Z Runway 32 approach at Steamboat Springs Airport in Colorado (KSBS) unavailable after a February 13, 2026, crash.

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) demand continuous proficiency in understanding complex IFR charts and procedures, which are distinctly different from Visual Flight Rules (VFR) navigation, to safely ...

Nearly a year since commissioning the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) with initial capability, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is marching ahead to maximize the availability of ...

Performance-based navigation procedures are saving the airline industry millions of dollars in fuel, cutting emissions and increasing efficiency, industry officials say. At a press conference Tuesday ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a hard look at whether an estimated 26,000 instrument flight-capable GPS units on US general aviation aircraft are fit to handle an increasing number ...

FAA expects that new area navigation (RNAV) departure routes at Atlanta Airport will reduce delays, fuel consumption and frequency congestion. The 13 RNAV routes can be used for more direct and ...

I am continuing my instrument rating training so that I can become IFR rated. Being an instrument rated pilot I feel will make me a safer pilot. I have been training in my Piper Cherokee 235 and it ...

FAA plans to certify 30-50 more RNAV "performance-based navigation" procedures in the current fiscal year after commissioning 30 in FY2005. This is part of an effort to spread the benefits of new ...

The FAA is looking to implement a new offset RNAV approach to Teterboro Airport's Runway 19, to ease noise impact. In an effort to lessen aircraft noise over sensitive areas, the FAA is proposing a ...

If you are heading up to the Finger Lakes region of New York for some hiking, biking, boating, fishing, skiing—or even just to visit a few vineyards for some wine tasting—you might choose to use the ...

The FAA is making progress toward instituting a future Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) environment across the National Airspace System (NAS) Private aviation group has plans to add ...