by Ben Winton | Mar 14, 2012 | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Arrival & Departure Procedures LOA, Safety
A reminder from our friends at IWA (Phoenix-Mesa Gateway) that noise-sensitive areas exist all around the airport. In particular, heightened sensitivity has focused on the area east of the corridor for traffic heading to the Southeast Practice areas. Also, be aware of...
by Ben Winton | Feb 11, 2012 | Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Arrival & Departure Procedures LOA, Practice Areas, Safety, Training
The Arizona Flight Training Workgroup needs comments from flight instructors and others who fly and train regularly in the southeastern Phoenix metropolitan area. The AFTW is redrawing its popular chart depicting practice areas over the PHX area, and your comments...
by Ben Winton | Jan 20, 2012 | Discussion Topics, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Arrival & Departure Procedures LOA, Practice Areas, Safety
The ad-hoc Phoenix Airspace Users Working Group recently issued some stunning graphics showing just how congested the airspace in and around IWA in the southeastern Phoenix metropolitan area is becoming. “Pilots operating in the airspace near IWA should be...
by Ben Winton | Jun 15, 2011 | ATC Communications, Safety
In an effort to improve safety and reduce the risk of runway incursions, air traffic controllers at Phoenix Gateway airport (IWA) will be expecting more precise radio communications from pilots. Effective immediately, all aircraft who are No. 1 for departure will be...
by AFTW Website | Apr 17, 2011 | Discussion Topics, Practice Areas, Safety
Search engines haven’t updated their pages yet… please visit the new reporting points...
by Ben Winton | Dec 30, 2010 | ATC Communications, Safety, Training
The Aviator Alert Bulletin from the Phoenix Deer Valley Air Traffic Control Tower offers some excellent tips and information on taxi-clearance requirements, holding short of a runway, and use of that pesky phrase “Roger” and what it really means. DVT...
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