Successful ILS approaches necessitate comprehensive pre-flight planning, including anticipating runway assignments, reviewing terrain, and understanding airport layouts. Pilots must manage the ...
Cold temperatures and rapidly falling altimeter settings can cause altimeters to read higher than actual altitude, potentially leading to violations of "at or above" stepdown altitudes on an ILS, even ...
Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...
Pilot representatives are urging crews to be particularly cautious when conducting approaches to Hong Kong’s new third runway, owing to potential weather effects and the proximity of terrain. The new ...
Precision, accuracy, stability – these are what a pilot wants in a precision instrument approach. The instrument landing system (ILS) has provided these qualities for years; however, the Federal ...
With the right equipment and training, there's now a safer way to fly the ILS 6, circle to 1 approach into Teterboro Airport. When winds blow from the northwest, pilots might fly the ILS 6, circle to ...
[Avionics Magazine 05-09-2016] Europe has established its first Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV)-200 approaches at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, according to the ...