CFI Academy
MARCH 5, 2025
As an airplane pilot, youre familiar with NOTAMs, but have you encountered a DROTAM? Short for Drone Notice to Airmen, a DROTAM is a specialized NOTAM issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to alert you about drone activity in the National Airspace System (NAS). So, how do you access them?
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.,
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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.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
AGL Above Ground Level AGL is simply a way to tell the basis from which any given height or altitude is measured. Simply put, 400 feet AGL means that the 400 feet is measured from the underlying ground surface above the specific airspace. NOTAMs are publicly available.
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.
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
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