Flying Approach Minimums

CHAPTER EIGHT

INSTRUMENTS FLIGHT PLANNING

Your destination is Moody with a forecast of 1000-2. Can Jekyll Island, Georgia with a forecast

of 800-2 qualify as an alternate?

If weather at NPA is below 200-1/2, what weather must be at alternate?

Takeoff Minimums (Assume standard pilot)

What weather is required to takeoff on runway 25L at NPA (PAR not available)?

You are performing a section takeoff on runway 31 at Key West NAS. What is the weather you

need?

What weather is required to takeoff on runway 36 at Hurlburt field?

What weather is required to takeoff on runway 25L at NPA?

Flying Approach Minimums

You are doing an enroute delay at Tyndall. What weather do you need to start the LOC 31R

approach?

You plan on flying the PAR RWY 19 at NPA. What weather do you need?

What are the weather minimums for a section/formation approach to RWY 31R at Tyndall?

What is the DH for the PAR RWY 9 at Jacksonville NAS?

Wind Analysis

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(Practice problems)

MC: 060, MH:065, TAS: 210, GS: 190. What are the winds?

AT: 020/20, Want: 080/55, TAS 210, Wind 060/30. FF 250 PPH. What is your HDG, ETE,

and Fuel burned?

Ground Speed Checks

Your GS is 204 kts, where is your 2 minute prior call?

At FL 250, what is minimum DME for GS check?

Start: 25 DME, End: 29.3 over 1 minute. What is your GS?

GS: 3.5 NM/min, FF: 250 PPH, fuel on board: 700#, 28 NM left to point A, 1 hour and 10 min

from pt A to IAF. What is fuel at IAF?

Mission Completion Feasibility

At the completion of your preflight planning, you estimate that you will arrive at your destination

IAF with 205 pounds of fuel. You compute it will take 95 lbs to go from your destination IAF to

alternate IAF. What is your spare fuel?

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