Airports / Runways / Facilities

Airports:

• 9 things to know about your runway before you land.
• 10 things you should do before flying into an unfamiliar airport.
• Best safety practices (FAA).
• Busy airports:
• 5 ways to prepare for flying into busy airports.
• Pilot's guide for landing at busy airports.
• Taxi at large airports like a pro. (Flying Mag).
• Cameras, weather: FAA Weather Cams.
• Cars, courtesy (at airport):
• Airport Courtesy Cars.
• Communication / Radios:
• CTAF vs. UNICOM: What's the difference? Vid 8 or Vid 120.
• From the Flight Deck (FAA video series with wrong airport/surface landings).
• Hot Spots:
• Airport diagram hotspot listing. (PDF).
• Hot Spot standardized symbology. (FAA).
• Not your granddad’s hot spot. (GA News)
• Knowledge check/Quizzes:
• What's the difference between a tetrahedron... 6Qs.
• When a control tower tells you to contact... 6Qs.
• You're flying into tower controlled… 6Qs.
• New airport - flying to one. (bm).
• Non Towered Airports:
• 7 things you need to be ready for at non-towered airports.
• Are non-towered airports more dangerous? (GA News).
• Communications. (in ATC and Comm)
• Operations (video).
• Radios - should they be required at non-towered airports?
• Towered vs. non-towered airports on sectional charts. (Vid 61).
• See also Maneuvers - Execution - Techniques.
• NOTAMs
• 7 Types:
• NOTAM (D); FDC NOTAM; Pointer NOTAM; SAA NOTAM; (U) NOTAM; (O) NOTAM; Military NOTAM 
• DOD Search.
• NOTAMs are garbage: Nobody pays any attention to them.
• Restaurants at Airports
• Airplane Geeks
• AOPA: Destination Search (you can select "restaurant on airfield")
• AOPA: Best Airport Restaurants Named
• AOPA: best-of-best $100 hamburgers
• AV8Maps.
• Fly 2 Lunch.
• Safety - see Safety.
• Specific Airports:
• Telluride Airport: What to know before you go.
• Temperature swings: why do some airports have ones between day & night?
• Towered Airport Operations:
• Control towers don't do what you think they do. (AvWeb)
• Frequencies, explained. (Vid 31 or Vid 95).
• Land and hold short operations (LAHSO) - how they work.
• Towered field ops.
• Towered vs. non-towered airports on sectional charts. (Vid 61).
• Wrong surface operations: see Safety.
• Traffic Patterns - see Maneuvers - Execution - Techniques.

Lights / Lighting:

• Approach lights:
• Approach lighting systems explained. (Vid).
• Light gun signals explained. (Vid 50 or Vid 101).
• Knowledge Check/Quizzes:
• What's this lighting system called?  6Qs.
• You see a steady green light signal... 6Qs.
• You're coming in to land... 6Qs.
• You're landing on a runway that has...6Qs.
• REIL vs. RAIL. What's the difference? (Vid 118).
• Rotating beacon:
• What colors are you looking for? (Vid 64).
• VASI and/or PAPI.  How I use them.
• How far out do PAPI lights guarantee obstacle protection? (Vid 176).
• When do runway edge lights change from white to yellow? (Vid 177).

Markings:

• Knowledge Check/Quizzes:
• Touchdown zone markings indicate... 6Qs.
• Tower tells you to hold short of the runway... 6Qs.
• You're rolling down the runway for takeoff... 6Qs.
• Runway stripes and markings, explained.

Runways:

• Did you know? 11 fun facts about runways.
• Light colors, explained.
• Light colors and light spacing, explained.
• PAPIs - how they work.
• Quiz: Do you know these seven common airport markings?
• Runway change:
• 7 things to remember.
• Turning around. (AvWeb).
• Runway Safety Pilot Simulator. (FAA).
• Safety - see Safety.
• Wrong surface: see Safety.
• Wrong surface operations. COPA Vid.

Traffic Patterns: - see Maneuvers - Execution - Techniques.

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