The NBAA has asked the FAA to “hit the pause button” on decommissioning old circling approaches, as well as those with circling minima, until the agency evaluates recent glitches in some FMS and ...

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) demand proficiency in specialized charts—distinct from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts—that are essential for safe and orderly navigation in instrument meteorological ...

Grove Field north of Camas could become an airport that allows instrument approaches, which would increase its usefulness during inclement weather. (The Columbian files) The Port of Camas-Washougal is ...

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is awaiting a new solution from Rockwell Collins that will rectify previous issues with the software database of instrument approaches. NBAA said it ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to install flight-control software updates to 787s in response to issues with the jets’ instrument ...

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 ...

The two privately funded precision instrument approach procedures at Monmouth Executive Airport have lower minimums than the ...

Cargo airline FedEx has received an exemption from the US FAA that allows the carrier to use a combination of vision enhancing equipment, procedures and training to expand foul-weather access to US ...