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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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Training flights and commercial jets at odds for airspace east of IWA

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 aware of...

AFTW Meeting Minutes: Makeshift NDB Approach at Coolidge Hazardous

by Ben Winton | Jan 3, 2012 | Meeting Minutes

An unpublished NDB approach at Coolidge airport conflicts with other traffic in the area. The AFTW, at its Dec. 14, 2011, monthly meeting, urged local flight instructors to cease using it. The approach plate has been removed from the AFTW website. AFTW Meeting Minutes...

Air Force cracks down on practice ILS at Aux-1 west of Phoenix

by Ben Winton | Nov 15, 2011 | Discussion Topics, Practice Areas, Training

In a legal opinion, Luke Air Force Base's top lawyer says that civilian use of the practice ILS approach at AUX-1 airfield northwest of Phoenix is "unauthorized" and measures should be taken to prevent its use by anyone other than military pilots. "The Air Force does...