28 days Jeppesen...
Coming In Handy
Your trip to Florida wasn’t what you envisioned when launching from Texas that morning in clear skies. But what matters is you made it...
Lake Crossing IFR
During the summer, many pilots in the Upper Midwest plan half-day flights for vacation, and it's inevitable that we have to contend with theGreat...
Threading Needles
It’s not fun trying to make a left turn out of my neighborhood. It exits onto a busy, six-lane road. There's no traffic light,...
Bearing to the Station
One friend of mine is a former Navy pilot who flew S-3 Vikings off carriers and commanded P-3 Orions. Despite such experience his transition...
When Ya Gotta Circle
It's a cloudy, breezy day, and you're flying the family from northern Iowa to Chanute in southeastern Kansas. Other than a headwind and a...
Old Vs. New ILS
When I first saw the approach chart for the ILS Y or LOC Y RWY 3 at Raleigh Executive Jetport at Sanford-Lee County, South...
In The Zone
Thanks to some typical spring weather in the air, it's cloudy, hazy, and breezy at Chadron Muni, Nebraska. But you're well briefed on what...