Airline Ceiling VOR 
Air Facts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.
Inflight Pilot Training
MARCH 30, 2025
An instrument rating unlocks access to: Airports with IFR approaches (ILS, RNAV, VOR, etc.) An Instrument Rating is an FAA certification that allows you to fly under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Access More Airports and Airspace Want to fly into a destination with unpredictable weather? A busy Class B airport?
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 24, 2024
You’ll always find a steady stream of airliners queued up for departure and arrival. This central core extends up to around 10,000 feet MSL, the airspace’s ceiling. However, the ceiling for each shelf is the same as the core. Although Class B airspace has a typical ceiling of 10,000 feet MSL, exceptions exist.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 11, 2024
West of the Geneseo VOR, I passed high above Silver Lake and the gorge in Letchworth State Park. In the 1930s, Island Airways operated Ford Trimotors on one of the shortest airline routes ever created between what is now Erie-Ottawa International Airport, Kelley's Island, and the Bass Islands.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Tom and I filed via the Rockdale VOR, which was a starting point on the Nobbi Five arrival procedure used in the greater New York area. Better safe than sorry. That was a good plan.
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