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As the saying goes, there’s nothing older than yesterday’s newspaper. The same could be said for yesterday’s navigation data, right?

How vigilant do you need to be in special use airspace? After touring McGuire Air Force Base tower, radar approach control, and base operations, I’d say, “very.”

We all know an ILS is a precision approach. But there’s much confusion about whether an RNAV (GPS) approach to LPV minimums is. (Spoiler alert: Sometimes …)

Years after the FAA adopted the so-called ICAO flight plan for all flights, many pilots still don’t really understand what codes to put in the boxes. We can help.

Winter flying may almost be over but arctic blasts are still possible. Do you understand all the field-condition reporting jargon? After this, you will…

Some things in aviation never happen, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. And, it certainly doesn’t mean you’ll never encounter them.

We continue our inside look at what it takes for ATC to manage traffic in and around Oshkosh during the annual AirVenture.

Have you flown into AirVenture? You’ve heard stories about the stressful mixed density of traffic across all performance levels with pilots of widely varying...

Before I was an air traffic controller, I dabbled with computer programming. Both fields involve complex problems that are often broken down to simple...

Of all the features of the modern Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS), perhaps the most useful is altitude preselect. It improves safety by reducing...

Special VFR (SVFR) is a clearance that pilots can use to fly VFR into an airspace reporting below VMC. SVFR allows pilots to operate...

The National Air Traffic Controller Association annually presents safety awards to members who have saved pilots’ lives through teamwork, skill, and persistence. Rather than...