Localizer Directional Aid / Simplified Directional Facility Both are non-precision and uncommon approaches. You are more likely to find an LDA over an SDF. At the time of this writing, there are only two SDF approaches in the United States (if you’re wondering what information that is okay to let fall out of your brain,… Continue reading LDA / SDF
Topic Category: IFR
ILS / LOC
Reading ILS and LOCALIZER Plates Watch the above video to refresh on what information is on the plate and where it is. Use the LEGEND below to help decipher the symbols on the chart. You can also use the CHART USERS GUIDE under Pilot Resources for those obscure symbols you want to look up that… Continue reading ILS / LOC
Holding Procedures
Proceeding with the Hold When you get holding instructions, they will always specify the radial to hold on leg length direction of turns (by ATC not mentioning the turn direction, it means they want standard right turns) and an EFC time We’ll go ahead and take a look below at some examples of how a… Continue reading Holding Procedures
Hold Entries
How to Enter the Hold So before we get into demystifying the complex clearances and instructions you’ll get flying IFR, let’s stick the basics of how you’ll enter a holding pattern. The Shape of the Race Track For starters, all holding patterns have the same shape, a race track pattern with two straight edges (as… Continue reading Hold Entries