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Operations
at Nontowered Airports
A nontowered airport is simply an airfield without an operating
air traffic control tower. Some 12,000 airports in the United States
match this description, compared to some 400 airports with control
towers. Millions of operations in all types of aircraft are
conducted safely at nontowered airports because pilots put safety
first and use these standard procedures.
Operations at Nontowered Airports
(Online version)
Operations at Nontowered Airports
(PDF version)
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Operations
at Towered Airports
Towered airports can be more challenging to pilots of small airplanes.
They're often larger and more complex, and the traffic mix frequently
includes faster aircraft. Pilots must also comply with air traffic
controller instructions, both in the air and on the ground. Information
in this publication will help you to avoid a runway incursion, which
is unauthorized entry to a runway — a continuing problem and
the subject of an intensive educational campaign.
Operations at Towered Airports
(Online version)
Operations at Towered Airports
(PDF version)
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Fuel
Awareness
There is a lot that pilots have to know about fuel and fuel management.
If you let your airplane run out of fuel in flight, it's not as
simple as pulling off the side of the road in your car. You'll glide
to an unplanned landing, and it probably won't be at an airport.
This publication discusses fuel and fuel management in detail, and
offers suggestions that will help you reduce your chances of having
a fuel-related accident.
Fuel
Awareness
(Online version)
Fuel Awareness
(PDF version)
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Maneuvering
Flight - Hazardous to Your Health?
More than one-quarter (26.6 percent) of all fatal accidents in the
last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes
buzzing, formation flying, aerial work, stalls/spins, canyon flying,
aerobatics, and normal flight operation. Basically, any type of
flying performed close to the ground — the traffic pattern,
for example — or involving steep turns and aerobatics is considered
maneuvering. Read this publication to learn more about how to perform
maneuvering flight safely.
Maneuvering Flight - Hazardous to Your Health?
(Online version)
Maneuvering Flight - Hazardous to Your Health?
(PDF version)
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Runway
Incursion Analysis
General aviation aircraft have been involved in a number of serious
runway incursion incidents, resulting from unauthorized entry onto
a runway — usually when another aircraft was using it to take off
or land. This special AOPA Air Safety Foundation Web page was created
as a pilot awareness and education tool. Want to test your knowledge
on the subject? Follow the link to the foundation's free Runway
Safety Program, an online training course designed to teach pilots
about runway incursion avoidance.
Runway Incursion Analysis The full range of Safety Advisors is available on the AOPA Air Safety Foundation's website.
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