Question: I am working on my instrument rating and a lot of the talk in the FBO is about the instrument approaches that the FAA has put out of service. The airport used to have an NDB [non-directional ...

The FAA has finalized the list of NDB approaches it is considering canceling. Now it's up to pilots to let the agency know if any of these approaches are still needed. "The FAA is looking to cancel ...

A pilot recounts a challenging IFR flight into Toronto City (CYTZ) requiring an NDB DME approach due to unavailable modern navigation and a panel with outdated avionics. The flight highlights numerous ...

The FAA decommissioned 216 obsolete NDB approaches July 7 and expects to decommission more in September. ``That's a good thing,'' said Randy Kenagy, director of advanced technology at the AOPA, ...

The article presents a particularly challenging NDB instrument approach into Hailey, Idaho, characterized by mountainous terrain and circle-to-land minimums only. It notes the decreasing prevalence of ...

In response to an FAA proposal to eliminate 479 “redundant” NDB approaches as a cost-saving measure, AOPA has given the agency a list of 57 NDB approaches ...