Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

Pilots use METARs for flight safety, runway selection, and weather planning. The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). Pilots love knowing about the wind. METARs use abbreviations but become easy to read with practice.

Weather 72

Weather Altimeter Runway NOTAMs 72

Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This was the actual conversation that started the journey for this green commercial pilot. The year was 2017, and I was two months into my first pilot job flying skydivers in the C182 at a small Canadian drop zone, when my boss approached me with this question. “What?

Weather 98

Weather Approach VFR On Top Knot 98

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Top questions for the week include: What are the cumpulsory IFR reporting points? Pilots are able to discontinue reporting compulsory points when informed by ATC that the aircraft is in “radar contact.” What’s the difference between VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR weather? AIM 5-3-3 ) When an approach has been missed. (

Instrument Flight Rules 52

Instrument Flight Rules AGL Ceiling True Airspeed 52