Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To log the approach toward instrument currency the flight must remain on an IFR flight plan throughout the approach and landing. For any flight above an altitude of 1,200 feet AGL, when the visibility is less than 3 miles. For a flight in VFR conditions while on an IFR flight plan.

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Instrument Flight Rules Ceiling Descent Approach 52

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 18, 2024

These commonly missed questions often focus on nuanced regulations, meteorology, flight planning, and airspace rules. 3 miles flight visibility; 500' below, 1,000' above and 2,000' horizontally from clouds 1 mile flight visibility and clear of clouds 1 mile flight visibility and a 1,000-foot ceiling Correct!

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Pilot AGL Ceiling Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Our return flight was by a safer, much smoother route. I flew into that and the venturi effect that day.

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Turbulence Weather Knot Descent 97

Flight Training Central

MARCH 18, 2024

There are different requirements if the flight is operated under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or Visual Flight Rules (VFR). For example, a pilot flying IFR in controlled airspace will have to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance. It typically extends to 4,000′ AGL.

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AGL Indicated Airspeed Clearance Transponder 52

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

Pilots that are comfortable with self-briefing, via FAA Flight Services, or an equivalent means, may use the EFB to display the METI and AI as well as to file flight plans. For example, ground-based systems that require a line of sight may have relatively limited coverage below 5,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

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Weather AGL Flight Deck Pilot 59

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

More often than not, winter flying in Upstate New York is contingent on the ceiling. Ceilings are often too low to fly beneath and slowly climbing through a cloud layer of indeterminate thickness in sub-freezing temperatures risks icing. However, a persistent low ceiling scuttled those morning plans.

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Ceiling Approach Pilot Weather 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

These flights work best if they are limited to an airport 10 to 15 miles away. VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. Have the learner go through a flight from start-up to shutdown using the GPS. It’s just a few minutes, right? What could go wrong? Keep it realistic. Should they hold?

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If your flight plan covers both controlled and uncontrolled airspace (by time or location), only the proposed area of operation within the controlled airspace will be submitted to the FAA

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Air Traffic Control Flight Plan AGL Pilot in Command 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This allows you to make quick adjustments to your flight plan. Cloud ceilings below 1,500 feet or cumulonimbus clouds can trigger a SPECI. This information is vital for determining cloud ceilings, especially during landing approaches. Low cloud ceilings, especially below 1,500 feet, lower visibility in VFR.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I logged the information of my flight from Lawson Army Airfield (KLSF) at Fort Benning, Georgia, where I was stationed, to Newnan-Coweta County Airport (KCCO), then to Alexander City, Alabama (KALX), and back to Lawson. Filing a flight plan was not necessary, but I logged it on the clubhouse flight board.

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