The FAA is actively reducing the number of Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) and specifically circling minimums to cut costs and resources as part of the NextGen transition, while striving to ...

The FAA has significantly expanded options for air traffic controllers to clear RNAV-equipped aircraft onto approaches, including direct to intermediate or step-down fixes on both RNAV and ...

In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...

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 ...

Circling approaches are 25 times less safe than straight-in approches and thus should be conducted only as a last resort. Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart “Kipp” Lau ...