Visual approaches, while efficient, carry significant safety risks, including Class B airspace excursions and wrong surface landings, as highlighted by FAA Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 21005.

Visual approaches are often issued to pilots when the pilot has the airport in sight. The pilot assumes their vectoring and descent on the approach. Issuance of a visual approach does not cancel the ...

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A visual approach is conducted to an airport reporting Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC), requiring the pilot to remain clear of clouds, whereas a contact approach is for airports reporting ...

An FAA SAFO notes that risk of Class B excursions and wrong surface events greatly increases where visual approach clearances were accepted. ACSF experts called on industry to look at their culture ...

Taking a more visual approach to math instruction at the K-12 and higher-ed levels could dramatically change brain development as it relates to future math success, according to a new paper from ...

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 ...