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Recommended Procedures for "The Stack"

Detailed procedures to help pilots safely and efficiently practice instrument approaches at Stanfield and Casa Grande Municipal Airport.

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October Safety Topic: Human Performance

Fatigue, stress and other human factors can affect flight safety. Rate your performance capabilities before flight.

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Luke Aux 1 ILS is currently unavailable

Unfortunately, copper thieves have rendered this valuable training aid inoperable. We’ll update this message when the Luke Aux 1 ILS is back online.

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Current ForeFlight/Garmin Pilot Practice Area Overlay Files

November 2024 is the current version.

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Avoid flying low over Rio Verde community

AFTW has released a letter addressing concerns about low-flying aircraft in the Northeast Practice Area. Please take some time to read this letter and do your part to be a good neighbor to those living around us. Thank you!

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New Video Highlights Wrong Surface Landings

by Ben Winton | Aug 6, 2018 | Safety

Wrong surface landings are serious events that occur at an alarming rate of roughly one every other day! When pilots approach an airport for landing, there are opportunities for miscommunication and visual mistakes that can lead to the aircraft arriving on the wrong surface.

Lots of summer runway closures: AFTW meeting minutes

by Ben Winton | Jul 16, 2018 | Meeting Minutes

If not runways, taxiways also are being impacted from Falcon Field to Prescott. Learn more about airport operations issues that could affect your summer flight-training activities. Download the AFTW meeting minutes from July 11.

ForeFlight GPS Overlay Of The AFTW Reporting Points Now Available!

by Jon Micetic | Apr 23, 2018 | Casa Grande Instrument Approach Procedures, Practice Areas, Safety, Training

AFTW has some very exciting news! We have released our beta version of the AFTW reporting points in a ForeFlight GPS overlay format. Come check it out and download it today! Download the GPS overlay, instructions, and charts for all Arizona practice areas...