Briefing Approach Plates

Instrument Approach Briefing Checklist 1) Approach ID: City and State Name Airport Name Approach ID (Approach Type to Runway, Approach Type and Letter ID to Runway, or Approach Type and Letter ID) Chart Expiration Date 2) Approach Environmnt: Navaid Frequency Approach Course Runway Landing Length Touchdown Zone Elevation Airport Elevation 3.

Briefing approach plates. Briefing the instrument approach is an absolute must for every instrument flight for several reasons. Briefing prior to an approach gives you a chance to catch mistakes you made setting up your avionics, but more importantly, it gets you in the right mindset for the approach. There is a wealth of information on the approach plate. Plates. Approach Plates are widely used in large airports: they are great way to ensure airplanes are always clear of obstacles and they also reduce the ATC workload, as they know just what the pilot will do next. It is a must that virtual pilots who seek for complete realism be familiarized with them - they not only thorough approach briefing completed and a stabilized approach established, you can feel confident that a smooth touchdown will follow. Fred Simonds is an active Gold Seal CFII from North Palm Beach, Florida. Briefing With WRIMTM Let’s brief the following approach, the ILS Runway 33R into Baltimore, Maryland, using the WRIMTM method. How to Read and use approach Plates (IAP). Missed Approach is shown in both the Briefing strip and depicted in both the Profile and Plan view. You will have already briefed the missed approach and know what to do before you commenced your approach. In this case you apply full power and climb to 2600ft then turn to a heading of 250 and in the.

"Okay, we are briefing the RNAV-33 approach into RMN. The date on the margin of the chart is XX/XX/XX," and proceeded to go through the briefing strip. I had to interject that I use Garmin Pilot (he was using Foreflight(?)) and GP doesn't have the dates listed in the margin. Learning to read approach plates is a matter of starting big picture and then adding details. Briefing the approach is an exercise in organization and retention. I suggest first learn how the plate presents the big picture, and then learn techniques, such as self briefing, to manage the approach. Good luck. 7) Step-Downs, VDP, Missed Approach Point. On the profile view, brief relevant step-down fixes. Keep in mind, some approaches have an abundance of these step-downs, so you might want to be selective. If the approach has a VDP, brief it, as well as what you're using to determine distance. Finally, include the missed approach point in your briefing. Hence the briefing depends on the approach. If it is a timed NDB approach it will probably be a bit more detailed than another ILS in CAVOK. There cannot be a standard format (though some airlines have them) because every approach is different and every pilot has a different base of knowledge.

Briefing Sequence OVERVIEW OF HEADING FEATURES 1) Scale Bar (inch / kilometers to Nautical miles) 2) Entry holding with fix point, altitude and time 3) Highest reference point with the plan view show in box 4) Drainage River and water features 5) Holding pattern, Holding pattern not part of the approach procedure. Briefing the Approach Matthew Waugh This article discusses briefing the approach. It’s primarily based on experience using NACO (Government) approach plates as opposed to Jeppesen, but the basics should still apply. The approach starts when you leave the en-route structure. You may arrive via a STAR, and if so that’s part of the approach briefing […] The approach briefing shoudl be made up of four basic parts, just the same as a departure briefing (where appropriate). A departure briefing, usually best done before starting engines, should cover four basic parts: Ground operations (traffic, "hot spots," routing, frequencies, etc). Takeoff (procedures, power, direction, runway, obstacles, etc) Approach plates (or, more formally, instrument approach procedure charts) are the printed charts of instrument approach procedures that pilots use to fly instrument approaches during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. Each country maintains its own instrument approach procedures according to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards.

Approach plates are logically sequenced to allow for the flow of an approach briefing [Figure 1] Starting with the pilot briefing and procedure notes, the pilot covers administrative information such as: Approach name, airport, and page number (as required) Runway information, elevation; Approach notes; Approach lighting expected Practice a few instrument approach briefings on a “dry run.” Try to find interesting notes that some approach charts may have that, should you ignore them, may get you in trouble. Finally, before leaving the ground, get familiar with all the approach plates you may need for the flight. 10) Brief The Missed Approach Point And Procedure. Last but certainly not least, brief the missed approach point in terms of distance, timing, or location in relation to the runway. Explain what the missed approach procedure is, and how you'd like crew members to share workload. Instrument Approach Briefing Checklist Set up Weather information –obtained (ATIS/ASOS/AWOS) Altimeter – set to current barometric pressure Heading indicator – set and showing correct heading Navaids – set and identify (including setting up the GPS if available) Brief Approach header