The FAA's Minimum Operational Network (MON) designates airports with at least one instrument approach not reliant on GPS or DME, serving as a critical backup during GPS outages. MON airports are ...

Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...

The EIR will confer the privilege to conduct flights under instrument flight rules (IFR) and in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in the en-route phase of flight. Put simply, the EIR pilot ...

This video shows a pilot flying a private IFR approach into a mountain airpark. The procedure isn’t published for public use and requires special authorization. Terrain and weather make precision ...

Capstone GPS-based system will begin phase two tests this year with plans to extend technologies for phase three The US Federal Aviation Administration is to extend its Capstone free-flight technology ...

In Part 1, we discussed how there’s a significant difference between flying a circling approach in training and flying one in the real world. In the U.S., approaches are created using criteria ...