Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) can, at times, feel like deciphering a complicated puzzle, especially when you’re staring at an approach chart filled with intricate details. Approach charts, often referred to as approach plates, become your guide when visual cues are scarce. Approach minima.

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Approach Descent Runway Final Approach 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Theyre especially useful for airports that dont have the budget or suitable terrain to install an Instrument Landing System (ILS). This makes more airports accessible under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Otherwise, the airport would have to suspend flight operations in poor visibility. Thats up to you! Easy, right?

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Approach Pilot Descent Airplanes 52

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. 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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Approach Runway Air Traffic Control Descent 92

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

Instrument flying is all about mentally staying ahead of the aircraft. The approach procedure is often the most complicated part of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. If things don’t go as planned, there’s the missed approach path to consider. Final approach course.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

It was eerie, but this is why ATC and instrument flight rules exist: to prevent instrument pilots from colliding with obstructions, terrain, and other airplanes. A hint of movement beyond the Plexiglas pulled my eyes from the instruments again. Inbound to WALCO on the RNAV-28 approach with Sodus Bay in sight.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69