Non-towered airport operations

by | Dec 29, 2018 | Airports

The FAA issued AC 90-66B in March of 2018.  The AC is available on the FAA.gov website and is a much-needed update to the outdated -66A.  A few items of note: Several instrument approach items are clarified.  Aircraft on an instrument approach DO  NOT have priority...

Night Air Mail Light Beacons

by | Feb 16, 2014 | Airports

As a little kid I heard about the light beacons used to guide the Air Mail flights across the United States in the 1920s.  But just a year or so ago I learned that the beacons also included a concrete arrow on the ground to point to the next beacon and that some of...