Heber Valley airport in Utah is surrounded by mountains, and the close-in terrain requires some planning to make sure we have room to descend, enter the pattern, and still maintain our pattern speeds and power settings all the way to touchdown. Check it out.
At some point, we've all felt a little uncomfortable flying into a new airport, and in this video, we're headed to Hopkins Field for the first time. Check it out.
You're a flight instructor or safety pilot scanning for traffic while your friend flies an approach "under the hood." Suddenly, a VFR airplane cuts off your final approach. What now?
When you're transitioning from FAA charts to Jeppesen charts, one of the biggest differences is where you find airport information like runway distances, airport lighting, alternate minimums, and takeoff minimums.