Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

RNAV approaches, particularly LPV, are GPS-based procedures increasingly common in US general aviation, offering similar lateral and vertical guidance to ILS approaches. Pilots familiar with ILS ...

With the right equipment and training, there's now a safer way to fly the ILS 6, circle to 1 approach into Teterboro Airport. When winds blow from the northwest, pilots might fly the ILS 6, circle to ...

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...

Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision approaches at new ...

Question: When the announcement is made that, "The pilot has begun his initial approach," why is the word initial used? It implies there may be more than one approach. Answer: It is a differentiation ...

Germany’s Frankfurt International Airport has become the world’s first hub airport to feature ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) landings with an increased glide angle of 3.2 degrees. In March, ...