With the coming of GPS, my home base, Somerset Airport (SMQ) in New Jersey, now has three instrument approaches. Not bad for a field with one paved 2,700-foot runway and a pair of grass strips. The ...

VOR (Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range) stations are ground-based navigation aids that use radio signals to provide aircraft with bearing information, historically guiding aviators before GPS ...

Here is how to manage the terrain and execute an approach to this winter wonderland.

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 ...