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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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December Safety Topic: Tips for Winter Flight Operations

Clear skies and calm air can prevail in winter, but so can hazardous weather conditions.

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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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CAE Oxford sets standardized procedures for Falcon Field

by Ben Winton | Nov 16, 2013 | Safety, Training

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy and FFZ (Mesa Falcon Field) have agreed on a method to improve air safety for the flight school's arriving and departing aircraft. A letter of agreement (LOA) was recently issued authorizing routes and altitudes for CAE Oxford aircraft at...

Notes from the latest AFTW meeting

by Ben Winton | Nov 13, 2013 | Meeting Minutes, Meetings, Training

Here are some of the highlights: Local airport control towers invite flight instructors and their students up for visits. The practice ILS at Luke Auxiliary Airfield near the south proving grounds, in the northwest Valley, is available for both training and currency....

Big changes coming to Gateway tower communications

by Ben Winton | Oct 24, 2013 | ATC Communications

From IWA's Air Traffic Manager Casey Giddens: Next Monday 10/28/13, Gateway Tower will begin a (two-week) test phase of procedures specific to our operation of Local Control(s) - East (124.75) and West (120.6). While preparing for this change we have gone through six...