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We are flying an IFR flight plan. We requested an RNAV approach via an IAF. ATC cleared us to the point VIA "Direct fix, Direct airport". Would this type of clearance imply that we do not have to the PT at the specified fix?... Are we cleared straight in? Would flying at night change any factors?

I'm struggling to understand the significance of text in AIM 1-1-18c.9.(a), where it says "When using WAAS at an alternate airport, flight planning must be based on flying RNAV (GPS) LNAV or circling minima line...". We're already going to be using non-precision alternate minimums (800-2) for...

In Part 4 of this short series we revisit an RNAV approach into Nevis, with LOTS of stepdowns-- as it actually occurred IRL, and recreated on a home simulator. We also discuss the traditional dive-and-drive strategy for stepdowns, versus what a modern digital autopilot provides… let’s call it a...

IFR student here, sometimes I listen on liveATC to comms traffic on various airports to check how well i can understand it. One call which I have heard multiple times was on Dallas Lovefield tower freq. telling departing aircraft: "RNAV Dorset Clear for take off " , to which pilots respond...

Is there a rule of thumb for initial offset angle when doing HILPT teardrop entry? KBWD RNAV 17 coming from the southeast using MUSRE IAF. 8 mile holding pattern. Normal 30 degree offset for teardrop obviously doesn't work.

Dumb question from a newby.... So I'm on a instrument flight plan in contact with ATC but not on radar. They clear me direct to the middle part of the T on an RNAV approach and cleared for the approach. I'm a few miles from the T end but in that direction. The approach plate shows a hold if not...

Hi all- this may be a silly question, but how do you identify the VDP when flying an RNAV approach? For LOC approaches this is simply a DME value, but what about on an RNAV approach? The approach plates give the VDP location in NM from the end of the runway, but where on a typical GPS would I...

Hi everyone, below is the link to Jeppesen chart KMCO COSTR THREE RNAV ARRIVAL CHART:- http://jeppesen.com/icharts/print?job-id=20160906012205517-8921 When I went through the chart, it shows bold number(altitude) below the each arrow representing the minimum altitude for that segment of the...

HI everyone, I was going through the AIM Chapter 1-1-18(I) on RAIM and in the subsection (3) it explains what to do when RAIM flag/status annunciation appears after FAWP. From G1000 manual, I found out the annunication "RAIM UNAVAIL" but I do not know what this flag/status looks like and how it...