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Quiz: Regulations for Instrument Flight Rules

Flight Training Central

What minimum conditions must exist at the destination airport to avoid listing an alternate airport on an IFR flight plan when a standard IAP is available? From 1 hour before to 1 hour after ETA, forecast ceiling 2,000, and visibility 3 miles. From 2 hours before to 2 hours after ETA, forecast ceiling 3,000, and visibility 3 miles.

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Instrument Flying (IFR) FAQs – top questions this week

Flight Training Central

Each is defined by varying ceilings and visibility. They stand for Visual Flight Rules, Marginal Flight Rules, Instrument Flight Rules, and Low Instrument Flight Rules. IFR = Ceilings between 500’ and 999’ AGL and/or visibility between 1 and 3 miles.

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The value of actual IFR conditions

Flight Training Central

That’s correct, you can earn your instrument rating with flight time only in simulated conditions. This is because instrument flight rules (IFR) and instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) are much less prevalent in certain areas of the world.

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“Totally a visibility issue.”

Fear of Landing

By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. The pilot was instrument rated and the flight was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan: that is, they did not have to stay visual for the flight.

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Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

Class B airspace is also charted on VFR Sectionals and instrument flight rules (IFR) Enroute Low Altitude charts. 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. The shelves extend outwards from the core.

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Make Your Own METAR Map!

AeroSavvy

Green – VFR ( Visual Flight Rules ) Ceiling > 3,000 ft. C ( 12°F)/-11.0°C C ( 12°F) Remark: Very light icing In other words, typical gorgeous day atop Mt. Washington! Years ago, when we first had access to live, inflight METARs, I would have fun with my first officers by pulling up Mt Washington’s METAR.

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Sweet Dreams

Photographic Logbook

I expected to manage some cloud layers during the New York portion of the flight, but the forecast called for a high ceiling at Northeast Philadelphia Airport. However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. Famous last words.)