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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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Show up at next AFTW meeting and win a free Gleim course

by Ben Winton | Jan 7, 2013 | Meetings, Next Meeting, Safety, Training

Thanks to Gleim Publications Inc., the next attendees to this week's AFTW meeting have a chance to win a free online course with this flight-training course leader. Gleim Chief Pilot Scott Krogh says the "door prize" for those who show up at AFTW meetings is to show...

Luke Practice ILS Approach To Be Available to Civilians Starting Jan. 4

by Ben Winton | Dec 27, 2012 | Training

The Luke AFB Auxiliary Field No. 1 (AUX-1) ILS will now be available for civil use effective January 4, 2013. This information should also be available on the Luke AFB Wing Safety Website on or about the effective date at the following URL:...

Phoenix TRACON issues Letter to Airmen, expresses concern about increased airspace congestion in Southeast Valley

by Ben Winton | Dec 15, 2012 | Training

A 25-percent increase in the number of commercial airline passengers at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA), making the airspace surrounding Phoenix some of the busiest in the nation, is raising concern about flight safety in the Southeast Valley. An ad hoc...