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How to Read an IFR Approach Chart

Pilot Institute

An IFR approach chart is a chart that organizes all the information you need to perform a particular IFR approach. Theyre officially called Instrument Approach Procedure (or IAP) charts, but pilots often casually call them approach plates. The procedure for the missed approach. The descent profile.

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ILS Explained (With Examples)

Pilot Institute

Sometimes, it seems like the pilots can’t see anything all the way down to the ground. The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.