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Regional Fuel Prices
Average fuel prices provided by 100LL.com as of July 11, 2008.
| Region |
Jet A |
100LL |
| Northeast |
$6.20 |
$5.81 |
| Southeast |
$6.01 |
$5.79 |
| East Central |
$5.87 |
$5.59 |
| North Central |
$5.62 |
$5.37 |
| South Central |
$5.76 |
$5.61 |
| Northwest |
$5.86 |
$5.67 |
| Southwest |
$6.22 |
$5.85 |
| Alaska |
$6.94 |
$6.11 |
| Hawaii |
$6.05 |
$6.39 |
FSS tip of the week:
Dual frequencies
Pilots often contact flight service en route to get updated weather, open flight plans, or obtain other information. In some areas, the best radio reception will be near a VOR. Pilots transmit on a frequency such as 122.1R. The “R” indicates this is a “receive only” frequency for flight service briefers. To listen to the callback from flight service, pilots must tune to the associated VOR frequency. However, it is easy to confuse which frequency is for talking and which is for listening. Remember, “Don’t talk to VORs.” Pilots should listen to flight service over the same frequency on which they listen to a VOR’s Morse code when identifying a station; a VOR cannot receive radio calls. See examples and listen to sample radio calls in the AOPA Air Safety Foundation’s online minicourse, A Pilot’s Guide to Flight Service.
Popular Flight Planning Links
- Intercept procedures card
- Airport taxiway diagrams
- Runway flash cards
- Airspace flash cards
- Flight planner form
- Pilot report (pirep) form
Questions About Flying?
AOPA’s Pilot Information Center gives members easy access to the answers they need.
Phone: 800/USA-AOPA
E-mail: pilotassist@aopa.org
Real-Time Flight Planner notice
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FLIGHT PLANNING NEWS
Private plane seized, pilot fined for crossing border
With reports of large hail, 60-mph gusts, and possible tornadoes crossing Robert Alexander’s flight path and intended destination near the U.S.-Canada border, he made an in-flight decision that would take him out of the storm system’s path. But that decision cost him.
Computer system predicts dangerous clouds
Scientists say they have developed technology for helping pilots avoid those pesky pop-up thunderstorms.
FAA releases radar video of F-16’s close call with GA aircraft
AOPA has obtained a video of the radar return and radio calls for the March 21 incident in which an F-16 pilot flew in close formation with the unsuspecting pilots of a Pilatus PC-12 and a Beechcraft Premier jet flying through an active military operations area.
Fires affect dozens of CA airports
With about 1,000 separate fires burning in Northern California, dozens of airports and hundreds of miles of airspace have been affected.
Canada wants taxes on top of aviation user fees
U.S. pilots who have flown in Canada are now being told they have to pay taxes on the Nav Canada user fees they’ve already paid, retroactively, going back five years.
Pilots filing RNAV SIDS, STARS need to use ICAO flight plan
Starting June 29, pilots filing instrument flight plans requesting RNAV standard instrument departure and arrival routes (SIDs and STARs) will need to file an ICAO flight plan form.
Proposed SUA could affect 20 airports in four states
The Air Force wants to create a mega complex of special-use airspace that would span four states and affect more than 20 general aviation airports.
Flying to Mexico? Check your ELT
In a letter to the DGAC, Mexico’s equivalent of the FAA, AOPA is asking that U.S.-registered aircraft flying in Mexico be exempted from using a 406-MHz ELT.
