Pilot Institute
MAY 25, 2024
NOTAMs can be confusing and complicated to read. But you could find yourself in serious trouble if you don’t check NOTAMs before you take off. Luckily, you don’t have to stay puzzled by NOTAMs. This article breaks down each type of NOTAM, how to understand them, and where to find them. In the U.S.,
Flight Training Central
AUGUST 12, 2024
the Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) publication. 1,533 feet AGL. Class E airspace - 1,200 feet AGL up to but not including 18,000 feet MSL. For information about the glider operations at Kalispell Airport, refer to the Chart Supplement. notes on the border of the chart. airports with special traffic patterns. 1,548 feet MSL.
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Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
Any NOTAMS applicable? At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? How truly important is this current approach to mission success? Any aircraft inoperative items to consider?
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 14, 2024
In addition to providing continuous in-flight weather updates, ADS-B provides updates to NOTAMs and TFRs in flight too. The AC states limited coverage below 5,000′ AGL, but in our experience you should start getting reception within 1,000′ AGL in all but the most remote or mountainous regions.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
Check NOTAMs Before departure, check the Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) publication. You might find a NOTAM about your destination’s surface conditions. Don’t depend on NOTAMs to provide up-to-date information on soft field conditions. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around.
NAFI
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
NAFI NOTAMs #48 Why do you even have an instrument rating? Hand-fly an approach to 200 AGL? Guest Blogger Aaron Dabney The new CFI, a client of mine, had just explained to the newly-minted instrument pilot that the proposed flight was below his personal minimums. That's the question he got in response. Fly with a CFI for exactly 1.0
iPad Pilot News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
These range from passive red badges on flight plan waypoints and approach charts to identify NOTAMs and closed runways, to on-screen pop-ups accompanied by an aural message to make sure the app gets your attention. In the air, theyll notify when approaching Class, B, C or D airspace, a TFR or the Washington, D.C.
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