The FAA published a May 31 Letter to Airmen (LTA) notifying the flying public that the airspace designation surrounding Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania will soon change to Class C.
On February 27 the FAA published the final rule on Hawaii’s first low-altitude area navigation (RNAV) terminal transition routes, also known as T-routes.
While the FAA develops regulatory language intended to govern beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), AOPA has been working with industry partners to ensure these new rules allow for safe integration and do not have a negative impact on general aviation.
One of the world’s greatest skeptics was Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, who said, “I intend to leave, after my death, a large fund for the promotion of the idea of world peace, but I am skeptical as to its results.”
While ADS-B Out has been mandatory in certain U.S. airspace for two years, Canada opted to delay a similar mandate pending the outcome of trial runs, the first of which began in December.
My son likes to collect old maps made by ancient mariners long before they knew much about the landmasses of our planet. In the sepia tones of antique artists there are some guesses of “continents” drawn as best they could from scant knowledge acquired during sailing expeditions.
Virgin Galactic will seek a larger swath of protected airspace for future flights to the edge of space, and make sure to let controllers know if they wander off course.
A large block of airspace over northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will be designated a temporary military operations area (TMOA) August 2 through 27 during a training exercise of the Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing based in Duluth, Minnesota.
In a May 26 letter sent to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, AOPA and other stakeholders explained that the aviation industry is in the best position to help implement real-time special-use airspace notifications.
A pilot receiving flight following service from air traffic control was instructed to contact the control tower of an airport in Class D airspace but penetrated the airspace before radio communication was established.
Pilots flying near the Washington, D.C., area on January 20 should be aware of further restrictions to the Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) and Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ) for events related to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
An AOPA-championed effort to push real-time status of military operations areas (MOAs) and other types of special-use airspace (SUA) into the cockpits of aviators has been included in the National Defense Authorization Act.
A 770-mile-long racetrack in the sky above Kansas could become the proving ground for innovations that bring supersonic aircraft back into widespread civilian use.
The Missile Defense Agency of the Department of Defense has released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) facility located at Clear Air Force Station in Alaska, and is accepting public comments on the proposal —which includes a proposed major expansion of restricted airspace—until December 21.
From the U.S. Capitol to social media, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and other lawmakers continued to blast the Federal Communications Commission for its unusual weekend approval in April of the Ligado Networks 5G wireless network proposal that critics say could jam GPS reception.
The FAA announced plans to put visual navigation and planning charts on a 56-day publication cycle early next year, streamlining the process of updating charted information and causing some charts now in use to become obsolete earlier than their published expiration dates.
AOPA wants the FAA to boldly go where it has not gone before to disclose information about the impact of commercial space launches on general aviation’s busiest flight routes.
As the coronavirus pandemic response continued to impose once-unthinkable disruptions, AOPA advised members to continue essential flights, with caution. No specific restrictions on general aviation are expected, though it may be impossible to fly with passengers in small aircraft and maintain social distancing.
A new NTSB report says the FAA has failed to fully implement safety programs in Alaska and should set up a working group with the state’s aviation stakeholders to move things along.
GPS reception may be unavailable or unreliable over a large portion of the southeastern states and the Caribbean during offshore military exercises scheduled between January 16 and 24.
AOPA has expressed concerns about the impact on general aviation of a proposal that would bring about a 700-percent expansion of a military operations area in West Virginia in a region heavily used by civilian aviation.