The South Lake Tahoe Airport (LDA Runway 18) approach is challenging due to the high elevation and surrounding mountains, requiring extra pilot attention, especially in IFR conditions. The approach ...

After a successful flight test Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration is confident its navigational aid at the top of Buckhorn trail on Aspen Mountain will be up and running by Friday, ...

Federal Aviation Administration officials met yesterday with local pilots, air traffic controllers and airport administrators to discuss a proposal that just might make night landings in Aspen ...

The Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) Localizer Runway 32 approach is a localizer-only approach (no glideslope after the final approach fix, FEMOD), requiring DME from the localizer (IOXB) to ...

SME used to have an LDA approach, but it had been out of service for several years. Development at the airport has received a high level of support from the area’s business community, and regional air ...

In Part 1, we discussed the circumstances surrounding the off-runway landing at Presque Isle, Maine. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted what is commonly known as a “field major” ...