One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 27, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Pilot: “Okay, cross runway 13R on echo, and follow the heavy on charlie, Aeromexico 401.” Pilot: “Okay.”

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance Runway 122

Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Certainly, most pilots understand they are using ATC services when operating in IFR or VFR conditions while on an IFR flight plan, and they must talk to ATC within certain airspace, typically Class A, B, C, and D. READ MORE: Pro Tips: Situational Awareness For Private Pilots Listen while on the ground also.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

A Dunkin' in Jasper, GA made for makeshift flight planning space as we waited on fog to lift at Pickens County Airport. The ODP was a key element of my departure strategy, but I also filed to IPECA, the missed approach fix for the instrument approach to the runway we would use that morning. I absolutely hate wasting food.

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JULY 9, 2024

Boston Skyways -- a Boston Logan Tower frequency dedicated to city tour traffic -- will set restrictions for pilots based on which runways are in active use at Logan. The more I learned, the more I understood that a Boston city tour by air is truly a "choose your own adventure" kind of experience within any boundaries set by Skyways.

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Clearance Runway Approach Stability 52

Universal Weather

APRIL 8, 2024

Note: The sample allocations for runways might undergo changes for the Olympic games. Runway Traffic Periods: Green Period: For regular traffic. The airport operates 24 hours a day, but English-speaking Air Traffic Control (ATC) is not available from 2000 to 0500. If you get a slot…keep it!

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Runway Fixed Base Operator UTC Clearance 52

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. change the transponder to 1200) after terminating flight following or cancelling IFR.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

If CAD is closed at the time of your request, Air Traffic Control (ATC) can process short-notice permits. Note that PPR confirmations need not be placed in your flight plan’s International Civil Aviation Organization section. Be mindful that if your flight departs late – due to a late passenger, etc. –

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Clearance General Aviation Weather Runway 52

Flightworx

MAY 21, 2024

When it comes to flight logistics and aviation management, the cause is less important than the solution. Airline pilots, airport staff, and air traffic control must be quick, adaptable, and collaborative in the hopes of avoiding such a domino effect. How do flight diversions impact the running of an airport?

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Air Traffic Control Flight Plan Weather Runway 52

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. More than once… In 2013, a Southwest 737 destined for Branson, Missouri, instead ended up at a small general aviation field nearby, touching down on a runway less than four thousand feet long.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Instrument Landing System 62

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APRIL 19, 2024

However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Runway and raindrops.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

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JULY 6, 2024

I think this because whenever multiple aircraft depart Sodus bound for the same destination, we almost always pique the curiosity of air traffic control. Fueled and Ready Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 06 Jul 2024 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - CGS (College Park, MD) - SDC 5.0 What's going on at X today?"

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

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JULY 21, 2024

I think he was anxious about the air traffic control communications, but he planned to follow me in trail so that he could see how the radio work went. While we were approaching the Orange County Airport, a student launched in a Cessna from runway 22. I waited on one of the ramps for Barry's arrival.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 52

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

But I also needed to be airborne at 3:00 pm or else amend my flight plan and arrival time with US Customs in Ogdensville, NY. She disclosed that she took flight lessons when she was younger, but only had experience with Cessnas. Yes, I missed an opportunity for a one on one tour! As we walked outside, she spotted the Warrior. "Is

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Approach Clearance Airplanes Runway 52

Air Facts

JUNE 7, 2024

C-130s with all our equipment were on the runway. I headed to the flight line with my summer CASF bag. The upside was that I had to learn about communications, weather, flight planning, air traffic control and just about everything a pilot needs to know except how to operate a plane. It’s over.”

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